Alert archive / California / Winter Storm Warnings in 2006

Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Los Angeles, CA

March 10, 2006

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this winter storm warning at Mar 10, 2006, 1:45 AM PST. It took effect at Mar 10, 2006, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for 39 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2006, 1:45 AM PST (09:45 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 10, 2006, 12:00 PM PST
Expired
Mar 12, 2006, 2:49 AM PST
In force
39 hr
Issued by
NWS Los Angeles, CA

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS46 KLOX 100945
WSWLOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
145 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT...

.A STORM ORIGINATING FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL DROP SOUTHWARD
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...BRINGING COLD TEMPERATURES... GUSTY
WINDS...AND VERY LOW SNOW LEVELS TO SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. MOST OF
THE PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...WHEN SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY RANGE
BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 FEET. SNOW LEVELS COULD LOCALLY FALL AS LOW
AS 1500 FEET WITH HEAVIER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY...WHERE A WINTER
STORM WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF THE MOUNTAIN AREAS...CUYAMA AND ANTELOPE
VALLEYS...AND INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
COUNTY...PROMPTING THE ISSUANCE OF THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.


CAZ054-101545-
/O.UPG.KLOX.WS.A.0003.060310T2000Z-060312T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KLOX.WS.W.0002.060310T2000Z-060312T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.060310T0945Z-060310T2000Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
145 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM PST
SUNDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM
PST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

PERIODS OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED
THIS MORNING...WHERE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...PROMPTING THE WINTER STORM WARNING. DURING THIS
TIME PERIOD...WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 AND 12
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 3500 FEET...EXCEPT 12 TO 18 INCHES EXPECTED
ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN GABRIEL RANGE. LESSER ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE
EXPECTED BELOW 3500 FEET.

SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND 3500 TODAY...THEN LOWER TO
BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 FEET TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW LEVELS COULD
LOCALLY FALL TO AROUND 1500 FEET WITH HEAVIER SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION... SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE PREVALENT THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE
COMBINATION OF BLOWING SNOW AND DENSE FOG WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH VISIBILITIES AT TIMES
NEAR ZERO.

THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...SNOW...AND GUSTY WINDS
COULD BE DEADLY FOR UNPREPARED HIKERS OR CAMPERS IN REMOTE AREAS.
WIND CHILL READINGS WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

THE LOW SNOW ELEVATIONS WITH THIS STORM WILL LIKELY IMPACT ALL
MAJOR ROADWAYS THROUGH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS THIS
WEEKEND... INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 FROM CASTAIC TO THE
GRAPEVINE...AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 14 THROUGH THE SOLEDAD CANYON.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND DENSE FOG ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS
AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.


$$

CAZ051>053-101545-
/O.NEW.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.060310T0945Z-060312T0200Z/
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
145 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST
SATURDAY. 

SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW LEVEL
WILL GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 2000 AND 2500 FEET THROUGH THE PERIOD...BUT
COULD LOCALLY FALL TO AROUND 1500 FEET IN HEAVIER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION... SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE PREVALENT THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE
COMBINATION OF BLOWING SNOW AND DENSE FOG WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH VISIBILITIES AT TIMES
NEAR ZERO.

THE LOW SNOW ELEVATIONS WITH THIS STORM WILL LIKELY IMPACT ALL
MAJOR ROADWAYS THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS THIS WEEKEND.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS
AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.


$$

CAZ059-101545-
/O.NEW.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.060310T0945Z-060312T0200Z/
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
145 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST
SATURDAY. 

SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD
TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE FOOTHILLS...WHERE 3 TO
5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. SNOW WILL OCCASIONALLY REACH THE VALLEY
FLOOR THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...WHERE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION... SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE PREVALENT THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE COMBINATION
OF BLOWING SNOW AND DENSE FOG WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS IN THE FOOTHILLS...WITH VISIBILITIES AT TIMES NEAR
ZERO.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY
WINDS AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED
FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.


$$

CAZ038-101545-
/O.NEW.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.060310T0945Z-060312T0200Z/
CUYAMA VALLEY-
145 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST
SATURDAY. 

SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE
AROUND 2500 FEET TODAY...LOWERING TO AROUND 2000 FEET TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE
FOOTHILLS...WHERE 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. LIGHTER SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE VALLEY
FLOOR.

