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Small Craft Advisory 131, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

November 18, 2009

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this small craft advisory at Nov 18, 2009, 9:13 PM PST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 18, 2009, 9:13 PM PST (05:13 UTC)
Expired
Nov 19, 2009, 2:48 AM PST
In force
6 hr
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 Nov 18, 8:29 PM PST, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 8:29 PM PST, 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 18, 2:13 PM PST, 7 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
213 PM PST WED NOV 18 2009

CAZ006-505>508-510>513-516>518-528>530-192215-
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-
EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE-SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-
SANTA CLARA VALLEY...INCLUDING SAN JOSE-
SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...ARROYO SECO...AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO-
SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY INCLUDING
PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT-
NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...HOLLISTER VALLEY...AND CARMEL VALLEY-
NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
213 PM PST WED NOV 18 2009

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

.DAY ONE...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO ARRIVE ON FRIDAY BRINGING PERIODS OF RAIN
AND LOCALLY STRONG WINDS AS THE FRONT PASSES OVER THE BAY AREA. THE
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE NORTH BAY FRIDAY MORNING AND
THEN SPREAD SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE BAY AREA DURING THE DAY...LIKELY
CREATING COMMUTE PROBLEMS. AS THE FRONT PASSES OVER THE REGION
BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ALONG THE
COAST...IN THE HILLS AND AROUND THE BAY. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY
THAT URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES MIGHT BE NEEDED AS
THE RAIN COULD BE LOCALLY MODERATE TO HEAVY ALONG THE FRONT.
HOWEVER...SINCE THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE FAST MOVING...AN
EXTENSIVE PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 18, 9:13 PM PSTGale WatchMTR6 hr
Nov 19, 2:48 AM PSTGale WarningMTR39 hr
Nov 19, 2:48 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMTR43 hr

Nearby

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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.