FXUS66 KMTR 062310
AFDMTR
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service San Francisco CA
410 PM PDT Thu Aug 6 2026
...New AVIATION, MARINE...
.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 1248 AM PDT Thu Aug 6 2026
- Elevated fire weather conditions in the higher terrain Thursday
- Warming trend through Saturday will result in moderate to major
HeatRisk for the interior through Sunday
- Near-critical fire weather conditions in the higher terrain
Friday through Sunday
- Minor coastal flooding for bayshore locations along the San Francisco
Bay, San Pablo Bay, and Monterey Bay Saturday evening through
Thursday morning
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.SHORT TERM...
Issued at 200 PM PDT Thu Aug 6 2026
(This evening through Friday night)
Seeing a lot of similarities today to the last few days...the
marine layer foot print from this morning is dictating the
"cooler" temps and the hotter inland temps. Latest 24 hr trends
follow this foot print too showing slightly warmer temperatures
this afternoon across the interior.
For tonight...a little bit of rinse and repeat. Marine layer
hugging the coast will once again march inland with a slight
compression, but still decent inland reach. Nocturnal drying and
active thermal belts persist above the marine layer exacerbating
the fire weather concerns.
Monsoon moisture influx is slowing creeping in from the south as
we speak. Latest guidance continues to show increasing moisture
through Friday. Normally, focus would turn toward high based
convection, but the large ridge and lack of trigger will like
limit convective potential. Also, the moisture seems to be rather
high (>10k ft) so impacts at the surface may be minimal.
Friday and Friday night...large upper level ridge will expand back
over the region bringing a more noticeable warm up across the
interior. For the coast, same old same old, persistent marine
layer influence keeping temperatures in check.
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.LONG TERM...
Issued at 230 PM PDT Thu Aug 6 2026
(Saturday through next Wednesday)
First and forecast, a Heat Advisory has been issue for Saturday
and Sunday. The warming trend will continue Saturday and then
moderate Sunday. The warmer interior temperatures in the mid 90s
to lower 100s will push HeatRisk back into the critical levels
(widespread Moderate to pockets of Major). Overnight lows will
remain mild and in the 60s to mid 70s for interior and higher
terrain locations. There are lots of outdoor events going on
around the Bay Area this weekend. Interior locations will want to
take some safety precautions for the heat: hydrate, take breaks,
seek shade, never leave pets/people in cars. Do expect a warm up
at the coast too, but it's the Bay Area so pack a jacket as the
marine layer will move inland during the evening hours.
HeatRisk concerns begin to fade on Monday as the large ridge
flattens and looks to split into two with sagging H5 over CA
coast. The cooling trend will continue through at least Wednesday.
&&
.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 410 PM PDT Thu Aug 6 2026
MVFR-IFR stratus lingers at the immediate coast, with VFR conditions
predominant everywhere else and a few high based clouds drifting
northwards to the south of MRY and SNS. Gentle to moderate onshore
flow continues into the evening hours. Tonight, MVFR-IFR stratus
will return to the coastal valleys with low to moderate confidence
that impacts extend into the interior East Bay. That may depend on
exactly how deep the marine layer is overnight. Moderate confidence
on the timing of the stratus return with a few models indicating
somewhat later development of ceilings. Opted to maintain
consistency with the previous issuance for now. Stratus is expected
to mix out back to the immediate coastline Friday morning with the
breezy onshore winds expected to resume in the afternoon.
Vicinity of SFO... VFR into the late evening hours with moderate and
gusty northwest winds. Winds will diminish overnight as low-end MVFR
stratus comes into the terminal area sometime around 04-08Z. High
resolution models are putting the edge of the stratus deck right
over the terminal during this timeframe, leading to lower confidence
on the exact timing. Stratus will gradually mix out through Friday
morning followed by breezy and possibly gusty northwest winds in the
afternoon and evening hours.
SFO Bridge Approach... Similar to SFO.
Monterey Bay Terminals... VFR through the afternoon and early
evening as gentle to moderate onshore winds continue. IFR-MVFR
stratus will build sometime around 03-06Z and persist through late
Friday morning. Some models are tilting later in terms of the time
of stratus development so confidence in timing is moderate to low.
Stratus will retreat to the coast late Friday morning with gentle
northwest winds developing in the afternoon hours.
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.MARINE...
(Tonight through next Tuesday)
Issued at 410 PM PDT Thu Aug 6 2026
Northwest gentle winds gradually increase to a fresh to strong
breeze (20-25 kt), particularly across the outer northern waters
on Saturday. Moderate northwest seas around 4-8 feet also
increase to rough (9-11 feet) by Sunday morning. Winds and seas
remain elevated through the middle of next week. A long period
southerly swell (15- 17 seconds) will impact our coastal waters
beginning Saturday morning.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
Issued at 1248 AM PDT Thu Aug 6 2026
Elevated fire weather conditions continue Thursday with hot and dry
conditions alongside the diurnal sea breeze. PSAs of Mid Coast to
Mendocino, Diablo/Santa Cruz Mountains, and Central Coast Interior
are all currently in the 97th percentile for ERC with Mid Coast to
Mendocino and Central Coast Interior forecast to reach daily record
values this weekend. This indicates potential for extreme burning
conditions. Even the more marine layer influenced PSAs of Bay Marine
and Central Coast are forecast to peak in the 80th-90th percentile.
Building high pressure will bring near-critical fire weather
conditions Friday through Sunday. Temperatures will be 10 to 15
degrees above normal with a shallow marine layer in place. Poor
minimum daytime relative humidity as low as 10% is expected in the
afternoons with little-to-no recovery expected overnight. The one
missing piece preventing this from being a Fire Weather Watch/Red
Flag Warning as of now is wind, it's expected to be light. The
exception being through gaps/passes (namely Altamont Pass, the
Delta, and Pacheco Pass) and down the Salinas Valley. To add onto
this, the critical conditions are not expected to overlap spatially
(majority of a zone) or temporally (for at least 8 hours) to warrant
a product.
Sarment
&&
.MTR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CA...Heat Advisory from 10 AM Saturday to 10 PM PDT Sunday for CAZ503-
504-510-512>515-517-518.
PZ...None.
&&
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SHORT TERM...MM
LONG TERM....MM
AVIATION...DialH
MARINE...Navarrete
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Prepared by Boulder-Creek.com Weather at: Thu Aug 6 16:30:02 PDT 2026
From the National Weather Service
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