[californiadisasters] High Wind Watch - LACo (10/31/11-PM)

...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS POSSIBLE OVER THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

.A VERY SHALLOW MARINE LAYER WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF DENSE FOG
TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST AND CATALINA ISLAND TONIGHT INTO
 EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...WITH VISIBILITIES LOWERING TO ONE QUARTER
MILE OR LESS. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT ADDITIONAL DENSE FOG
ADVISORIES WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT FOR OTHER COASTAL AREAS...AS
WELL AS THE SAN GABRIEL AND SANTA YNEZ VALLEYS.
 
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE GREAT BASIN TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY...WHICH WILL GENERATE WIDESPREAD GUSTY NORTHEAST
WINDS TO MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES
 COUNTY...WHERE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

CAZ054-010530-
/O.NEW.KLOX.HW.A.0011.111102T0500Z-111102T2200Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ACTON...MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG
 223 PM PDT MON OCT 31 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65
  MPH.

* TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE
  PEAKING LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH
   THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG MANY MOUNTAIN
  ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WINDS THIS
  STRONG CAN DOWN 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.

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KITTELL

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

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