Gale Warning 2, NWS Los Angeles, CA

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MWWLOX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
227 PM PST WED JAN 19 2011

PZZ670-673-676-200530-
/O.CON.KLOX.GL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110120T1100Z/
WATERS FROM PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO PT. ARGUELLO AND WESTWARD
60 NM-
WATERS FROM PT. ARGUELLO TO SANTA CRUZ ISLAND CA AND WESTWARD
60 NM INCLUDING SAN MIGUEL AND SANTA ROSA ISLANDS-
OUTER WATERS FROM SANTA CRUZ ISLAND TO SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND TO
60 NM OFFSHORE INCLUDING SAN NICOLAS ISLAND-
227 PM PST WED JAN 19 2011

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST THURSDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST THURSDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS 40 KT.

* SEAS: A WEST SWELL WILL COMBINE WITH LOCALLY GENERATED SEAS AND
  HEIGHTS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 FEET WITH A 10 SECOND AVERAGE
  PERIOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

PZZ650-655-200530-
/O.NEW.KLOX.SC.Y.0005.110120T1000Z-110120T2300Z/
EAST SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL FROM PT. CONCEPTION TO PT. MUGU
INCLUDING SANTA CRUZ AND ANACAPA ISLANDS-
INNER WATERS FROM POINT MUGU TO SAN MATEO PT. CA INCLUDING SANTA
CATALINA AND SANTA BARBARA ISLANDS-
227 PM PST WED JAN 19 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 3 PM PST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 3 PM PST
THURSDAY. 


* WINDS: NORTHEAST 20 TO 25 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT. THE
  STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN PITAS POINT AND SANTA MONICA
  HARBOR AS WELL AS SOUTH OF POINT VICENTE.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$


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MWWLOX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
845 PM PST WED JAN 19 2011

PZZ670-673-676-201100-
/O.CAN.KLOX.GL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110120T1100Z/
/O.EXB.KLOX.SC.Y.0005.110120T0445Z-110120T1100Z/
WATERS FROM PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO PT. ARGUELLO AND WESTWARD
60 NM-
WATERS FROM PT. ARGUELLO TO SANTA CRUZ ISLAND CA AND WESTWARD
60 NM INCLUDING SAN MIGUEL AND SANTA ROSA ISLANDS-
OUTER WATERS FROM SANTA CRUZ ISLAND TO SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND TO
60 NM OFFSHORE INCLUDING SAN NICOLAS ISLAND-
845 PM PST WED JAN 19 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST THURSDAY...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST
THURSDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* WINDS: NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO
  35 KT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

PZZ650-655-201100-
/O.CON.KLOX.SC.Y.0005.110120T1000Z-110120T2300Z/
EAST SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL FROM PT. CONCEPTION TO PT. MUGU
INCLUDING SANTA CRUZ AND ANACAPA ISLANDS-
INNER WATERS FROM POINT MUGU TO SAN MATEO PT. CA INCLUDING SANTA
CATALINA AND SANTA BARBARA ISLANDS-
845 PM PST WED JAN 19 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 3 PM PST
THURSDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 3 PM PST
THURSDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTHEAST 20 TO 25 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL
  DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE
  STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN PITAS POINT AND SANTA MONICA
  HARBOR AS WELL AS SOUTH OF POINT VICENTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

RAT

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SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
330 AM PST WED JAN 19 2011

...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION...

.SYNOPSIS...

IT WILL BE SUNNY AND COOLER TODAY. SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DEVELOP
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS
AND VALLEYS. IT WILL BE SUNNY AND WINDY ON THURSDAY. ON FRIDAY IT
WILL BE WARMER AND NOT AS WINDY. THE WEEKEND WILL BE COOLER BUT
STILL QUITE PLEASANT.

&&

.SHORT TERM (TODAY-FRI)...
A WEAK DISTURBANCE IS CURRENTLY MOVING OVER THE STATE. IT IS NOT
DOING MUCH BUT WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A DECENT SANTA ANA STARTING
TONIGHT. CURRENTLY A WEAK EDDY IS SPINNING SOME LOW CLOUDS UP AT THE
CATALINA ISLAND AND THE LONG BEACH AREA. GOOD NORTH FLOW IS BRINGING
ADVISORY LEVEL WIND GUSTS TO THE MTNS AND THE SBA SOUTH COAST.
GRADIENTS ARE TRENDING 2 TO 3 MB MORE ONSHORE THAN THIS TIME LAST
NIGHT AND THIS COMBINED WITH THE LOWERING HGTS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE
INSIDE SLIDER WILL CONTINUE YDYS COOLING TREND.

HIGH PRESSURE QUICKLY BUILDS INTO NEVADA THIS EVENING AND AT THE
SAME TIME COLD AIR POURS INTO THE AREA FROM THE DESERTS AND THE 850
FLOW TURNS TO THE NORTHEAST AS WELL. ALL IN ALL A PRETTY TEXTBOOK
SANTA ANA EVENT. THE ONLY ANOMALY WITH THIS EVENT IS THAT IT WILL
START A LITTLE EARLIER THAN USUAL WITH WINDS REACHING
WARNING/ADVISORY LEVELS A LITTLE BEFORE MIDNIGHT RATHER THAN A
LITTLE PAST SUNRISE AS IS USUAL. THIS IS MOST LIKELY DUE TO THE FACT
THAT THE WINDS ARE MORE DRIVING BY THE COLD AIR ADVECTION THAN
DIURNAL PRESSURE CHANGES. UPGRADED THE WATCHES FOR THE LA/VTA
MTNS...THE SANTA MONICA MTNS AND THE SANTA CLARITA VLY TO HIGH WIND
WARNINGS AND ALSO ADDED THE VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS TO THE MIX. ALL
OF THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 65
MPH. ALSO ISSUES A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VLY. LOW TEMPS
WILL BE VERY TRICKY WITH WINDY AREAS STAYING 10 TO 15 DEGREES WARMER
THAN WIND SHELTERED AREAS.

