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SPOT FORECAST FOR SS MONTEBELLO...NOAA ORR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
533 AM PDT WED OCT 19 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PDT ON OCTOBER 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT THURSDAY...

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY. BEHIND THE TROUGH...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN
ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THE
GALE WATCH WATCH WAS DOWNGRADED TO A STRONG SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS TODAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-59.
MIN HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
SWELL HEIGHT........NORTH SWELL 5-6 FEET.
SWELL PERIOD........12 SECONDS.
WIND WAVE...........2 FEET INCREASING TO 4 TO 5 FEET IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH...INCREASING
                    TO 15 TO 25 MPH LATE MORNING. GUSTS TO 30
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
SWELL HEIGHT........NORTHWEST SWELL 6-7 FEET.
SWELL PERIOD........11 SECONDS.
WIND WAVE...........4 TO 5 FEET DECREASING TO 2 TO 3 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
                    TO 30 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING...DECREASING TO 8
                    TO 14 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-59.
MIN HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
SWELL HEIGHT........NORTHWEST SWELL 6-7 FEET.
SWELL PERIOD........11 SECONDS.
WIND WAVE...........2 FEET IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO 3 TO 4 FEET.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH EARLY MORNING...INCREASING
                    TO 12 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 28 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

...OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY FRIDAY AND SHIFT TO MORE OF A
NORTHERLY DIRECTION EARLY MORNINGS AND LATE NIGHTS. EXPECT SOME
INCREASE WITH NORTHWEST WINDS EACH AFTERNOON...BUT THE SPEEDS SHOULD
REMAIN BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS. OFFSHORE FLOW WILL KICK
IN ACROSS THE CENTRAL COAST EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS SHOULD
ALLOW FOR CONTINUING CLEAR SKIES AND A BRIEF WARM UP ON SUNDAY
WITH WEAK WINDS SHIFTING BACK TO THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. EXPECT NORTHWEST SWELLS AROUND 4 TO 6 FT THROUGH THE
EXTENDED PERIOD.

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FORECASTER...KAPLAN/ASR
REQUESTED BY...ALICE DRURY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111019.SSMON.01/LOX