Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this red flag warning at Oct 27, 2009, 9:56 AM PDT for 4 counties in California. It took effect at Oct 27, 2009, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 29 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 2009, 9:56 AM PDT (16:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 27, 2009, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2009, 4:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
Counties Orange County, CA, Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, San Diego County, CA
The radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 11:50 AM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 10 Nw Palm Springs, CA | A PEAK WIND GUST OF 68 MPH WAS MEASURED BY THE WHITEWATER RAWS AT 1150 PDT. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH WERE MEASURED BETWEEN 1050 AND 1450 PDT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 124 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS86 KSGX 271656 RFWSGX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 956 AM PDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY AND TONIGHT... .LOWER DESERTS EXPECTED TO MEET RED FLAG CRITERIA BY MID MORNING TODAY AND CONTINUE DRY AND VERY WINDY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH SUSTAINED NORTHERLY WINDS AT OR ABOVE 25 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT. THE UPPER DESERTS ARE NOT SO CLEAR CUT. THE NORTHERLY FOOTHILL PORTION OF APPLE VALLEY...VICTOR VALLEY...AND LUCERNE VALLEY MAY NOT DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT DUE TO UPSLOPE FLOW...BUT THE EAST END...YUCCA VALLEY AND MORONGO VALLEY WILL BE UNDER STRONG SUBSIDENCE DRYING FROM THE DOWNSLOPE FLOW THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. THE COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH OF SAN GABRIEL AND SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS LATE THIS EVENING WILL DRAG IN VERY DRY AIR. RELATIVE HUMIDITY FORECAST TO DROP TO OR BELOW 15 PERCENT TONIGHT OVER INLAND EMPIRE...ORANGE COUNTY...SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS ALONG WITH SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS NEAR 25 MPH AND GUSTS 45 MPH. THESE CONDITIONS SPREADING SOUTHWARD ACROSS WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS COLD FRONT PUSHES FURTHER SOUTH. MOUNTAIN ZONES EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT RELATIVE HUMIDITY JUST BEFORE OR BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS LIKELY TO FOLLOW INTO FRIDAY WITH POOR TO LIMITED OVERNIGHT RECOVERY...HOWEVER NORTHEAST WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH BELOW SUSTAINED 25 MPH FOR MOST ZONES BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BUT GUSTS ABOVE 35 MPH CONTINUING FOR WIND PRONE AREAS...THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS INTO EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. CAZ260>262-272130- /O.NEW.KSGX.FW.W.0004.091027T1800Z-091029T0300Z/ VICTOR VALLEY-APPLE VALLEY-LUCERNE VALLEY-YUCCA VALLEY- MORONGO VALLEY-COACHELLA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE PALM SPRINGS SOUTH COAST DESERT DISTRICT- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- INCLUDING THE ANZA BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK- 956 AM PDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 60 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 60 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT ARE LIKELY TODAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH TO NORTHEAST 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY REMAINS AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ CAZ242-248-257-272130- /O.NEW.KSGX.FW.A.0003.091028T0600Z-091029T2100Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE TRABUCO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST- 956 AM PDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT AND NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH OR HIGHER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. VERY DRY AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE INLAND EMPIRE AND ORANGE COUNTY FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT TONIGHT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO RAPIDLY DROP TO OR BELOW 15 PERCENT LATE TONIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME WINDS ARE LIKELY TO SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AND REMAIN NEAR 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH OR HIGHER. THIS COMBINATION OF VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE VERY DRY AIR WILL LIKELY TO LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ CAZ243-250-255-256-258-272130- /O.NEW.KSGX.FW.A.0003.091028T1200Z-091029T2100Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY INLAND VALLEYS- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE MOUNTAIN TOP AND FRONT COUNTRY RANGER DISTRICTS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE SAN JACINTO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE PALOMAR AND DESCANSO RANGER DISTRICTS OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST- 956 AM PDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT AND NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH OR HIGHER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. VERY DRY AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO DROP TO OR BELOW 15 PERCENT BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO A NORTH TO NORTHEAST DIRECTION AND REMAIN NEAR 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH OR HIGHER. THIS COMBINATION OF VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS IS FORECAST TO PERSIST INTO EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY THROUGH AND BELOW THE PASSES AND CANYONS. THE VERY DRY AIR IS LIKELY