Advisory: WET AND WINDY WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED FOR SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
Advisory: WET AND WINDY WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED FOR SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
Dear Nixle User,
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
809 PM PST MON DEC 8 2014
A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS A STRONG AND COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN MOVES OVER THE REGION. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES FOR COASTAL AND VALLEY LOCATIONS...TO 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS BETWEEN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES. SINCE THIS STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR GREATER DYNAMICS AND INSTABILITY... AS COMPARED TO LAST WEEKS SYSTEM ... RAINFALL RATES AROUND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE FRONT. AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE...COLDER AIR ALOFT WITH THE STORM SYSTEM COULD RESULT IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...POTENTIALLY PRODUCING LOCALIZED RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR.
RAINFALL RATES OF THIS INTENSITY COULD BRING A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING ALONG WITH MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND NEAR RECENT BURN AREAS.
GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE FOOTHILLS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES...WHERE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH MAY OCCUR.
ELSEWHERE... WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION AND ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST. TREES...TREE LIMBS...AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED BY THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS. DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP FOR MOTORISTS TRAVELING ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES.
THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE NEAR 8500 FEET ON THURSDAY NIGHT THEN DROP TO NEAR 5000 FEET BY FRIDAY EVENING. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE SNOW LEVEL COULD FALL AS LOW AS 4000 FEET...POSSIBLY IMPACTING TRAVEL NEAR THE TEJON PASS ON INTERSTATE 5 DUE TO ACCUMULATING SNOW.
WHILE IT IS STILL UNCERTAIN...SHOWERS DEVELOPING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT COULD BRING A FEW INCHES OF SNOW TO SOME AREA MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET.
IF TRAVELING THROUGH MOUNTAINS ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...WINTRY DRIVING CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP.
RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO LIVE NEAR THE RECENT BURN AREAS...SUCH AS THE COLBY AND SPRINGS BURN AREAS...SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ABOUT THIS POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS STORM SYSTEM.
