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        Saturday May 17, 2008 issued 8:00am     by Forecaster Tom Cushman
Text Box: HIGHLIGHTS: Sunny with temperatures remaining near record levels through Sunday. Widespread and significant cooling Monday, & especially Tuesday into Wednesday.
Text Box: Short Term Weather Discussion: An exceptionally robust ridge continues to straddle the West Coast, deflecting Pacific storm activity well north of California while keeping the offshore marine layer very shallow and confined to the immediate coast. Thus despite low level circulation shifting from offshore to onshore overnight, the lack of any cool air to transport into the state's interior will make for another exceptional hot day throughout Lake County today with afternoon temperatures again threatening to break record maximums for the day. After a clear, very mild night for the middle of May, expect conditions nearly as hot on Sunday as West Coast ridging, though deteriorating across the Pacific Northwest, still remains reasonable intact over the Golden State.
SHORT TERM FORECAST SPECIFICS
Weather Temps Dew Pts POP Amounts Winds
TODAY (am) Mostly Sunny 95-100 45-50 0% none W-NW 0-10
(pm) W-NW 10-15
TONIGHT (valleys) Clear 48-58 40-50 0% none NW-Var 0-5
(ridges) 65-75 W-NW 5-15
SUNDAY (am) Sunny 94-99 45-50 0% none W-NW 0-10
(pm) W-NW 10-15