FXUS66 KMTR 242344
AFDMTR

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service San Francisco CA
444 PM PDT Thu Sep 24 2026

...New AVIATION, MARINE...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 920 AM PDT Thu Sep 24 2026

- Warming trend persists today bringing pockets of moderate 
  HeatRisk across parts of the Bay Area and Central Coast.

- Cooler conditions arrive Friday into the weekend.

- Near seasonal temperatures early next week.

&&

.SHORT TERM...Issued at 358 PM PDT Thu Sep 24 2026 
(This evening through Friday night)

The lack of marine layer development last night (aka our natural air 
conditioning) allowed temperatures to reach well into the mid 80s to 
90s across the interior mountains and valleys of the 
North/East/South Bay and Bay shoreline, with temperatures closer to 
the mid 90s across the interior Central Coast. The Pacific coastline 
remains under the marine influence, therefore temperatures were 
observed in the mid 60s to 70s.

Overnight, the anticipated cold front pushes through our forecast 
area. This will bring some relief Friday morning with a thick post-
frontal stratus deck and a prominent onshore push of cool, albeit 
dry, air. Despite the frontal passage, dry air aloft will mix out 
the majority of low clouds allowing high clouds to dominate the 
skies through the afternoon into the evening. Because the main core 
of the 500 mb trough remains far north of our area, no significant 
impacts are expected with this system. The main impact associated 
with the post-frontal environment are strong gusts around 20 to 25 
mph along the coast into the SF Peninsula.

&&

.LONG TERM...
Issued at 358 PM PDT Thu Sep 24 2026
(Saturday through next Wednesday)

This weekend, the troughing pattern persists, thereby allowing for 
cold air advection to gradually fill into the region. There is 
potential for the 500 mb trough to dig more southward over the Bay 
Area and Central Coast Sunday into Monday, eventually becoming a cut-
off low southeast of our forecast area. In response, building high 
pressure behind the trough may induce a push of weak offshore flow 
across the higher terrain in the North and East Bay, initiating 
another warming period early next week.

&&

.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 421 PM PDT Thu Sep 24 2026

VFR conditions across all terminals this afternoon with a
compressed marine layer confined to the coastline. VFR conditions
are expected until late in the overnight hours to near sunrise
with low confidence in the extent and timing.

Vicinity of SFO...VFR and gusty winds are expected to prevail 
through the forecast period with a slight chance of MVFR ceilings 
around sunrise Friday morning

SFO Bridge Approach...Similar to SFO.

Monterey Bay Terminals...VFR is expected to persist until late in
the overnight period with moderate confidence in MVFR ceilings
developing with VFR conditions by mid-morning Friday.

&&

.MARINE...
(Tonight through next Tuesday)
Issued at 421 PM PDT Thu Sep 24 2026

Light to moderate northerly breezes expected through early
Thursday night. Building high pressure in wake of a passing cold
front will usher in fresh to strong breezes Friday into Saturday
for most of the waters. Near gale force gusts will be possible in
the wind-prone areas nearshore. The stronger winds will lead to an
elevated sea state and hazardous conditions for small craft.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
Issued at 450 AM PDT Thu Sep 24 2026

Marine layer is pretty much non-existent overnight. That led much
less RH recovery across the district at both lower and higher
elevations. NGFS gave us a hit earlier in the night as the Timber
Fire had an northern perimeter flare up. Even FireGuard showed the
heat as well. Not completely surprised given temps in the 70s and
RH recovery around 30 pct near Timber. Otherwise, notes for today
will be another mild and dry day across the district. Hottest and
driest across the interior portions. Do expect an uptick with 
winds late tonight and Friday as a dry front moves through. Cooler
and wetter for Friday and over the weekend.

MM

.MTR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CA...None.
PZ...Small Craft Advisory until 5 AM PDT early this morning for 
     Pigeon Pt to Pt Pinos 10-60 NM-Pt Arena to Pt Reyes 0-10 nm.

     Small Craft Advisory until 3 AM PDT Thursday for Pt Arena to Pt 
     Reyes 10-60 NM.

&&

.MTR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CA...None.
PZ...Small Craft Advisory from 9 AM to 9 PM PDT Friday for Mry Bay.

     Small Craft Advisory from 9 AM Friday to 9 AM PDT Saturday for 
     Pigeon Pt to Pt Pinos 0-10 nm-Pt Arena to Pt Reyes 0-10 nm-
     Pt Reyes to Pigeon Pt 0-10 nm.

     Small Craft Advisory from 9 PM this evening to 3 PM PDT Saturday 
     for Pt Pinos to Pt Piedras Blancas 0-10 nm.

     Small Craft Advisory from 9 AM Friday to 3 PM PDT Saturday for 
     Pigeon Pt to Pt Pinos 10-60 NM-Pt Arena to Pt Reyes 10-60 
     NM.

&&

$$

SHORT TERM...Navarrete
LONG TERM....Navarrete
AVIATION...JM
MARINE...RGass

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Prepared by Boulder-Creek.com Weather at: Thu Sep 24 20:30:03 PDT 2026