[californiadisasters] First Santa Ana Wind Event of Autumn 2011

...OFFSHORE WINDS EXPECTED TO BRING HOT TEMPERATURES TO SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA
 WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...
 
 AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO BUILD OFF THE
 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST ON TUESDAY...THEN STRENGTHEN OVER THE REGION
  WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPING
 NEAR THE SURFACE WILL BRING A RETURN OF HOT TEMPERATURES TO SOUTHWEST
 CALIFORNIA. 
 
 INITIALLY...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON TUESDAY
  ACROSS THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE AND ADJACENT SANTA BARBARA SOUTH
 COAST...AS WELL AS THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR IN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
 MOUNTAINS. THE LOW LEVEL FLOW IS THEN PROJECTED TO SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST
 LATER TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. AS A RESULT...WEAK TO MODERATE OFFSHORE
  WINDS ARE EXPECTED BELOW THE NORTHEAST FACING PASSES AND CANYONS
 OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...WITH WIND GUSTS GENERALLY IN THE
 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE IN THE VALLEYS AND AROUND 40 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS.
 IN ADDITION...OFFSHORE WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 35 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED
  ACROSS THE CENTRAL COAST. 
 
 THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BRING HOT TEMPERATURES TO MUCH OF
 SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. MANY COASTAL AND VALLEY
 AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE TEMPERATURES CLIMB WELL INTO THE 90S
  BOTH DAYS...WITH ISOLATED READINGS OVER 100 DEGREES. ONLY COOLER
 BEACH LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 80S. SOME COOLING IS 
 EXPECTED ON FRIDAY AS THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BEGINS TO WEAKEN...WITH
 MORE SIGNIFICANT COOLING ANTICIPATED OVER THE WEEKEND.
  
 THE COMBINATION OF OFFSHORE WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND
 LOWERING HUMIDITIES WILL BRING HEIGHTENED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS TO THE
 REGION. HOWEVER...IT IS NOT ANTICIPATED THAT CRITICAL RED FLAG CONDITIONS
  WILL BE MET WITH THIS OFFSHORE EVENT.
 
 
 $$
 
 GOMBERG

Source: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?wfo=lox&sid=LOX&pil=SPS

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