HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 319 PM PST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 600 AM PST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.
.DAY ONE... TODAY
VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS...THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...THE
WESTERN PORTION OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY...AND THE SANTA BARBARA
SOUTH COAST WILL PRODUCE VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AS WELL
AS THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING OVER TREES. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL POSE
HAZARDS TO MARINERS ACROSS THE INNER AND OUTER WATERS. HAZARDOUS RIP
CURRENTS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TIMES AT THE BEACHES. VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS TONIGHT WILL MAKE IT HAZARDOUS FOR
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. HIGH SURF ADVISORY ALONG EXPOSED WEST AND
NORTHWEST SHORES IN EFFECT NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION.
* HIGH WIND WARNING..........SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *
* WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *
* FROST ADVISORY.............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *
* GALE WARNING...............SEE WHUS76 KLOX - MWWLOX FOR DETAILS *
* HIGH SURF ADVISORY.........SEE WHUS46 KLOX - CFWLOX FOR DETAILS *
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS *
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
* FROST ADVISORY.............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 959 AM PST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 600 PM PST TUE DEC 22 2009
...PERIODS OF STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY...
...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE TONIGHT...
ISOLATED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WITH SNOW LEVELS AROUND 3000 FEET OVER
THE NORTH SLOPES BORDERING KERN COUNTY WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. LESS THAN TWO INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON.
IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT...PERIODS OF STRONG NORTH AND NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL PERSIST WITH POTENTIALLY DAMAGING GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 70
MPH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...ANTELOPE VALLEY...SANTA BARBARA SOUTH
COAST...SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...AND SAN FERNANDO VALLEY THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS.
OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WIND ADVISORIES WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT WITH
GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 50 MPH.
COLD AIR WILL SETTLE OVER THE AREA AND UNDER CLEAR SKIES
SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY IN WIND SHELTERED AREAS
TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN
AREAS OF THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...CUYAMA VALLEY...AND INTERIOR VALLEYS
OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY...BUT THESE AREAS HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED
TWO HARD FREEZES THIS SEASON. OTHERWISE TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER
20S TO LOWER 30S WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE COASTAL VALLEYS AND FROST
ADVISORIES ARE LIKELY TONIGHT.
RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO THE
LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS FOR THIS DEVELOPING
WEATHER SITUATION.
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