Wind Advisory 49, NWS Los Angeles, CA

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WWUS76 KLOX 272149
NPWLOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
249 PM PDT FRI OCT 27 2006

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM PDT...

.AT 240 PM...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT THE GUSTY
NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES
COUNTIES HAD DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY. SINCE THE WINDS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 300 PM.

ALTHOUGH A WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...LOCALLY GUSTY
NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY.

CAZ046-053-054-272300-
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SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
249 PM PDT FRI OCT 27 2006

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

$$

RAT

SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
400 AM PDT FRI OCT 27 2006

...UPDATED AVIATION...

.SHORT TERM...GUIDANCE INITIALIZED A BROAD RIDGE EXTENDING OVER THE
EASTERN PAC AND GREAT BASIN AND UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR 30/128 LAST
EVENING. AND STRENGTH AND POSITIONED WAS CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS
SOLUTIONS. MADE MINOR CHANGES AND ADJUSTED TEMPERATURES UP A
CATEGORY TODAY WHICH WAS CONSISTENT WITH THUS HIGHS. MODERATE
NORTHEAST WINDS PERSISTED OVER THE AREA WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS
OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS IN THE AREA BETWEEN TEJON AND SOLEDAD
PASSES AND EXTREMELY LOW AND WIDESPREAD RH EXTENDED FROM THE HIGH
COUNTRY TO THE COAST EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL ACCELERATE JUST
AFTER SUNRISE AND DECELERATE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING
AND REMAIN BELOW WARNING THRESHOLDS. GUIDANCE WAS CONSISTENT AND
CONTINUES TO INDICATE AN OFFSHORE COMPONENT PERSISTING THROUGH SAT.
WITH THE RIDGE DOWNSTREAM WEAKENING AND SHIFTING EAST THE RH BEGINS
TO RECOVER SUN AS A WEAK ONSHORE COMPONENT DEVELOPS...TEMPERATURES
WILL MODERATE AS WELL AND COOL TO SEASONAL NORMAL.

.LONG TERM...WILL CONTINUE DRY THROUGH THE PERIOD. CYCLOGENSIS IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER THE CENTRAL PACIFIC SUN. THE REMNANTS OF THE
SYSTEM SHIFTS EAST AND A LOW AMPLITUDE TROUGH WITHIN MODERATE WEST
FLOW WILL APPROACH THE AREA ALONG 30N. ENSEMBLE INDICATED A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION MOVING ASHORE OVER THE NORTH HALF OF
THE AREA. WILL CONTINUE DRY AT THIS TIME AS MOISTURE WITHIN THE
OPERATIONAL GFS WAS DISORGANIZED AND LIMITED TO THE MID LEVELS AS IT
PROPAGATED NORTHEAST OUT AHEAD OF THE CENTRAL PACIFIC SYSTEM. MINOR
CHANGES IN TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD AND WILL REMAIN AT OR
BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL AT ALL TAF SITES
TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE SOME SMOKE FROM THE
ESPARANZA FIRE IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY COULD DRIFT INTO PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN L.A. COUNTY RESULTING IN LOCAL MVFR VSBYS AND A
SMOKE LAYER ALOFT.

KLAX WILL HAVE UNRESTRICTED CIGS AND VIS TODAY. EAST WINDS LESS THAN
7 KT WILL OCCUR THROUGH MID MORNING WITH A WEAK SEABREEZE OCCURRING
IN THE AFTERNOON.

&&

.LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING (SEE LAXRFWLOX).
FREEZE WARNING (SEE LAXNPWLOX).

&&

PUBLIC...FORWOOD
AVIATION...RORKE/HALL

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
600 AM PDT FRI OCT 27 2006

CAZ034>041-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-281300-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES-
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
600 AM PDT FRI OCT 27 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A FREEZE WARNING FOR THE INLAND AREAS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY AS
WELL AS FOR THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WILL END A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNRISE.
EXTREMELY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL
PERSIST OVER THE INLAND AREAS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA
COUNTIES AS WELL FOR VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES EXCLUDING THE
COASTAL PLAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY.

* RED FLAG WARNING...........SEE WWUS86 KLOX - RFWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* FREEZE WARNING.............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER LATE SATURDAY
EVENING AS ONSHORE WINDS DEVELOP. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED
SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

* RED FLAG WARNING...........SEE WWUS86 KLOX - RFWLOX FOR DETAILS *

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

FORWOOD