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Small Craft Advisory 40, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

April 3, 2010

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this small craft advisory at Apr 3, 2010, 8:08 PM PDT. It took effect at Apr 4, 2010, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2010, 8:08 PM PDT (03:08 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 4, 2010, 5:00 AM PDT
Expired
Apr 5, 2010, 3:00 AM PDT
In force
22 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 Apr 3, 5:30 PM PDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 5:30 PM PDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 3:00 PM PDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA CA
300 PM PDT SAT APR 3 2010

CAZ006-505-509-529-530-041000-
SAN FRANCISCO-
COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE-
SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-
300 PM PDT SAT APR 3 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COAST FROM SONOMA COUNTY
SOUTHWARD THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY.

.DAY ONE...SATURDAY NIGHT

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM SUNDAY FOR
BREAKING WAVES IN EXCESS OF 15 FEET ALONG THE COAST.

*  HIGH SURF ADVISORY.....SEE SFOCFWMTR WHUS46 KMTR FOR DETAILS  *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH 11 AM SUNDAY. THEN A STRONG
LATE SEASON COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH BY MIDDAY SUNDAY WITH RAIN
DEVELOPING IN THE NORTH BAY. RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE DURING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. WIND ADVISORIES AND/OR URBAN
AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR THE
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING TIME FRAME.

RAIN WILL TURN TO SHOWERS LATER SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. DRY AND
SEASONABLE WEATHER IS FORECAST MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

CAZ506>508-510>513-516>518-528-041000-
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-NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-
NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE-
EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-EAST BAY HILLS AND THE DIABLO RANGE-
NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...HOLLISTER VALLEY...AND CARMEL VALLEY-
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-SANTA CLARA VALLEY...INCLUDING SAN JOSE-
300 PM PDT SAT APR 3 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE SAN
FRANCISCO BAY AND MONTEREY BAY AREA.

.DAY ONE...SATURDAY NIGHT

EXPECT PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN ADVANCE OF AN INCOMING COLD
FRONT THAT WILL ARRIVE BY MIDDAY SUNDAY IN THE NORTH BAY AND THEN
SPREAD SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REGION LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A STRONG LATE SEASON COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH BY MIDDAY SUNDAY WITH
RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE NORTH BAY. RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE DURING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. WIND ADVISORIES AND/OR URBAN
AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR THE
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING TIME FRAME. RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HILLS WITH 0.50-1.00 INCH FOR MANY OF
THE URBAN VALLEYS...WITH AROUND 0.25 FOR INTERIOR MONTEREY AND SAN
BENITO COUNTIES.

RAIN WILL TURN TO SHOWERS LATER SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. DRY AND
SEASONABLE WEATHER IS FORECAST MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.

.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
Apr 4, 3:59 AM PDTWind AdvisoryMTRMarin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Sonoma16 hr
Apr 4, 2:31 PM PDTGale WarningMTR7 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.