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Gale Watch 29, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this gale watch at Nov 14, 2009, 2:21 PM PST. It took effect at Nov 16, 2009, 6:00 PM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2009, 2:21 PM PST (22:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 16, 2009, 6:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2009, 2:52 PM PST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Eureka, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale watch went out at Nov 14, 2:16 PM PST, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 14, 2:16 PM PST, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 216 PM PST SAT NOV 14 2009 .SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BRING A WARMING TREND AND DRY PATTERN TO THE NORTH COAST THROUGH MONDAY. THE NEXT CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ENTERS THE PICTURE ON TUESDAY...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK AS A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. && .DISCUSSION...QUIET WX FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND WITH NO REAL FORECAST ISSUES. THE TIMING AND STRENGTH OF A SERIES OF FRONTS BEGINNING TO AFFECT NORCAL ON TUE IS THE BIGGEST FORECAST CHALLENGE AND MAIN FOCUS. HIGH PRESSURE BOTH AT THE SFC AND ALOFT HAS TAKEN HOLD OF NW CALIFORNIA. MOISTURE FROM YESTERDAYS RAIN COUPLED WITH LIGHT WINDS PROMOTED PLENTY OF VALLEY FOG...WHICH WAS SLOW TO BURN OFF TODAY. THE HIGHER MOISTURE CONTENT KEPT TEMPS A LITTLE WARMER THIS MORNING THAN EXPECTED...BUT PATCHY FROST WAS STILL OBSERVED IN MANY LOCATIONS. WARMING THROUGH THE ENTIRE COLUMN ALONG WITH INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS FROM THE NORTH WILL HELP KEEP TEMPS WARMER THAN LAST NIGHT. A DIGGING TROUGH CENTERED AROUND 140W WILL BEGIN TO SWING TOWARD THE WEST COAST ON TUE. THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF FRONTS IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE COAST ON TUE BRINGING STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND RAIN. ANOTHER PIECE OF THE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SFC FRONT MOVES THROUGH ON THU. THIS SYSTEM LOOKS TO HAVE MORE MOISTURE AND BETTER DYNAMICS AS A 120KT JET FOCUSES ON NW CALIFORNIA. CONFIDENCE IS GROWING...ESPECIALLY IN THURSDAYS SYSTEM AS MODELS HAVE COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT IN REGARDS TO TIMING AND STRENGTH. IF CURRENT MODEL RUNS VERIFY...SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN APPEAR LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF NRN CALIFORNIA THU-FRI TIME FRAME. JCA && .AVIATION...MAINLY CLEAR SKIES WITH ONLY SOME HIGH CLOUDS AND LIGHT MOUNTAIN CU SHOWING UP ON VIS IMAGERY THIS AFTERNOON. THE NEXT TAF CYCLE SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEE WIDESPREAD VFR CONDITIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PATCHY LOW CLOUDS AND RADIATIONAL FOG FORMING IN THE COASTAL PLAIN AND INTERIOR VALLEYS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. && .MARINE...INTERESTING WEEK SHAPING UP FOR THE COASTAL WATERS AS A COUPLE OF STRONG WINTER STORMS ARE PROJECTED TO IMPACT ALL WATERS. THE FIRST IS SET TO ARRIVE LATE MONDAY NIGHT ACCOMPANIED BY GALE FORCE WINDS AND BUILDING WIND WAVES ON TOP OF AN ALREADY MODERATE WESTERLY SWELL. THE SWELL REMAINS HIGH THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND THEN IS COMPOUNDED BY YET A STRONGER COLD FRONT ARRIVING LATE WED AND EARLY THU. THE WESTERLY SWELL HEIGHTS INCREASE LATE FRI INTO SAT ADDED BY WIND WAVES FROM THE FRONT. ANOTHER GALE WARNING AND HAZ SEAS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TO ADDRESS THIS PERIOD AS WELL. && .EKA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SCA HAZ SEAS ALL WATERS. GALE WATCH AND HAZ SEAS WATCH ALL WATERS. && VISIT US AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 14, 7:44 AM PST, 6 hours 37 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2:18 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | EKA | 12 hr | |
| Nov 14, 2:21 PM PST | Hazardous Seas Watch | EKA | 25 hr |
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