TO LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS86 KSGX 272051 RFWSGX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 151 PM PDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... .LOWER DESERTS ARE DRY AND WINDY BUT DEW POINTS STILL CLIMBING UPWARDS OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA IN ADVANCE OF COLD FRONT. THE COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO PUSH SOUTH ACROSS OF SAN GABRIEL AND SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS AFTER 1700 PDT AND BE MOVING ACROSS INLAND EMPIRE AND ORANGE COUNTY BY 2000 PDT AND BE SOUTH OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY BY 0500 PDT WEDNESDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY FORECAST TO DROP TO 15 PERCENT FOLLOWING FRONTAL PASSAGE WEST OF MOUNTAINS AND HOVER AROUND THIS VALUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...BUT DUE TO MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES OVER MOUNTAINS...PROBABLY WILL NOT DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT UNTIL THE SUN COMES UP WEDNESDAY MORNING AND TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE 50 DEGREES. SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR MOST LOCATIONS...LIKELY CONTINUING WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING FOR MORE WIND PRONE AREAS. CAZ242-248-257-281200- /O.EXB.KSGX.FW.W.0004.091028T0600Z-091029T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KSGX.FW.A.0003.091029T0000Z-091029T2100Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE TRABUCO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST- 151 PM PDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT AND NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH OR HIGHER... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. VERY DRY AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE INLAND EMPIRE AND ORANGE COUNTY FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO RAPIDLY DROP TO OR BELOW 15 PERCENT LATE TONIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME WINDS ARE LIKELY TO SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AND REMAIN NEAR 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH OR HIGHER. THIS COMBINATION OF VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR MOST AREAS...AND MAY CONTINUE THROUGH AND BELOW CANYONS AND PASSES UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL LIKELY TO LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ CAZ260>262-281200- /O.EXT.KSGX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091029T0000Z/ VICTOR VALLEY-APPLE VALLEY-LUCERNE VALLEY-YUCCA VALLEY- MORONGO VALLEY-COACHELLA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE PALM SPRINGS SOUTH COAST DESERT DISTRICT- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- INCLUDING THE ANZA BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK- 151 PM PDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 60 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 60 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT ARE LIKELY TODAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH TO NORTHEAST 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY REMAINS AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ CAZ243-250-255-256-258-281200- /O.CON.KSGX.FW.A.0003.091028T1200Z-091029T2100Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY INLAND VALLEYS- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE MOUNTAIN TOP AND FRONT COUNTRY RANGER DISTRICTS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE SAN JACINTO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE PALOMAR AND DESCANSO RANGER DISTRICTS OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST- 151 PM PDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT AND NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH OR HIGHER... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. VERY DRY AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO DROP TO OR BELOW 15 PERCENT BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO A NORTH TO NORTHEAST DIRECTION AND REMAIN NEAR 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH OR HIGHER. THIS COMBINATION OF VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS IS FORECAST TO PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR MOST LOCATIONS...AND MAY CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH AND BELOW THE PASSES AND CANYONS. THE VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS LIKELY TO LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ BALFOUR
000 WWUS86 KSGX 280401 RFWSGX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 901 PM PDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...VERY DRY AIR MASS FOLLOWING THE PASSAGES OF A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT... .RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FELL RAPIDLY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT ACROSS THE INLAND EMPIRE THIS EVENING. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY LATE TONIGHT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO DROP TO 15 PERCENT FOLLOWING FRONTAL PASSAGE WEST OF MOUNTAINS. IN THE MOUNTAINS IT WILL BE MUCH COLDER AND HUMIDITIES WILL NOT FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT UNTIL AFTER SUN UP WEDNESDAY WHEN TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE 45 DEGREES. OCCASIONAL NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. CONTINUED VERY LOW HUMIDITES WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. CAZ243-250-255-256-258-281715- /O.UPG.KSGX.FW.A.0003.091028T1200Z-091029T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KSGX.FW.W.0004.091028T1200Z-091029T2100Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY INLAND VALLEYS- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE MOUNTAIN TOP AND FRONT COUNTRY RANGER DISTRICTS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE SAN JACINTO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE PALOMAR AND DESCANSO RANGER DISTRICTS OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST- 901 PM PDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 2 PM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 2 PM PDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. VERY DRY AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT LATE TONIGHT. