HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 230 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 400 AM PST SAT DEC 12 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR
ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
LOCAL DENSE FOG IN THE MOUNTAINS. OTHERWISE...MO HAZARDOUS WEATHER
IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
* A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN
AND SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 123 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 400 AM PST SAT DEC 12 2009
...WET WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...
A STRING OF DISTURBANCES OVER THE EAST PACIFIC WILL BE MOVING
THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING PERIODS OF RAIN
AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW.
INTERMITTENT SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH GENERALLY
LIGHT AMOUNTS OF RAIN. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL HOVER AROUND 7000 FT WITH
A RAIN/SNOW MIX POSSIBLE IN THE BIG BEAR AREA. SHOWERS WILL BECOME
MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AS ANOTHER WEAK
SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVERNIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING WILL VARY CONSIDERABLY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...WITH
THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ON THE COASTAL SLOPES OF THE SAN BERNARDINO
MOUNTAINS.
RAIN WILL DECREASE MID TO LATE SATURDAY MORNING...WITH ONLY A FEW
LINGERING SHOWERS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS. IT SHOULD BE DRY IN MOST COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS FROM
LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BUT A STRAY
SHOWER OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS A STRONGER SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE WEST
COAST. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT
MOVES THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. GRADUAL DRYING IS EXPECTED
SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH ONLY A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS INLAND.
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THE WEEKEND SHOULD GENERALLY BE IN THE
RANGE OF 0.50 TO 1.50 INCHES FOR THE COAST AND VALLEYS...AND 1.50 TO
LOCALLY 3.00 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 4.00
INCHES IN THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS DECREASING
FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY BE BETWEEN 6500 AND
7000 FEET...BUT SHOULD FALL TO BETWEEN 5500-6000 FEET BY SUNDAY
MORNING. SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE BY SUNDAY AT
RESORT LEVELS IN THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS. LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 12
INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE WILDERNESS
AREAS. LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED IN THE SAN DIEGO
COUNTY MOUNTAINS. IN THE DESERTS...GENERALLY ONE THIRD OF AN INCH OF
RAIN OR LESS IS EXPECTED.
PERSONS LIVING IN AND CLOSE TO RECENTLY BURNED AREAS OR IN LOW-LYING
AREAS SUBJECT TO RIVER AND STREAM FLOODING SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF
LATER FORECASTS.
STAYED TUNED FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER EVENT. LISTEN TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO FOR
THE LATEST UPDATES OF FORECASTS AND WARNINGS.
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