...EXTENDED PERIOD OF GUSTY AND OCCASIONALLY DAMAGING NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS THROUGH MONDAY... .GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN THROUGH MONDAY. TODAY...GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR AND LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AS WELL AS THE SANTA YNEZ MOUNTAIN RANGE AND ADJACENT SOUTH COAST OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. THIS WIND EVENT WILL PEAK SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...WHEN WIDESPREAD GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT A GOOD PORTION OF THE REGION...WITH DAMAGING GUSTS TO 80 MPH OVER THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS. STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES AND POSSIBLY SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE. CAZ039-062000- /O.UPG.KLOX.HW.A.0004.130408T0100Z-130409T1000Z/ /O.EXB.KLOX.HW.W.0010.130407T0100Z-130409T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KLOX.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-130407T0100Z/ SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANTA BARBARA...MONTECITO...CARPINTERIA 450 AM PDT SAT APR 6 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PDT TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS AND TIMING...AREAS OF WEST TO NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THEN INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH GRADUALLY LATE MONDAY NIGHT. 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 INCLUDING THE HILLS AROUND MONTECITO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. 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.
Source: NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard--
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