IN ADDITION... SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE PREVALENT THROUGH THE PERIOD. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS
AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.


$$

CAZ037-101545-
/O.NEW.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.060310T0945Z-060312T0200Z/
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-
145 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST
SATURDAY. 

SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE
AROUND 2500 FEET TODAY...LOWERING TO AROUND 2000 FEET TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ABOVE 2000
FEET...WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE SNOW LEVEL COULD
LOCALLY FALL AS LOW AS 1500 FEET NEAR HEAVIER SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

IN ADDITION... SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE PREVALENT THROUGH THE PERIOD.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS
AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.


$$

GOMBERG/BRUNO
9 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS46 KLOX 101542
WSWLOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
742 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER STORM OVER SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT...

.A STORM ORIGINATING FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST OVER THE
AREA THROUGH THE SATURDAY. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
HIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...WHEN SNOW LEVELS WILL
GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 FEET. SNOW LEVELS COULD
LOCALLY FALL AS LOW AS 1500 FEET WITH HEAVIER SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY...WHERE A WINTER STORM WARNING
WILL BE IN EFFECT. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE MOUNTAIN AREAS...CUYAMA AND ANTELOPE
VALLEYS...AND INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY...
PROMPTING THE ISSUANCE OF THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

CAZ054-102000-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0002.060310T2000Z-060312T1100Z/
/O.CON.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060310T2000Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
742 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM
PST SUNDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM PST
SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST
TODAY. 

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL TOTAL AROUND 4 INCHES ABOVE 3500 FEET
BY NOON TODAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES WILL
OCCUR ABOVE 3500 FEET...EXCEPT 12 TO 18 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS
THE EASTERN SAN GABRIEL RANGE BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR BELOW 3500
FEET.

SNOW LEVELS WERE AROUND 3500 THIS MORNING...THEN WILL LOWER TO
AROUND 2500 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST TO
WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL PREVAIL. THE
COMBINATION OF BLOWING SNOW AND DENSE FOG WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH VISIBILITIES AT TIMES
NEAR ZERO.

THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...SNOW...AND GUSTY WINDS
COULD BE DEADLY FOR UNPREPARED HIKERS OR CAMPERS IN REMOTE AREAS.
WIND CHILL READINGS WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

ALL MAJOR ROADWAYS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE LOW SNOW LEVELS THROUGH
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS THIS WEEKEND...INCLUDING
INTERSTATE 5 FROM CASTAIC TO THE GRAPEVINE...AS WELL AS INTERSTATE
14 THROUGH THE SOLEDAD CANYON.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND DENSE FOG ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS
AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

CAZ051>053-102145-
/O.CON.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T0200Z/
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
742 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST SATURDAY.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2000 AND 2500 FEET
...BUT COULD LOCALLY FALL TO AROUND 1500 FEET IN HEAVIER SHOWERS
OR THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL PREVAIL. THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING
SNOW AND DENSE FOG WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE
MOUNTAINS...WITH VISIBILITIES AT TIMES NEAR ZERO.

THE LOW SNOW ELEVATIONS WITH THIS STORM WILL LIKELY IMPACT ALL MAJOR
ROADWAYS THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS THIS WEEKEND.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS
AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

CAZ059-102145-
/O.CON.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T0200Z/
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
742 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST SATURDAY.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE SNOW LEVEL AROUND 2500 FEET
TODAY...LOWERING TO AROUND 2000 FEET TONIGHT AND PERSISTING
THROUGH SATURDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED
ACROSS THE VALLEY FLOOR THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING
SNOW AND DENSE FOG WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE
FOOTHILLS...WITH VISIBILITIES AT TIMES NEAR ZERO.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS
AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

CAZ038-102145-
/O.CON.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T0200Z/
CUYAMA VALLEY-
742 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST SATURDAY.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE SNOW LEVEL AROUND 2500 FEET
TODAY...LOWERING TO AROUND 2000 FEET TONIGHT AND PERSISTING
THROUGH SATURDAY. LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE
LIKELY ACROSS THE VALLEY FLOOR.

IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS
AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

CAZ037-102145-
/O.CON.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T0200Z/
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-
742 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST SATURDAY.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH THE SNOW LEVEL AROUND 2500
FEET TODAY...LOWERING TO AROUND 2000 FEET TONIGHT AND PERSISTING
THROUGH SATURDAY. MIXED RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE AS LOW AS 1500
FEET NEAR HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS
AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$


FORWOOD
000 
WWUS46 KLOX 101955
WSWLOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
1155 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER STORM OVER SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...

.A STORM ORIGINATING FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST OVER THE
AREA THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
HIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...WHEN SNOW LEVELS WILL
GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 FEET. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL
AS LOW AS 1000 FEET WITH HEAVIER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES
COUNTY... WHERE A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. ACCUMULATING
SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MOUNTAIN AREAS...
CUYAMA AND ANTELOPE VALLEYS...AND INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS
OBISPO COUNTY.

CAZ054-110300-
/O.EXP.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060310T2000Z/
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0002.060310T2000Z-060312T1100Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
1155 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY. A WINTER
STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY. 

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES WILL OCCUR ABOVE
3500 FEET...EXCEPT 12 TO 18 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN
GABRIEL RANGE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS
WILL OCCUR BELOW 3500 FEET.

SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS AT TIMES IN HEAVIER
SHOWERS THROUGH SATURDAY. ALL MAJOR ROADWAYS WILL BE AFFECTED BY
SNOW...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 FROM CASTAIC TO THE GRAPEVINE...AS
WELL AS INTERSTATE 14 THROUGH THE SOLEDAD CANYON. IN
ADDITION...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL CONTINUE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY
SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN
THE MOUNTAINS...WITH VISIBILITIES AT TIMES NEAR ZERO.

THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...SNOW...AND GUSTY WINDS
COULD BE DEADLY FOR UNPREPARED HIKERS OR CAMPERS IN REMOTE AREAS.
WIND CHILL READINGS WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS OF SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND DENSE FOG ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

CAZ051>053-110300-
/O.CON.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T0200Z/
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
1155 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST SATURDAY.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2000 AND
2500 FEET...BUT WILL FALL TO THE VALLEY FLOORS IN HEAVIER SHOWERS
OR THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTING ALL MAJOR ROADWAYS IN THE AREA THIS
WEEKEND. IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE. THE COMBINATION OF BRIEF HEAVY
SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN
THE MOUNTAINS...WITH VISIBILITIES AT TIMES NEAR ZERO.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY
WINDS AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED
FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

CAZ059-110300-
/O.CON.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T0200Z/
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
1155 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST SATURDAY.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE SNOW LEVEL AROUND
2500 FEET TODAY...LOWERING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS TONIGHT AND
PERSISTING THROUGH SATURDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE VALLEY FLOOR THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE COMBINATION OF BRIEF
HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
IN THE FOOTHILLS...WITH VISIBILITIES AT TIMES NEAR ZERO.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS
AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

CAZ038-110300-
/O.CON.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T0200Z/
CUYAMA VALLEY-
1155 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST SATURDAY.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE SNOW LEVEL AROUND
2500 FEET TODAY...LOWERING TO AROUND 1500 FEET TONIGHT AND
PERSISTING THROUGH SATURDAY. LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE VALLEY FLOOR.

IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS
AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

CAZ037-110300-
/O.CON.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T0200Z/
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-
1155 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST SATURDAY.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH THE SNOW LEVEL AROUND
2500 FEET TODAY...LOWERING TO AROUND 1500 FEET TONIGHT AND
PERSISTING THROUGH SATURDAY. MIXED RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE AS LOW
AS 1000 FEET NEAR HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS
AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

BOLDT
000
WWUS46 KLOX 102159
WSWLOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
159 PM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER STORM OVER SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...

.A STORM ORIGINATING FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST OVER THE
AREA THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...WHEN SNOW
LEVELS WILL GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 FEET. SNOW
LEVELS WILL FALL AS LOW AS 1000 FEET WITH HEAVIER SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY...WHERE A WINTER STORM WARNING IS
IN EFFECT. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
THE MOUNTAIN AREAS...CUYAMA AND ANTELOPE VALLEYS...AND INTERIOR
VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY.

CAZ054-110400-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T1100Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
159 PM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY. 

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES WILL OCCUR ABOVE
3500 FEET...EXCEPT 12 TO 18 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN
GABRIEL RANGE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS
WILL OCCUR BELOW 3500 FEET.

SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS AT TIMES IN HEAVIER
SHOWERS THROUGH SATURDAY. ALL MAJOR ROADWAYS WILL BE AFFECTED BY
SNOW...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 FROM CASTAIC TO THE GRAPEVINE...AS
WELL AS INTERSTATE 14 THROUGH THE SOLEDAD CANYON. IN ADDITION...
SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
CONTINUE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND
GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE
MOUNTAINS...WITH VISIBILITIES AT TIMES NEAR ZERO.

THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...SNOW...AND GUSTY WINDS
COULD BE DEADLY FOR UNPREPARED HIKERS OR CAMPERS IN REMOTE AREAS.
WIND CHILL READINGS WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND DENSE FOG ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

CAZ051>053-110400-
/O.CON.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T0200Z/
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
159 PM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST SATURDAY.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2000 AND
2500 FEET...BUT WILL FALL TO THE VALLEY FLOORS IN HEAVIER SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTING ALL MAJOR ROADWAYS IN THE AREA THIS WEEKEND.
IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL CONTINUE. THE COMBINATION OF BRIEF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY
WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS...
WITH VISIBILITIES AT TIMES NEAR ZERO.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS
AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

CAZ059-110400-
/O.CON.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T0200Z/
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
159 PM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST SATURDAY.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE SNOW LEVEL AROUND
2500 FEET TODAY...LOWERING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS TONIGHT AND
PERSISTING THROUGH SATURDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE VALLEY FLOOR THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE COMBINATION OF BRIEF
HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
IN THE FOOTHILLS...WITH VISIBILITIES AT TIMES NEAR ZERO.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS
AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

CAZ038-110400-
/O.CON.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T0200Z/
CUYAMA VALLEY-
159 PM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST SATURDAY.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE SNOW LEVEL AROUND
2500 FEET TODAY...LOWERING TO AROUND 1500 FEET TONIGHT AND
PERSISTING THROUGH SATURDAY. LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE VALLEY FLOOR.

IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS
AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

CAZ037-110400-
/O.CON.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T0200Z/
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-
159 PM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST SATURDAY.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH THE SNOW LEVEL AROUND
2500 FEET TODAY...LOWERING TO AROUND 1500 FEET TONIGHT AND
PERSISTING THROUGH SATURDAY. MIXED RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE AS LOW
AS 1000 FEET NEAR HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS
AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$
000
WWUS46 KLOX 110345
WSWLOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
745 PM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER STORM OVER SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...

.A STORM ORIGINATING FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST OVER THE
AREA THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...WHEN SNOW LEVELS
WILL GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 FEET. HEAVIER SHOWERS
OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE SNOW LEVELS TO DROP TO LOCALLY 1000
FT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS
ANGELES COUNTY...WHERE A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT.
ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MOUNTAIN
AREAS...CUYAMA AND ANTELOPE VALLEYS...AND INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN
LUIS OBISPO COUNTY.

CAZ054-110945-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T1100Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
745 PM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY. 

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES WILL OCCUR ABOVE
3500 FEET...EXCEPT 12 TO 18 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN
GABRIEL RANGE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS
WILL OCCUR BELOW 3500 FEET.

SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS AT TIMES IN HEAVIER
SHOWERS THROUGH SATURDAY. ALL MAJOR ROADWAYS WILL BE AFFECTED BY
SNOW...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 FROM CASTAIC TO THE GRAPEVINE...AS
WELL AS INTERSTATE 14 THROUGH THE SOLEDAD CANYON. IN ADDITION...
SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
CONTINUE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND
GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE
MOUNTAINS...WITH VISIBILITIES AT TIMES NEAR ZERO.

THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...SNOW...AND GUSTY WINDS
COULD BE DEADLY FOR UNPREPARED HIKERS OR CAMPERS IN REMOTE AREAS.
WIND CHILL READINGS WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND DENSE FOG ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

CAZ037-038-051>053-059-110945-
/O.CON.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T0200Z/
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-ANTELOPE VALLEY-
745 PM PST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST SATURDAY.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH THE SNOW LEVEL AROUND
2500 FEET TODAY...LOWERING TO AROUND 1500 FEET TONIGHT AND
PERSISTING THROUGH SATURDAY. MIXED RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE AS LOW
AS 1000 FEET NEAR HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS
AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

KAPLAN/ASR
000
WWUS46 KLOX 110934
WSWLOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
134 AM PST SAT MAR 11 2006

...WINTER STORM OVER SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...

