Wind Advisory 14, NWS San Diego, CA

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1256 AM PST SUN MAR 26 2006

...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED...

.WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO DECREASE OVER DESERT AND MOUNTAIN AREAS SO
THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-
1256 AM PST SUN MAR 26 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WHILE IT WILL REMAIN BREEZY IN MANY AREAS OVERNIGHT...STRONG...ADVISORY
LEVEL WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

$$

JAD

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
130 PM PST SAT MAR 25 2006

.SYNOPSIS...A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA WILL DEEPEN THE MARINE LAYER FOR POSSIBLE DRIZZLE WEST OF
THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS
EVENING WILL DECREASE AS THE TROUGH MOVES EAST OVERNIGHT. WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BRING SLIGHT WARMING SUNDAY. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE
AHEAD OF PACIFIC STORM MONDAY WITH RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TUESDAY
INTO WEDNESDAY. DRY WITH GRADUAL WARMING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE...
SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTIES.

VIS SATELLITE SHOWS A SHARPLY DEFINED COLD FRONT SLIDING DOWN THE
COAST APPROACHING PT CONCEPTION AT 21Z. STRONG WINDS ALOFT HAVE
GENERATED WAVE CLOUDS OVER THE MTN RIDGETOPS...AND ROTOR ACTIVITY IS
POSSIBLE ON THE LEE SIDE OF THE MTNS THROUGH THE EVENING.

PRESSURE GRADIENTS HAVE REALLY CRANKED UP AHEAD OF THE FRONT AS SFC
LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPED OVER NEVADA...WITH A 11 MB ONSHORE GRADIENT
FROM SAN-TPH AT 20Z. EXPLOSIVE MARINE LAYER DEEPENING THIS EVENING
WILL BRING POSSIBLE DRIZZLE WEST OF THE MTNS. THE COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE EAST QUICKLY TONIGHT AND STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION ALOFT WILL
BEGIN TO ERODE THE INVERSION...MEANING THAT THE MARINE LAYER CLOUDS
WILL LIKELY START TO SHOW SIGNS OF DISSIPATING LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY
SUNDAY.

THE STRONG GRADIENTS COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL
RESULT IN GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING...STRONGEST IN THE MTNS
AND HIGH DESERTS WHERE GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. BUT IT WILL BE
BLUSTERY AT THE COAST AS WELL WITH STRONG WESTERLY FLOW BUFFETING
THE COASTLINE THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AFTER 06Z ONCE
THE TROUGH MOVES EAST AND THE PRESSURE GRADIENTS WEAKEN...AND THE
WINDS ALOFT SHIFT NORTHERLY.

WEAK RIDGING AND OFFSHORE FLOW SUNDAY WILL BRING A LIGHTER WINDS AND
SLIGHT WARMING...THEN ALL EYES TURN TO THE WEST IN ANTICIPATION OF
THE NEXT RAIN MAKER TAKING SHAPE OVER THE PACIFIC. THE WATER VAPOR
LOOP SHOWS THIS POTENT UPPER LOW CURRENTLY SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIAN
ISLANDS. THIS SYSTEM WILL DIG SOUTH AND BE POISED OFF THE NORTHERN
CAL COAST MONDAY EVENING. THE 12Z GFS IS A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH WITH
THE TRACK OF THE UPPER LOW...BUT TAPS INTO A MOISTURE LADEN
SUBTROPICAL CONNECTION ORIGINATING ALL THEY WAY PAST HAWAII WHERE PW
VALUES RANGE FROM 1.25 TO 1.50 INCHES. FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL
DYNAMICS AND AMPLE MOISTURE WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
RAINS...ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTHWEST FACING MTN SLOPES WHERE TWO TO
THREE INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. INITIALLY THE SNOW LEVELS WILL BE
HIGH DUE TO THE TROPICAL CONNECTION...BUT LOWER AS COLDER AIR WORKS
INTO THE SYSTEM TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IN THE WEAK FLOW BEHIND THE TROUGH WILL BRING
DRIER...WARMER WEATHER AND WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW FOR THE END OF THE
WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...
CIGS AROUND 1000 FEET MSL JUST OFF THE COAST WILL LIFT AND MOVE
ASHORE LATER TODAY AND COVER THE COASTAL AIRPORTS. CIGS WILL
CONTINUE TO GO UP TONIGHT AND NO VIS PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED EXCEPT
FOR FOG IN THE COASTAL SLOPES OF THE MTNS. WESTERLY WINDS AT ALL
LEVELS WILL BE STRONG THROUGH THE EVE. CIGS WILL SCATTER OUT ON SUN
BY LATE MORNING.

&&

.SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR THE STORM EARLY NEXT WEEK...SEE
LAXSPSSGX.

&&

PUBLIC...MOEDE
AVIATION...MM

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
400 AM PST SAT MAR 25 2006

CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-261200-
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
400 AM PST SAT MAR 25 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.

A STORM SYSTEM PASSING TO THE NORTH WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY
WEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGHOUT THE HIGH DESERTS
AND IN SOME MOUNTAIN AREAS. THE GUSTY WINDS COULD MAKE TRAVEL
DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY
IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER
IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

A STRONG PACIFIC STORM MAY AFFECT SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA ON TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN
SNOW. AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL DEVELOP ON THE COASTAL SLOPES AND
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AT TIMES.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE FLOODING IN LOW
LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS. RECENT BURN AREAS WILL BE
PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS. THE WINDY...
COLD...AND SNOWY WEATHER COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR UNPREPARED TRAVELERS
TO THE MOUNTAINS...AND HIKERS AND CAMPERS IN REMOTE AREAS...SEE
LAXSPSSGX FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

JAD