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO DROP TO OR BELOW 15 PERCENT EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO 25 MPH WILL GUST TO 45 MPH OR HIGHER AT TIMES...MOSTLY OVER THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND THROUGH THE PASSES. THIS COMBINATION OF VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS IS FORECAST TO PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR MOST LOCATIONS...AND MAY CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH AND BELOW THE PASSES AND CANYONS. THE VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS LIKELY TO LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ CAZ242-248-257-281715- /O.CON.KSGX.FW.W.0004.091028T0600Z-091029T0000Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.FW.A.0003.091029T0000Z-091029T2100Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE TRABUCO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST- 901 PM PDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. VERY DRY AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE INLAND EMPIRE AND ORANGE COUNTY FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO RAPIDLY DROP TO OR BELOW 15 PERCENT LATE TONIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME WINDS ARE LIKELY TO SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AND REMAIN NEAR 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH OR HIGHER. THIS COMBINATION OF VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR MOST AREAS...AND MAY CONTINUE THROUGH AND BELOW CANYONS AND PASSES UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL LIKELY TO LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ CAZ260>262-281715- /O.CON.KSGX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091029T0000Z/ VICTOR VALLEY-APPLE VALLEY-LUCERNE VALLEY-YUCCA VALLEY- MORONGO VALLEY-COACHELLA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE PALM SPRINGS SOUTH COAST DESERT DISTRICT- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- INCLUDING THE ANZA BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK- 901 PM PDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 60 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT ARE LIKELY TODAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH TO NORTHEAST 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY REMAINS AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ MOEDE
000 WWUS86 KSGX 280927 RFWSGX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 227 AM PDT WED OCT 28 2009 ...DRY AND BREEZY AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY... .A DRY...NORTH FLOW PATTERN BEHIND A STRONG TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE ROCKIES WILL BRING LOWER HUMIDITIES THROUGH THURSDAY WITH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGER TODAY WITH HUMIDITIES LOWER THURSDAY AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO WARM. CAZ242-281030- /O.CAN.KSGX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091029T0000Z/ /O.CAN.KSGX.FW.A.0003.091029T0000Z-091029T2100Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 227 AM PDT WED OCT 28 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA ARE NOT EXPECTED TO MET THROUGH THURSDAY...EITHER THROUGH THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES TODAY...OR EXTENDED DURATIONS OF VERY LOW HUMIDITIES THURSDAY. WINDS WILL BE STRONGER TODAY AND HUMIDITIES LOWER THURSDAY. $$ CAZ260>262-281030- /O.CAN.KSGX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091029T0000Z/ VICTOR VALLEY-APPLE VALLEY-LUCERNE VALLEY-YUCCA VALLEY- MORONGO VALLEY-COACHELLA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE PALM SPRINGS SOUTH COAST DESERT DISTRICT- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- INCLUDING THE ANZA BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK- 227 AM PDT WED OCT 28 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA ARE NOT EXPECTED TO MET TODAY...EITHER THROUGH THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...OR EXTENDED DURATIONS OF VERY LOW HUMIDITIES. THERE WILL...HOWEVER...BE SEVERAL HOURS OF HUMIDITIES LESS THAN 10 PERCENT IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY TODAY. $$ CAZ243-250-255-256-258-281030- /O.CAN.KSGX.FW.W.0004.091028T1200Z-091029T2100Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY INLAND VALLEYS- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE MOUNTAIN TOP AND FRONT COUNTRY RANGER DISTRICTS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE SAN JACINTO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE PALOMAR AND DESCANSO RANGER DISTRICTS OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST- 227 AM PDT WED OCT 28 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA ARE NOT EXPECTED TO MET TODAY...EITHER THROUGH THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...OR EXTENDED DURATIONS OF VERY LOW HUMIDITIES. IN FAR NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY NEAR THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS...OCCASIONAL PERIODS OF HUMIDITIES LESS THAN 15 PERCENT WITH WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. $$ CAZ248-257-281800- /O.CAN.KSGX.FW.A.0003.091029T0000Z-091029T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KSGX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091028T2300Z/ SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE TRABUCO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST- 227 AM PDT WED OCT 28 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR 6 HOURS OR MORE OF HUMIDITIES LESS THAN 15 PERCENT AND WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 MPH... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. DRY OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING 6 HOURS OR MORE OF HUMIDITIES LESS THAN 15 PERCENT AND WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 MPH THROUGH MID AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF THE INLAND EMPIRE AND THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS. LESS THAN 8 HOURS OF HUMIDITIES LESS THAN 10 PERCENT ARE POSSIBLE FOR THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ MARTIN