.A VERY COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING. BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA TODAY...WITH SHOWERS DECREASING FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS
WILL GENERALLY AVERAGE 2000 TO 2500 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...IN
HEAVIER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS... SNOW COULD FALL AS LOW AS 1000
TO 1500 FEET. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY...WHERE A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT.
MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
MOUNTAIN AREAS...THE CUYAMA AND ANTELOPE VALLEYS...AND INTERIOR
VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY. A DUSTING OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...AND
IN THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA
COUNTIES.

CAZ054-111745-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T1100Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
134 AM PST SAT MAR 11 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY. 

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 10 AND 18 INCHES WILL OCCUR
ABOVE 3500 FEET...EXCEPT 18 TO 30 INCHES ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN
GABRIEL RANGE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS
WILL OCCUR BELOW 3500 FEET.

ALL MAJOR ROADWAYS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SNOW...INCLUDING
INTERSTATE 5 FROM CASTAIC TO THE GRAPEVINE...AS WELL AS INTERSTATE
14 THROUGH THE SOLEDAD CANYON. IN ADDITION... SOUTHWEST TO WEST
WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE AT HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL
CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH
VISIBILITIES AT TIMES NEAR ZERO.

THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...SNOW...AND GUSTY WINDS
COULD BE DEADLY FOR UNPREPARED HIKERS OR CAMPERS IN REMOTE AREAS.
WIND CHILL READINGS WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND DENSE FOG ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

CAZ037-038-051>053-059-111745-
/O.CON.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T0200Z/
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-ANTELOPE VALLEY-
134 AM PST SAT MAR 11 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3000 FEET...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6
INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS SURROUNDING THE ANTELOPE AND CUYAMA
VALLEYS. LOCAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ON
THE VALLEY FLOOR OF THE CUYAMA AND ANTELOPE VALLEYS...AND IN THE
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY VALLEYS ABOVE 1500 FEET.

IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS
AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

BRUNO/ASR
000 
WWUS46 KLOX 111748
WSWLOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
948 AM PST SAT MAR 11 2006

...WINTER STORM OVER SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING...

.A VERY COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA TODAY...WITH SHOWERS
DECREASING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY AVERAGE 2000 TO 2500
FEET THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...IN HEAVIER SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS... SNOW COULD FALL AS LOW AS 1000 TO 1500 FEET. THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES
COUNTY...WHERE A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. MODERATE
AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MOUNTAIN
AREAS...THE CUYAMA AND ANTELOPE VALLEYS...AND INTERIOR VALLEYS OF
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY. A DUSTING OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...AND IN THE
FOOTHILLS ABOVE THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES.

HERE ARE SOME SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AS OF 9 AM...

LOS ANGELES COUNTY...

MOUNTAIN HIGH...................10-14 INCHES.
MOUNT BALDY (6000 FOOT LEVEL)...14 INCHES.
WRIGHTWOOD (6000 FOOT LEVEL)....8 INCHES.
ACTON (2600 FOOT LEVEL).........3 INCHES.
ACTON CANYON (3800 FOOT LEVEL)..1 INCH.

VENTURA COUNTY...

MOUNT PINOS (8300 FOOT LEVEL)...10 INCHES.
LOCKWOOD VALLEY.................4 INCHES.
FRAZIER PARK....................3 INCHES.


CAZ054-120000-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T1100Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
948 AM PST SAT MAR 11 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY. 

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 10 AND 18 INCHES WILL OCCUR ABOVE
3500 FEET...EXCEPT 18 TO 30 INCHES ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN GABRIEL
RANGE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR
BELOW 3500 FEET.

ALL MAJOR ROADWAYS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SNOW...INCLUDING INTERSTATE
5 FROM CASTAIC TO THE GRAPEVINE...AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 14 THROUGH
THE SOLEDAD CANYON. IN ADDITION... SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE
COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH VISIBILITIES AT TIMES
NEAR ZERO.

THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...SNOW...AND GUSTY WINDS
COULD BE DEADLY FOR UNPREPARED HIKERS OR CAMPERS IN REMOTE AREAS.
WIND CHILL READINGS WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND DENSE FOG ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

CAZ037-038-051>053-059-120000-
/O.CON.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T0200Z/
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-ANTELOPE VALLEY-
948 AM PST SAT MAR 11 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3000 FEET...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES
IN THE FOOTHILLS SURROUNDING THE ANTELOPE AND CUYAMA VALLEYS. LOCAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ON THE VALLEY FLOOR
OF THE CUYAMA AND ANTELOPE VALLEYS...AND IN THE SAN LUIS OBISPO
COUNTY VALLEYS ABOVE 1500 FEET.

IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS
AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

GOMBERG/MEIER
000 
WWUS46 KLOX 112237
WSWLOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
237 PM PST SAT MAR 11 2006

...WINTER STORM OVER SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING...

.A VERY COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH TONIGHT.
SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY AVERAGE 2000 TO 2500 FEET THROUGH
TONIGHT. HOWEVER...IN HEAVIER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS...SNOW
COULD FALL AS LOW AS 1000 TO 1500 FEET. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY...WHERE A
WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL
FALL ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MOUNTAIN AREAS...THE CUYAMA AND
ANTELOPE VALLEYS...AND INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY.
A DUSTING OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...AND IN THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE THE VALLEYS OF
LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES.

HERE ARE SOME SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AS OF 2 PM...

LOS ANGELES COUNTY...

MOUNTAIN HIGH...................10-14 INCHES.
WRIGHTWOOD (6000 FOOT LEVEL)....10 INCHES.
MOUNT WILSON (5700 FOOT LEVEL)..6-8 INCHES.
ACTON (2600 FOOT LEVEL).........3 INCHES.
ACTON CANYON (3800 FOOT LEVEL)..1 INCH.

VENTURA COUNTY...

MOUNT PINOS (8300 FOOT LEVEL)...10 INCHES. 
LOCKWOOD VALLEY.................4 INCHES.
FRAZIER PARK....................3 INCHES.

CAZ054-120500-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T1100Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
237 PM PST SAT MAR 11 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY. 

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 10 AND 18 INCHES WILL OCCUR ABOVE
3500 FEET...EXCEPT 18 TO 30 INCHES ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN GABRIEL
RANGE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR
BELOW 3500 FEET.

ALL MAJOR ROADWAYS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SNOW...INCLUDING INTERSTATE
5 FROM CASTAIC TO THE GRAPEVINE...AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 14 THROUGH
THE SOLEDAD CANYON. IN ADDITION... SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE
COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH VISIBILITIES AT TIMES
NEAR ZERO.

THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...SNOW...AND GUSTY WINDS
COULD BE DEADLY FOR UNPREPARED HIKERS OR CAMPERS IN REMOTE AREAS.
WIND CHILL READINGS WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND DENSE FOG ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

CAZ037-038-051>053-059-120500-
/O.EXT.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T1100Z/
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-ANTELOPE VALLEY-
237 PM PST SAT MAR 11 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY. 

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3000 FEET...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES
IN THE FOOTHILLS SURROUNDING THE ANTELOPE AND CUYAMA VALLEYS. LOCAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ON THE VALLEY FLOOR
OF THE CUYAMA AND ANTELOPE VALLEYS...AND IN THE SAN LUIS OBISPO
COUNTY VALLEYS ABOVE 1500 FEET.

IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS
AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

GOMBERG
000 
WWUS46 KLOX 120450
WSWLOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
850 PM PST SAT MAR 11 2006

...WINTER STORM OVER SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING...

.THIS WEEKENDS STORM IS WINDING DOWN. THE BULK OF THE SYSTEM HAS
MOVED TO THE EAST...BUT ONE FINAL IMPULSE...CURRENTLY NEAR
MONTEREY...WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THIS IMPULSE
WILL CREATE ONE LAST BURST OF SNOW SHOWERS. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE
NEAR 2200 FEET.

CAZ054-121100-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T1100Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
850 PM PST SAT MAR 11 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY. 

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 10 AND 18 INCHES WILL OCCUR ABOVE
3500 FEET...EXCEPT 18 TO 30 INCHES ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN GABRIEL
RANGE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR
BELOW 3500 FEET.