THURSDAY WILL BE SUNNY AND WINDY. THE COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL PETER
OUT MID MORNING AND THE WANING PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL ALSO MOST OF
THE WARNING LEVEL WINDS TO SUBSIDE BY EARLY OR MID AFTERNOON. IT
WILL STILL BE BREEZY HOWEVER AND THE WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE
SUPPLANTED BY WIND ADVISORIES FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT. ALL OF THE COLD AIR WILL PREVENT A WARM LIKE WE HAD LAST
WEEKEND AND THE INTERIOR SECTIONS WILL COOL NOTICEABLY.

FRIDAY WILL BE THE NICEST DAY WITH ONLY LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS IN
THE MORNING. THE OFFSHORE FLOW WILL COMBINE WITH RISING HGTS TO BUMP
COASTAL AND VLY TEMPS UP TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. INLAND AREA
MAX TEMPS WILL RECOVER SOME BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW NORMAL.

.LONG TERM (SAT-TUE)...
ANOTHER LITTLE INSIDE SLIDER MOVES THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY AND IT
WILL REVERSE THE OFFSHORE FLOW AND WILL LOWER HGTS. IT LOOKS QUITE
DRY SO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES MAY EVEN BE STRETCH BUT IT WILL KILL ALL
THE WINDS AND DROP TEMPS BY 4 TO 8 DEGREES. BUT JUST LIKE A SEE-SAW
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN IN THE WAKE OF THE SYSTEM AND SET UP
ANTHER ROUND OF SANTA ANAS ON SUNDAY.

BOTH THE EC AND GFS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH SUNDAY BUT AFTER
THAT THEY MERRILY MARCH OFF IN SEPARATE DIRECTIONS. NEITHER SOLN
BRINGS RAIN TO THE AREA BUT BOTH DISAGREE WITH RESPECT TO WINDS
CLOUDS AND TEMPS. WILL PUNT THIS TIME AROUND AND LEAVE A FAIRLY
GENERIC DRY FCST IN PLACE FOR NOW AND HOPE FOR SOME SORT OF MDL
CONVERGENCE LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

.AVIATION...19/1130Z...

LATEST SATELLITE/SURFACE OBS INDICATE SOME MVFR FOG ACROSS INTERIOR
SLO COUNTY...AS WELL AS STRATUS/FOG DEVELOPING BETWEEN CATALINA
ISLAND AND LAX COUNTY COAST. LATEST AMDAR SOUNDINGS INDICATE MARINE
INVERSION CURRENTLY BELOW 1000 FEET. SO...WILL ANTICIPATE AT LEAST
SOME MVFR VSBYS THIS MORNING AT KLAX/KLGB...IF NOT ACTUAL CIGS. IF
THE CIGS DO DEVELOP...IFR CONDS WILL BE LIKELY. ANY CIG/VSBYS
RESTRICTIONS WILL DISSIPATE BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH FOCUS TURNING TO
A SIGNIFICANT OFFSHORE WIND EVENT. THE OFFSHORE WINDS SHOULD KEEP
ALL TAF SITES VFR TONIGHT/THURSDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...THERE WILL
LIKELY BE SIGNIFICANT LLWS/TURBULENCE ISSUES AT KSBA THIS EVENING...
THEN AT KBUR/KVNY LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

KLAX...MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN 12Z TAF. THERE IS A 40% CHANCE OF
ACTUAL IFR CIGS THIS MORNING AROUND SUNRISE. THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT...THERE COULD BE SOME LLWS AND TURBULENCE ISSUES AS
NORTHEAST FLOW DEVELOPS...WITH EAST WINDS AROUND 8 KNOTS POSSIBLE
THURSDAY MORNING.

KBUR...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN 12Z TAF. THERE WILL BE LLWS AND TURBULENCE
ISSUES THIS EVENING THRU THURSDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE GUSTY NORTHERLY
WINDS COULD SURFACE AT THE AIRFIELD ON THURSDAY.

&&

.LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HIGH WIND WARNING (SEE LAXNPWLOX).
WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX).
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXMWWLOX).
HIGH SURF ADVISORY (SEE LAXCFWLOX).
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK (SEE LAXSRFLOX).

&&

PUBLIC...RORKE
AVIATION...RAT
SYNOPSIS...B

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
600 AM PST WED JAN 19 2011

CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-201400-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES-
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY-
600 AM PST WED JAN 19 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY

STRONG NORTH WINDS AFFECTING THE I-5 CORRIDOR AND THE SANTA BARBARA
SOUTH COAST WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND INCREASE IN
INTENSITY. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
AND VALLEYS OVERNIGHT. AT THE BEACHES...THERE WILL BE BOTH
HAZARDOUSLY HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS.

* HIGH WIND WARNING..........SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* HIGH SURF ADVISORY.........SEE WHUS46 KLOX - CFWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDS THROUGHOUT THE MOUNTAINS AND
VALLEYS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. HIGH SURF WILL CREATE HAZARDS
AT THE BEACHES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

* HIGH WIND WARNING..........SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* HIGH SURF ADVISORY.........SEE WHUS46 KLOX - CFWLOX FOR DETAILS *

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

RORKE