[californiadisasters] Sundowner Wind Advisory (4/05/13-PM)

...EXTENDED PERIOD OF GUSTY AND OCCASIONALLY DAMAGING NORTHWEST  WINDS FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...    .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN THROUGH MONDAY.  BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE  EXPECTED THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR AND ANTELOPE  VALLEY...AS WELL AS THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE. THIS EVENT WILL PEAK  SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...WHEN WIDESPREAD GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED  TO AFFECT NEARLY THE ENTIRE REGION...WITH DAMAGING GUSTS TO 80 MPH  OVER THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS. POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IS  POSSIBLE.    CAZ039-060645-  /O.EXB.KLOX.HW.A.0004.130408T0100Z-130409T1000Z/  /O.EXT.KLOX.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-130408T0100Z/  SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-  INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANTA BARBARA...MONTECITO...CARPINTERIA  338 PM PDT FRI APR 5 2013    ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY...  ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE  MONDAY NIGHT...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A  HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH  LATE MONDAY NIGHT.    * WINDS AND TIMING...AREAS OF WEST TO NORTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH    WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN    MAY INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH SUNDAY EVENING    AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. WINDS SHOULD WEAKEN QUICKLY    TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE WIDESPREAD EACH AFTERNOON...BUT    WILL OTHERWISE BE FOCUSED BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS.    * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DOWN POWER LINES AND TREE    LIMBS...AS WELL AS CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS    MAY ALSO CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ALONG    HIGHWAYS 101 AND 154.    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.    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: NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard

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