ALL MAJOR ROADWAYS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SNOW SHOWERS...INCLUDING
INTERSTATE 5 TO THE GRAPEVINE...AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 14 THROUGH
THE SOLEDAD CANYON. IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 15
TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH VISIBILITIES AT TIMES
NEAR ZERO.

THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...SNOW...AND GUSTY WINDS
COULD BE DEADLY FOR UNPREPARED HIKERS OR CAMPERS IN REMOTE AREAS.
WIND CHILL READINGS WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND DENSE FOG ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

CAZ037-038-051>053-059-121100-
/O.CON.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T1100Z/
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-ANTELOPE VALLEY-
850 PM PST SAT MAR 11 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY. 

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3000 FEET...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES
IN THE FOOTHILLS SURROUNDING THE ANTELOPE AND CUYAMA VALLEYS. LOCAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ON THE VALLEY FLOOR
OF THE CUYAMA AND ANTELOPE VALLEYS...AND IN THE SAN LUIS OBISPO
COUNTY VALLEYS ABOVE 1500 FEET.

IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS
AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

ASR
000 
WWUS46 KLOX 121049
WSWLOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
249 AM PST SUN MAR 12 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES CANCELED...

.THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. ALTHOUGH SCATTERED SHOWER
ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...ESPECIALLY ON THE
NORTHERN SLOPES. SNOW LEVEL WILL REMAIN LOW NEAR 2500 FEET. THE
MOUNTAINS WILL SEE LOCAL ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES...WHILE VALLEY REGIONS WILL SEE NO ACCUMULATIONS.

CAZ054-121200-
/O.CAN.KLOX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T1100Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
249 AM PST SUN MAR 12 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. 

$$

CAZ037-038-051>053-059-121200-
/O.CAN.KLOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T1100Z/
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-ANTELOPE VALLEY-
249 AM PST SUN MAR 12 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

$$

ASR

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Mar 9, 10:10 PM PST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 10:10 PM PST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
1010 PM PST THU MAR 9 2006

.SHORT TERM...COLD UNSTABLE AIRMASS CONTINUES TO POUR INTO SWRN CA
THIS EVENING. STRONG ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUES WITH GUSTY WINDS HANGING
ON ALONG SOME COASTAL AREAS...AND OVER THE SBA S COAST AND MOUNTAINS
WHERE A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...A
COLD FRONT WAS APPROACHING THE CENTRAL COAST WITH A BAND OF SHOWERS.
THESE SHOWERS WILL SPREAD INTO SLO/SBA COUNTIES OVERNIGHT WHILE DRY
CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL ELSEWHERE. OTHERWISE PARTLY TO MOSTLY
CLOUDY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE DISTRICT OVERNIGHT.

LARGE UPPER TROF OVER W COAST WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN OVERNIGHT AND
FRI...WITH 500 MB HEIGHTS FALLING OVER THE DISTRICT TO 536 TO 540
DM BY LATE FRI. THICKNESSES FORECAST BY THE GFS TO DROP TO BETWEEN
530 AND 534 DM BY FRI AFTERNOON. SHOWERS WILL BECOME LIKELY OVER A
GOOD PORTION OF THE DISTRICT FRI...AND THERE IS A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS SOME OF WHICH COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. SNOW LEVELS
WILL DROP ON FRI TO 3000 FEET OVER THE REGION...AND SOME
ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ABOVE THESE LEVELS. AT THIS TIME
THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE PRECIP AMOUNTS THRU FRI WILL BE GENERALLY A
HALF INCH OR LESS...WITH MOST AREAS PROBABLY RECEIVING LESS THAN ONE
QUARTER INCH.

THE BROAD UPPER TROF WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN THRU SAT AND PERSIST
SAT NIGHT WITH MORE ENERGY MOVING INTO SWRN CA AS THE POLAR JET SETS
UP A FEW HUNDRED MILES SW OF THE DISTRICT. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION
WILL BE LIKELY OVER THE DISTRICT WITH SNOW LEVELS FALLING FURTHER TO
2000 TO 3000 FEET. SNOW LEVELS COULD LOCALLY FALL TO 1500 TO 2000
FEET IN HEAVIER SHOWERS WITH A LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE
FOOTHILLS. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THRU THE PERIOD
AS WELL. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL NOT BE OUT OF THE
QUESTION FOR THE MOUNTAINS WITH THIS EVENT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
EASTERN SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR THE L.A. COUNTY MOUNTAINS FROM FRI AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SAT
NIGHT AND A SNOW ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR OTHER AREAS DURING THE
PERIOD. A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL BE OVER SWRN CA OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...SNOW...AND GUSTY WINDS
COULD BE DEADLY FOR UNPREPARED HIKERS OR CAMPERS IN REMOTE AREAS.
TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AS
WELL. FOR DETAILS ON THE UPCOMING WINTRY WEATHER PLEASE SEE THE
PRODUCT LAXSPSLOX

