HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 600 AM PST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 600 AM PST WED DEC 09 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.
.DAY ONE... TODAY
STRONG WINDS...SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL
CREATE HAZARDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. THE WORST WEATHER
WILL BE ON THE NORTH SLOPES. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE AREAS
OF FROST OVER THE CENTRAL COAST AS WELL AS THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA
AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. HARD FREEZES WILL BE COMMON THIS MORNING
IN THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF ALL THE COUNTIES. BLACK ICE WILL CAUSE
HAZARDS FOR MOTORISTS IN THE INTERIOR OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA
BARBARA COUNTIES... ALL OF THE MOUNTAIN ROADS...AND THE ROADS
THROUGH THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. BEACHGOERS WILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH
THE HAZARDS OF AN INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK.
MORE FROST AND HARD FREEZES ARE LIKELY LATER TONIGHT MOST EVERYWHERE.
* WINTER STORM WARNING.......SEE WWUS46 KLOX - WSWLOX FOR DETAILS *
* FREEZE WARNING.............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *
* FROST ADVISORY.............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *
* HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS *
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
RAIN WITH MOUNTAIN SNOW IS POSSIBLE EACH DAY THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 522 PM PST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 800 AM PST TUE DEC 08 2009
...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILL READINGS TONIGHT...
...THREAT OF BLACK ICE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...DESERTS...AND
INTERIOR VALLEY LOCATIONS TONIGHT...
VERY COLD AIR COMING INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT IN THE WAKE
OF A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT. SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL
QUICKLY TONIGHT...LOWERING TO AS LOW AS 1500 FEET OVERNIGHT IN
SOME AREAS. IN MANY LOCATIONS...THE PRECIPITATION WILL END LATER
THIS EVENING... WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NORTH SLOPES OF THE
MOUNTAINS...WHERE A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.
HOWEVER...THE INFLUX OF VERY COLD AIR WILL BRING THE THREAT OF
BLACK ICE ACROSS MANY INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THE GREATEST THREAT OF ICY CONDITIONS WILL BE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
AND ANTELOPE VALLEY...BUT ALL INTERIOR VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL ALSO
BE VULNERABLE TO BLACK ICE CONDITIONS... INCLUDING WIND SHELTERED
AREAS OF THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...SAN FERNANDO VALLEY...AND
VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS.
MOTORISTS TRAVELLING INTO THE MOUNTAINS...DESERTS...AND INTERIOR VALLEYS
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES...VERY COLD WIND CHILL
READINGS...AND DANGEROUS BLACK ICE CONDITIONS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
WINTER STORM WARNING PRODUCT FOR DETAILS ON SNOW... AND NON
PRECIPITATION WEATHER PRODUCT FOR DETAILS ON UPCOMING FROST AND
FREEZE POTENTIAL.
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