Crestline Soaring Society

The NWS forecaster who authored this evening's forecast discussion exhibits a real literary bent. The discussion is always informative but usually reads a bit like Sgt. Friday's "Just the Facts, Ma'am" Dragnet style. Very rarely a joke gets tossed in. The imagery in the excerpt below is refreshing - must be the prospect of a long weekend or boredom with the unusual but monotonous heat wave conditions we've been having.


FXUS66 KSGX 010405
AFDSGX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
905 PM PDT FRI JUN 30 2006
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.DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES...
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WHILE THERE STILL MAY BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF CONVECTION OVER THE MOUNTAINS SOMETIME OVER THE WEEKEND...A POTENTIAL FORECAST PROBLEM WILL REVOLVE AROUND A POSSIBLE EDDY CIRCULATION. THERE ARE INDICATIONS FROM THE WRF AND THE GFS THAT AN EDDY WILL SPIN UP TONIGHT...AND THERE IS PLENTY OF FLOW IN THE OUTER WATERS TO SUPPORT IT. HOWEVER...IT MAY NOT BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE IN THE NOCTURNAL STRATUS THAT DEVELOPS NEAR/OVER THE COASTAL AREAS. IF IT IS...VESTIGES OF OUR WAYWARD JUNE GLOOM MAY APPEAR FOR AWHILE SAT AND SUN MORNINGS BEFORE THE TORRID JULY SUN SCORCHES IT INTO OBLIVION.