THE UPPER TROF IS FORECAST TO MOVE SLOWLY E ON SUN. ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS WILL OCCUR OVER THE DISTRICT...WITH SNOW LEVELS INCREASING A
BIT TO 3500 TO 4000 FT. TEMPS THRU THE WEEKEND WILL BE BELOW
NORMAL...ALTHO FRI AND SAT WILL BE THE COLDEST DAYS WITH HIGHS AS
MUCH AS 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

...FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...

.LONG TERM...CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY IMPROVE EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH
TEMPS GETTING BACK INTO THE 60S AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. RECENT SNOWS IN
THE MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY KEEP TEMPS THERE QUITE COOL AT LEAST FOR
THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK. THE TAIL END OF A COLD FRONT WILL DRAG
THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY, BUT ITS HIGHLY DOUBTFUL WELL GET ANY
PRECIP THIS FAR SOUTH. THE GFS DOES SHOW AN INCREASE IN LOW LVL
MOISTURE AND UPWARD VERTICAL VELOCITIES ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST
TUESDAY MORNING AND DECIDED TO LEAVE 20 POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR
NOW. WED AND THURS LOOK DRY AND SLIGHTLY WARMER, BUT STILL BELOW
NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

&&

.AVIATION...MVFR CIGS MOVING INTO SLO/SBA COUNTIES TONIGHT AND
SHOULD CONTINUE THRU FRI. MVFR CIGS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF
VTU/L.A. COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY IN THE VALLEYS. DIFFICULT FORECAST
THRU FRI FOR THESE AREAS WITH SOME MVFR CIGS...BUT MAY BE MOSTLY VFR
CONDITIONS EXCEPT IN ANY HEAVIER SHOWERS. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT ALONG SBA S COAST AND VTU COAST.

&&

.LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WATCH (SEE LAXWSWLOX).
WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX).
GALE WARNING (SEE LAXCWFLOX).
HIGH SURF ADVISORY (SEE LAXCFWLOX).
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT (SEE LAXSPSLOX).

&&

PUBLIC...SIRARD/WOFFORD
AVIATION...SIRARD
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 2:52 PM PST, 10 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
252 PM PST THU MAR 9 2006

CAZ034>041-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-101400-
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-
252 PM PST THU MAR 9 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY

COLD WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL MAKE TRAVELING AND
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS TODAY.

* WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* GALE WARNING...............SEE FZUS56 KLOX - CWFLOX FOR DETAILS *

* HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS *

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

VERY COLD WINDY WEATHER WILL GRIP SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FRIDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY. SNOW LEVELS AS LOW AS 2000 FEET CREATING DRIVING HAZARDS
OVER PASSES AND CANYONS AS WELL AS FOOTHILLS. STRONG WINDS WILL
CREATE HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS AS WELL AS INCREASE THE HAZARDS OF
DRIVING. WIND CHILLS...SNOW...BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE DEADLY
HAZARDS FOR PEOPLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CREATE HAZARDS ALL DAY SATURDAY.SHOWERS WILL BE
WEAKER ON MONDAY AND TEMPS WILL WARM A LITTLE. ANOTHER SLIGHT CHANCE
OF RAIN WILL OCCUR TUESDAY. THE AREA SHOULD BE DRY AND HAZARD FREE
NEXT WEDNESDAY.

* WINTER STORM WATCH.........SEE WWUS46 KLOX - WSWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* HIGH SURF ADVISORY.........SEE WHUS46 KLOX - CFWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS *

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

WOFFORD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 11:52 PM PSTMarine Weather StatementLOX43 hr
Mar 10, 1:45 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLOXSanta Barbara49 hr
Mar 10, 3:50 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningLOX85 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.