[californiadisasters] High Wind Warning - SoCal

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND
LOS ANGELES COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...

.INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH STRONG AND
GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERT OF VENTURA AND
 LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THROUGH THE
INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR.

CAZ053-054-251315-
/O.NEW.KLOX.HW.W.0012.101025T1900Z-101027T0100Z/
/O.EXT.KLOX.WI.Y.0053.101025T0501Z-101025T1900Z/
 VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
INCLUDING...LOCKWOOD VALLEY...MOUNT PINOS...ACTON...
MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG
1001 PM PDT SUN OCT 24 2010

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT MONDAY...
 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 PM PDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY
MOUNTAINS. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 PM PDT
 TUESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT MONDAY.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT...PEAKING MONDAY
  AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH SOME BY
  EARLY MONDAY EVENING...BUT WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN ON TUESDAY
   AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS: LOCAL NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  50 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...AND BECOME MORE
  WIDESPREAD AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55
   MPH BY DAYBREAK. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS
  WILL INCREASE 30 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH AND
  PERSIST INTO MONDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR
  THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR.
 
* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE AFFECTED ALONG INTERSTATE 5 IN
  NORTHWEST LOS ANGELES COUNTY UP TO THE GRAPEVINE.

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 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.

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

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