HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1000 PM PST FRI NOV 27 2009
Expiration: 400 AM PST SAT NOV 28 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS FROM 3 AM
TO 3 PM SATURDAY.
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT. A LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL
WILL BRING LARGE SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE
COASTAL WATERS LATE TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS UNTIL 3 PM
SATURDAY.
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FOR VERY LARGE
SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
COASTAL WATERS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION IS NOT
REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA...HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 855 PM PST FRI NOV 27 2009
Expiration: 600 AM PST SAT NOV 28 2009
...COLDER WEATHER AND SCATTERED SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...
A STRONG...FAST MOVING COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA WILL BRING SHARPLY COLDER WEATHER ALONG WITH SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND HIGH ELEVATION MOUNTAIN SNOW SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE.
THE SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 4500 AND 5000 FEET SATURDAY
MORNING AS COLD AIR FILLS IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. PERIODS OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET WHERE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 3 TO 6
INCHES OF SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM SATURDAY.
DUE TO THE SHOWERY NATURE OF THIS STORM...THE RAIN AND SNOW TOTALS
WILL BE QUITE VARIABLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM A FEW
HUNDREDTHS OF AN AN INCH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH WEST OF THE
MOUNTAINS. HIGHER AMOUNTS BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF OF AN INCH
ARE EXPECTED OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND WEST FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES.
THE SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...LINGERING
MOISTURE WILL KEEP THE THREAT FOR LIGHT SHOWERS GOING ON THE NORTH
AND EAST FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
IT WILL BE MUCH COLDER SATURDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY REACH
THE 50S TO LOW 60S WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS AND IN THE NORTHERN
DESERTS. MOUNTAIN HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 40S...WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE
30S ABOVE 6000 FEET. TEMPERATURES IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND
BORREGO SPRINGS AREA SHOULD REACH THE MID 60S SATURDAY.
IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING STORM...STRONG GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS
ARE FORECAST SUNDAY AND MONDAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND THROUGH AND
BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS.
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