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October Heat Wave in California; Tropical Cyclone Possible in the Gulf

Much higher than typical October temperatures will continue across coastal southern California up through the Bay Area and Central Valley through midweek resulting in result in Major to Extreme HeatRisk. A tropical depression is likely to form over the Gulf of America during the middle part of this week with further strengthening possible as it moves northeastward later this week. Read More >

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 DATE                    WEDNESDAY 04/08/26                      THURSDAY 04/09/26                  
 TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                    5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   
 
 CLOUD COVER        SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC
 CLOUD COVER (%)    35   50   45   35   20   15   35   45   50   45   65   65   70   70   55   40   40
 TEMPERATURE        33   35   43   46   46   39   37   36   35   38   45   48   45   40   37   36   34
 MAX/MIN TEMP                           48                  34                  48                  34
 WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW    S   SW   SE   NE    N   NW   NW   SW   SW
 WIND (MPH)          5    4    6    9    9    5    3    2    2    2    5    6    8    8    5    3    2
 WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                                      
 PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    5   10   10   10    5    5    5    5   50   50   50   50   20   20   20
 PRECIP TYPE                                                           S    R    R    S    S    S    S
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.04      0.06      0.01
 6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  5.7  6.5  7.4  8.1  8.1  7.9  7.8  7.8  7.7  7.7  8.1  8.4  8.4  8.1  7.8  7.8  7.5
 
 

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES --- 
CODE   TYPE
 T     THUNDERSTORMS
 R     RAIN
 S     SNOW
 I     SLEET
 Z     FREEZING RAIN