000 WWUS86 KSGX 281656 RFWSGX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 956 AM PDT WED OCT 28 2009 ...DRY AND LOCALLY WINDY AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY... .A DRY...NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW PATTERN BEHIND A STRONG TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL BRING LOW HUMIDITIES THROUGH THURSDAY WITH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES. LOW HUMIDITIES WITH VERY SLOW RECOVERY IS EXPECTED INTO FRIDAY. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY...THEN WEAKEN INTO FRIDAY. CAZ248-257-282300- /O.CON.KSGX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091028T2300Z/ SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE TRABUCO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST- 956 AM PDT WED OCT 28 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. DRY OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING 6 HOURS OR MORE OF HUMIDITIES LESS THAN 15 PERCENT AND WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 MPH THROUGH MID AFTERNOON TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE INLAND EMPIRE AND THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS. IMPROVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...WITH LIGHTER WINDS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...AND LESS THAN 8 HOURS OF HUMIDITIES AT OR BELOW 10 PERCENT EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ SMALL
000 WWUS86 KSGX 282253 RFWSGX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 353 PM PDT WED OCT 28 2009 CAZ248-257-290000- /O.EXP.KSGX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091028T2300Z/ SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE TRABUCO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST- 353 PM PDT WED OCT 28 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Oct 27, 9:30 AM PDT, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 27, 9:30 AM PDT, 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
930 AM PDT TUE OCT 27 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
STRONG ONSHORE WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS
EVENING AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR SOUTHERN AREAS FROM LATE
MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WEAKER OFFSHORE FLOW WILL FOLLOW FOR
NORTHERN AREAS LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. MUCH COOLER TODAY THROUGH
THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY AND WARMER WEATHER FOR FRIDAY
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE...
SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTIES...
THIS MORNING...LOW CLOUDS ARE SPREADING INLAND OVER THE SAN DIEGO
COUNTY COASTAL AREAS AND INLAND VALLEYS AS THE MARINE LAYER DEEPENS
IN RESPONSE TO THE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH.
TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN
SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN TODAY AND DEVELOP A CLOSED UPPER
LEVEL LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES BY WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING
STRONG GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS
EVENING WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR SOUTHERN AREAS FROM LATE
MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. AS THE LOW/TROUGH MOVES TO THE EAST
AND SFC HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE NRN GREAT BASIN...WEAKER
OFFSHORE WINDS WILL FOLLOW FOR NORTHERN AREAS LATE TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY WITH ADVISORY STRENGTH WINDS POSSIBLE IN THE INLAND EMPIRE
AND SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. THIS TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL ALSO BRING MUCH COOLER
CONDITIONS FOR TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BRING
FAIR...DRY...AND MUCH WARMER WEATHER WITH A SHALLOW MARINE LAYER
BRINGING PATCHY LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG NEAR
THE COAST.
&&
.AVIATION...
271520Z...THE
MARINE LAYER WILL RAPIDLY DEEPEN AND SPREAD INLAND ACROSS SAN DIEGO
COUNTY TODAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SOME CLOUDS COULD
SPILL INTO SOUTHERN ORANGE AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES THIS MORNING.
BASES NEAR 1500 FT MSL WITH TOPS INCREASING TO 3000 FT ALONG THE
COAST AND 5000 FT INLAND BY THIS AFTERNOON. DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN IS
POSSIBLE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY BETWEEN 18Z-00Z...MAINLY INLAND. IN
ADDITION...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS TODAY...RESULTING IN STRONG UP AND
DOWNDRAFTS...TURBULENCE AND WIND SHEAR. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH
THROUGH THE AREA BETWEEN 00Z-06Z...CLEARING OUT THE MARINE LAYER AND
CAUSING STRONG NORTH WINDS TO DEVELOP OVER THE SAN BERNARDINO
MOUNTAINS AND INLAND EMPIRE. GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT OR
NEAR KONT OVERNIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT. SCV
&&
.MARINE...
