Fire Weather Discusssion

DISCUSSION...A COUPLE OF UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WEST COAST TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE FIRST TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND MONDAY...AND WILL GENERATE SOME GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST NORTHERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING ACROSS THE USUAL LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE AND THE I-5 CORRIDOR WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH EXPECTED. ALONG WITH THE WIND...THIS FIRST TROUGH WILL USHER IN SOME COOLER AIR ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY ALONG WITH HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY. ON TUESDAY NIGHT...A STRONGER TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WEST COAST. THIS WILL PRODUCE A RAPID DEEPENING OF THE MARINE LAYER...WITH SOME DRIZZLE LIKELY FROM THE COASTAL SLOPES WESTWARD TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY WILL BE A TRANSITION DAY ACROSS THE AREA AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES TO THE EAST. TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY WILL WARM BY SEVERAL DEGREES WITH AN ASSOCIATED DECREASE IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS INLAND AREAS. FOR FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BUILD OVER CALIFORNIA. THIS PATTERN WILL RESULT IN DRAMATICALLY WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. NEAR THE SURFACE...THERE WILL POSSIBLY BE SOME WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW WHICH WILL HELP LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND PRODUCE SOME WEAK NORTHEASTERLY WINDS.