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Small Craft Advisory 158, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

December 22, 2008

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this small craft advisory at Dec 22, 2008, 3:19 PM PST. It took effect at Dec 23, 2008, 7:00 PM PST. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 22, 2008, 3:19 PM PST (23:19 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 23, 2008, 7:00 PM PST
Expired
Dec 27, 2008, 4:00 AM PST
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Dec 22, 3:10 PM PST, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 3:10 PM PST, 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 3:00 PM PST, 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA CA
300 PM PST MON DEC 22 2008

CAZ006-505>513-516>518-528>530-231400-
SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...ARROYO SECO...AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO-
SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO COUNTY AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY
INCLUDING PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT-SAN FRANCISCO-
COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE-
NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-
SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE-EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-
SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-EAST BAY HILLS AND THE DIABLO RANGE-
NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...HOLLISTER VALLEY...AND CARMEL VALLEY-
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-SANTA CLARA VALLEY...INCLUDING SAN JOSE-
300 PM PST MON DEC 22 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND
MONTEREY BAY AREA.

.DAY ONE...MONDAY NIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS
EVENING AND THEN DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES AFFECTING CALIFORNIA WILL
MOVE INTO THE STATE LATE ON TUESDAY BRINGING WET AND BREEZY
CONDITIONS. A STEADY LIGHT RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS GENERALLY IN THE
0.25 TO 0.75 INCH RANGE...LOCALLY ONE TO TWO INCHES IN THE HILLS.
ACCOMPANYING THE RAIN WILL BE MODERATELY STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST
WINDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND LOCALLY INLAND...GENERALLY ALONG
THE BIG SUR AND SAN MATEO COASTS AND IN THE SALINAS VALLEY.

ON CHRISTMAS EVE A BRIEF RESPITE IS EXPECTED AS YET ANOTHER
DISTURBANCE MOVES DOWN THE COAST AND INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA ON CHRISTMAS DAY. A DRYING TREND WILL COMMENCE ON FRIDAY
AND CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

EVANS

The office that day

Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 22, 3:19 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Rough BarMTR5 days

Nearby

Small Craft Advisories in California, 2008Every small craft advisory in 2008

Sources

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