STRONG NW WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KTS AT TIMES WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS LATER TODAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.
THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE OUTER WATERS NEAR SAN CLEMENTE
ISLAND WHERE GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 KTS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH WED MORNING.
A BRIEF PERIOD ABOVE NORMAL SURF WITH OCCASIONAL SETS TO 8 FEET OR
MORE IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE SAN
DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES SOUTH OF LA JOLLA.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
LOWER DESERTS EXPECTED TO MEET RED FLAG CRITERIA BY MID MORNING
TODAY AND CONTINUE DRY AND VERY WINDY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH
SUSTAINED NORTHERLY WINDS AT OR ABOVE 25 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY
AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT. THE NORTHERLY FOOTHILL PORTION OF CAZ260
WILL PROBABLY BE WETTER THAN THIS DUE TO UPSLOPE FLOW...BUT THE EAST
END...YUCCA VALLEY AND MORONGO VALLEY WILL BE UNDER STRONG
SUBSIDENCE DRYING FROM THE DOWNSLOPE FLOW. COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH
OF SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS LATE THIS EVENING WILL DRAG IN VERY DRY
AIR WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY FORECAST TO DROP TO OR
BELOW 15 PERCENT TONIGHT OVER INLAND EMPIRE...ORANGE COUNTY...SANTA
ANA MOUNTAINS ALONG WITH SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS NEAR 25
MPH AND GUSTS 45 MPH SO WILL BE ISSUING A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR
ZONES CAZ242-248-257 STARTING AT 2300 PDT. LIKEWISE AS COLD FRONT
MOVES SOUTH OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY LATE TONIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING....SIMILAR CONDITIONS EXPECTED SO HAVE FIRE WEATHER WATCH
STARTING AT 0500 PDT WEDNESDAY FOR CAZ242-250-255-256-258. ENDING
TIMING NOT AS CERTAIN...PRESSURE GRADIENT FALLS OFF PRETTY QUICKLY
FOR NOW HAVE THE WATCHES ENDING AT 1400 PDT THURSDAY...MAY BE ABLE
TO PARE OUT SOME OF THE ZONES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING IF RH COMES UP
AND JUST KEEP THE MOST WIND PRONE ZONES INTO THURSDAY.
&&
.SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CA...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-COACHELLA VALLEY-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND
EMPIRE-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE
MEXICAN BORDER AND OUT 30 NM-WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO
THE MEXICAN BORDER EXTENDING 30 TO 60 NM OUT INCLUDING SAN
CLEMENTE ISLAND.
&&
PUBLIC...PG
AVIATION/MARINE...SCV
FIRE WEATHER...BALFOUR
NWS ON THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGOHazardous weather outlook, Oct 27, 4:50 AM PDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 450 AM PDT TUE OCT 27 2009 PZZ750-775-281300- COASTAL WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER AND OUT 30 NM- WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER EXTENDING 30 TO 60 NM OUT INCLUDING SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND- 450 AM PDT TUE OCT 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS. SEE LAXCWFSGX AND LAXMWWSGX FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY FOR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS. SEE LAXCWFSGX AND LAXMWWSGX FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA... HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-280500- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 450 AM PDT TUE OCT 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THIS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...HIGH WIND WARNING. SEE LAXNPWSGX FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA... HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. CAZ048-057-281300- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- 450 AM PDT TUE OCT 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR LATE TONIGHT...WIND ADVISORY. SEE LAXNPWSGX FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY FOR WEDNESDAY...WIND ADVISORY. SEE LAXNPWSGX FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA... HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. MARTIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 8:23 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 26 hr |
| Oct 26, 9:04 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SGX | 4 hr | |
| Oct 27, 1:04 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | SGX | 32 hr | |
| Oct 27, 2:59 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 37 hr |
| Oct 27, 9:56 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 17 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.