National Weather Service Area Forecast Discussion for Long Beach, WA USA

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Area Forecast Discussion...updated
National Weather Service Portland, OR
1050 pm pdt sun aug 9 2026

...updated aviation discussion...

.synopsis...warm and dry conditions continue through the
upcoming week as temperatures gradually moderate towards august
normals. renewed onshore flow will keep smoke east of the
cascades, while precipitation chances remain very low through at
least the middle of next week. temperatures may trend warmer
later next week as a ridge of high pressure looks to develop.

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.discussion...tonight through saturday...daytime highs this week
are expected to be near normal for this time of year reaching
into the lower to mid-80s for inland locations, upper 60s to mid
70s along the coast and in the cascades. the cause of this is a
shift in the upper level synoptic pattern has become more zonal
and is expected to remain predominately zonal through at least
the middle of the week. as a result, expect mostly sunny skies
for inland locations with marine stratus developing along the
coast before retreating by the late morning/early afternoon.
this marine stratus will then return by the evening as this ebb
and flow pattern looks to continue along the coast through at
least tuesday. this overall weather pattern generally remains
in place through at least tuesday.

by wednesday, ensembles are showing a general trend toward
upper level troughing dropping out of british columbia, though
chances for rain here remain very low (below 5%). this could
bring in some cooler temperatures for the latter part of the
week, as indicated by growing uncertainty in the daytime high
temperature spread into late next week. for example, the spread
between the 10th and 90th percentiles on thursday at pdx range
between 77 and 92 degrees f, with friday ranging between 81 to
96 degrees f. the cause for the very high uncertainty is because
ensembles are split between upper level ridging possibly developing
offshore, while others show some sort of troughing persisting
over the area. looking at wpc 500mb clusters has an almost even
spread between the 4 cluster options for friday. cluster 1,
with 29% of the models show very broad ridging developing over
western conus. cluster 2, with 27% of the models shows very weak
troughing over the pac nw. cluster 3, with 25% of the models
has a more robust troughing pattern over the pac nw and cluster
4, with 19% of the models shows a closed low developing just
off the coast of central california. overall, near normal
daytime highs looks to be in the forecast through the upcoming
week, with no signs of precipitation. /42-dh

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.aviation...through 06z tue...satellite imagery as of late sunday
evening shows marine stratus filling in along the coast and moving
down the lower columbia river valley. high confidence for ifr/mvfr
cigs along the coast through 18z mon. given that the stratus as
already reached the longview/kkls area this early in the night,
eastern portland metro terminals including kpdx and kttd could see
mvfr cigs between 13-16z mon. as daytime heating progresses, stratus
will gradually dissipate, returning vfr conditions to the portland
metro after 16z mon and after 18-21z mon along the coast. for the
rest of the terminals in the willamette valley, vfr conditions with
clear skies prevail through the taf period. light northwesterly
winds under 5 kt tonight, increasing to 10-15 kt in the afternoon
and evening with gusts up to 25 kt along the coast and southern
willamette valley (strongest at konp/keug) and up to 20 kt
everywhere else.

kpdx and approaches...predominately vfr conditions with clear skies
through the taf period, except for brief stratus between 13-16z mon.
during this time, there is a 50-60% chance at any given hour for
mvfr cigs across the eastern portland metro. northwesterly winds 4-7
kt, increasing to around 10 kt with gusts up to 20 kt after 00z tue.
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.marine...high pressure offshore will maintain northerly winds
through much of next week. tightened surface pressure gradients
continue to bring high chances for wind gusts up to 25 kt south
of cape foulweather today and into early next week. as a result,
a small craft advisory remains in effect for the inner and outer
waters south of cape foulweather until 2 am monday. additionally,
a small craft advisory for the inner waters south of cape foulweather
has been issued from noon to 11 pm monday. similar small craft
conditions may reoccur tuesday however with much less confidence
(30-40% chance of wind gusts up to 21 kt). wind driven seas are
expected to remain around 4 to 6 ft through most of next week.
~12/dh

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.pqr watches/warnings/advisories...

or...none.
wa...none.
pz...small craft advisory until 2 am pdt monday for pzz253-273.

     small craft advisory from noon to 11 pm pdt monday for pzz253.
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