Wednesday, December 14, 2011

[californiadisasters] Damaging Santa Ana Wind Watch (12/14/11-PM)



...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
CALIFORNIA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

.A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN
CALIFORNIA LATE THURSDAY...AND INTO FAR NORTHWESTERN MEXICO
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP A PATTERN
FAVORABLE FOR DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND
LOS ANGELES COUNTIES INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...AS
WELL AS THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MOST
LIKELY OCCUR ON FRIDAY MORNING...AND POSSIBLY BETWEEN FRIDAY
EVENING AND SATURDAY MORNING. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS FOR THE
STRONG WINDS WILL BE THROUGH AND BELOW NORTHEAST FACING PASSES AND
CANYONS. IT WILL ALSO BE WINDY AT TIMES ACROSS THE EASTERN VALLEYS
OF VENTURA COUNTY...THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SAN FERNANDO
VALLEY...THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST...AND THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
COASTAL SECTIONS BELOW THE SANTA MONICA RANGE.

CAZ046-151300-
/O.CON.KLOX.HW.A.0014.111216T1100Z-111217T2300Z/
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TOPANGA
830 PM PST WED DEC 14 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

* WINDS AND TIMING...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH
PASSES AND CANYONS BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH
EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST FRIDAY
MORNING...AND POSSIBLY BETWEEN FRIDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY
MORNING. WINDS SPEEDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 T0 40 MPH WITH POSSIBLE
GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND CAUSE
UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BE BLOWN AROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

&&

$$

HALL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
830 PM PST WED DEC 14 2011

...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
CALIFORNIA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

.A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN
CALIFORNIA LATE THURSDAY...AND INTO FAR NORTHWESTERN MEXICO
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP A PATTERN
FAVORABLE FOR DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND
LOS ANGELES COUNTIES INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...AS
WELL AS THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MOST
LIKELY OCCUR ON FRIDAY MORNING...AND POSSIBLY BETWEEN FRIDAY
EVENING AND SATURDAY MORNING. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS FOR THE
STRONG WINDS WILL BE THROUGH AND BELOW NORTHEAST FACING PASSES AND
CANYONS. IT WILL ALSO BE WINDY AT TIMES ACROSS THE EASTERN VALLEYS
OF VENTURA COUNTY...THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SAN FERNANDO
VALLEY...THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST...AND THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
COASTAL SECTIONS BELOW THE SANTA MONICA RANGE.

CAZ088-151300-
/O.CON.KLOX.HW.A.0014.111216T1100Z-111217T2300Z/
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANTA CLARITA...NEWHALL...VALENCIA
830 PM PST WED DEC 14 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

* WINDS AND TIMING...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BELOW
PASSES AND CANYONS BY FRIDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST FRIDAY
MORNING...AND POSSIBLY BETWEEN FRIDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY
MORNING. WINDS SPEEDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 T0 40 MPH WITH
POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND CAUSE
UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BE BLOWN AROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

&&

$$

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
830 PM PST WED DEC 14 2011

...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
CALIFORNIA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

.A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN
CALIFORNIA LATE THURSDAY...AND INTO FAR NORTHWESTERN MEXICO
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP A PATTERN
FAVORABLE FOR DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND
LOS ANGELES COUNTIES INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...AS
WELL AS THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MOST
LIKELY OCCUR ON FRIDAY MORNING...AND POSSIBLY BETWEEN FRIDAY
EVENING AND SATURDAY MORNING. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS FOR THE
STRONG WINDS WILL BE THROUGH AND BELOW NORTHEAST FACING PASSES AND
CANYONS. IT WILL ALSO BE WINDY AT TIMES ACROSS THE EASTERN VALLEYS
OF VENTURA COUNTY...THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SAN FERNANDO
VALLEY...THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST...AND THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
COASTAL SECTIONS BELOW THE SANTA MONICA RANGE.

CAZ053-054-151300-
/O.CON.KLOX.HW.A.0014.111216T1100Z-111217T2300Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOCKWOOD VALLEY...MOUNT PINOS...ACTON...
MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG
830 PM PST WED DEC 14 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

* WINDS AND TIMING...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH
PASSES AND CANYONS BY FRIDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST FRIDAY
MORNING...AND POSSIBLY BETWEEN FRIDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY
MORNING. WIND SPEEDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 T0 40 MPH WITH POSSIBLE
GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND CAUSE
UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BE BLOWN AROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

&&

$$

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
921 PM PST WED DEC 14 2011

...POTENTIALLY STRONG GUSTY NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS FRIDAY
MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

.A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH CALIFORNIA AND
INTO NORTHWEST MEXICO LATE THURSDAY INTO SATURDAY. STRONG WINDS ON
THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW AND INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS
WILL GENERATE STRONG GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING
INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS ON FRIDAY WILL IMPACT
PORTIONS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY
MOUNTAINS...THE INLAND EMPIRE...AND THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS. AS THE LOW PROGRESSES SLIGHTLY WEST LATE FRIDAY...WINDS
WILL TURN TO THE EAST AND STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY
MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER...LARGE UNCERTAINTY IN THE STRENGTH OF THE
WINDS REMAINS DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES IN THE TRACK OF THE LOW.

CAZ048-055-057-151400-
/O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0047.111216T1200Z-111217T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KSGX.HW.A.0010.111216T1200Z-111217T2100Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
921 PM PST WED DEC 14 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* TIMING: EARLY FRIDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 55 TO 60
MPH. OCCASIONAL LOCAL GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE MOST FAVORED LOCATIONS...INCLUDING THROUGH AND BELOW THE
CAJON AND BANNING PASSES IN THE INLAND EMPIRE AND THE FREMONT
AND MODJESKA CANYONS IN THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS.

* IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATES
15...215...10...AND HIGHWAYS 210...60...AND 91. WATCH FOR DOWNED
TREES AND POWER LINES.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

&&

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

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