SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 257 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 430 AM PST SAT DEC 12 2009
...PERIODS OF RAIN WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
THROUGH SUNDAY...
A WET AND UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH SUNDAY. CURRENTLY...AN IMPULSE IS
MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. THIS IMPULSE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BRINGING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO THE
AREA. AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST PERIOD OF RAIN WILL BE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS IN UPSLOPE AREAS. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN RATHER
HIGH...BETWEEN 6000 AND 7000 FEET...WITH THE RESORT AREAS
RECEIVING SOME MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
THERE MAY BE SOMEWHAT OF A BREAK IN THE RAIN SATURDAY MORNING
INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THEN ANOTHER PERIOD OF RAIN...THIS ONE
LIKELY HEAVIER...WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE REGION LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON OR EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
RAIN MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH
RAINFALL RATES POSSIBLY ABOVE ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. WITH THIS
SECOND SYSTEM...THERE IS GREATER CONCERN ABOUT POTENTIAL MUD AND
DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND AROUND THE RECENT BURN AREAS...AND FLASH FLOOD
WATCHES MAY BE NEEDED.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS WITH THE NEXT BATCH OF RAIN LATE SATURDAY
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE THREE QUARTERS OF AN
INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF IN COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS...WITH ONE
AND A HALF INCHES TO THREE INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS
BELOW THE SNOW LEVEL. SNOW LEVELS SHOULD GENERALLY BE BETWEEN 6000
AND 7000 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN WILL LOWER BY SUNDAY
MORNING.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW
EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BECOME RATHER
STRONG IN THE MOUNTAINS LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH
GUSTS OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES (PLEASE
REFER TO LAXWSWLOX).
WITH THE COMPLEX AND RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...RESIDENTS
ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THEIR FAVORITE
LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT THIS WEATHER.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 228 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 600 AM PST SAT DEC 12 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.
.DAY ONE... TODAY
A AREA OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL
BE OVER VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...WITH ONLY SCATTERED
SHOWERS ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES. BY
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EASTWARD WITH
SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA.
* HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS *
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS *
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
A STRONGER STORM WILL ARRIVE LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL LAST
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THIS STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA WITH UP TO 3 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILL
AND MOUNTAIN AREAS. RAINFALL RATES WITH THIS SYSTEM COULD BE
AROUND 0.50 INCHES PER HOUR WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME MUD AND DEBRIS
FLOW PROBLEMS AROUND THE RECENT BURN AREA. SNOW LEVELS WILL
GENERALLY REMAIN BETWEEN 6000 AND 7000 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT
BEFORE LOWERING SUNDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHICH WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY SOUTHERLY
WINDS TO PRODUCE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM CONDITIONS.
* WINTER STORM WATCH.........SEE WWUS46 KLOX - WSWLOX FOR DETAILS *
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS *
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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