[californiadisasters] Sundowner Wind Advisory (3/08/11-PM)

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING...SANTA BARBARA...MONTECITO...CARPINTERIA...
SAN MARCOS PASS...SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA...
DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA
722 PM PST TUE MAR 8 2011
 
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST AND MOUNTAINS.
THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY.
 
* TIMING: AREAS OF GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED
  THROUGH AND BELOW THE PASSES AND CANYONS OF SOUTHERN SANTA
  BARBARA COUNTY THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL VEER TO A NORTH TO
  NORTHEAST DIRECTION AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN DIMINISH EARLY
   WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* WINDS: AREAS OF GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH
  LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH HAVE DEVELOPED THROUGH AND BELOW THE
  PASSES AND CANYONS OF SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY THIS
   EVENING. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO A NORTH TO NORTHEAST DIRECTION
  AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN DIMINISH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS: GUSTY CROSS WINDS MAY IMPACT AREA ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY
  ROADWAYS FROM GOLETA WEST TO THE GAVIOTA PASS THIS EVENING AND
   IN THE HILLS ABOVE MONTECITO AFTER MIDNIGHT.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
 ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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Source: http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=lox&wwa=wind%20advisory
 

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