Alert archive / California / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 7, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this gale warning at Mar 23, 2011, 2:28 PM PDT. It took effect at Mar 24, 2011, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2011, 2:28 PM PDT (21:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 24, 2011, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2011, 9:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
941 WHUS76 KLOX 232128 MWWLOX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 228 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 PZZ670-240445- /O.CAN.KLOX.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110323T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.SW.Y.0010.110323T2128Z-110324T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.GL.W.0007.110324T1900Z-110325T0600Z/ WATERS FROM PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO PT. ARGUELLO AND WESTWARD 60 NM- 228 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GSUTS TO 25 KT TONIGHT. THE WEST WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KT THURSDAY. THE WINDS WILL BECOME WEST AND DIMINISH THURSDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 12 FEET DOMINANT PERIOD OF 14 SECONDS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING THEN BUILD TO 14 TO 17 FEET THURSDAY NIGHT. SEAS 10 FEET OR ABOVE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. 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. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ673-240445- /O.CAN.KLOX.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110323T2200Z/ /O.EXB.KLOX.SC.Y.0034.110323T2200Z-110325T0500Z/ WATERS FROM PT. ARGUELLO TO SANTA CRUZ ISLAND CA AND WESTWARD 60 NM INCLUDING SAN MIGUEL AND SANTA ROSA ISLANDS- 228 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THURSDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. THE WEST WINDS WILL BEOME SOUTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT THURSDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO 9 TO 11 FEET DOMINANT PERIOD 13 SECONDS. THE SEAS WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 15 KT DOMINANT PERIOD THURSDAY NIGHT AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ650-232230- /O.CAN.KLOX.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-110323T2200Z/ EAST SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL FROM PT. CONCEPTION TO PT. MUGU INCLUDING SANTA CRUZ AND ANACAPA ISLANDS- 228 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS HAD ENDED THIS AFTERNOON. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EARLY THIS EVENING WILL BECOME WEST. $$ PZZ676-240445- /O.EXT.KLOX.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-110324T0500Z/ OUTER WATERS FROM SANTA CRUZ ISLAND TO SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND TO 60 NM OFFSHORE INCLUDING SAN NICOLAS ISLAND- 228 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS TO 15 TO 20 KT WILL BECOME WEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT. THE WEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 14 SECONDS TONIGHT WILL THEN SUBSIDE THURSDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
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794 WHUS76 KLOX 232306 AAA MWWLOX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 406 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 PZZ670-240715- /O.CON.KLOX.SW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110324T1900Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.GL.W.0007.110324T1900Z-110325T0600Z/ WATERS FROM PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO PT. ARGUELLO AND WESTWARD 60 NM- 406 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25 KT TONIGHT. THE WEST WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KT THURSDAY. THE WINDS WILL BECOME WEST AND DIMINISH THURSDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 12 FEET DOMINANT PERIOD OF 14 SECONDS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING THEN BUILD TO 14 TO 17 FEET THURSDAY NIGHT. SEAS 10 FEET OR ABOVE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 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. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ650-240400- /O.EXB.KLOX.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-110324T0400Z/ EAST SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL FROM PT. CONCEPTION TO PT. MUGU INCLUDING SANTA CRUZ AND ANACAPA ISLANDS- 406 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS THIS EVENING...BECOMING WEST 10 TO 20 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 14 SECONDS TONIGHT WILL THEN SUBSIDE THURSDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ676-240500- /O.CON.KLOX.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-110324T0500Z/ OUTER WATERS FROM SANTA CRUZ ISLAND TO SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND TO 60 NM OFFSHORE INCLUDING SAN NICOLAS ISLAND- 406 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS TO 15 TO 20 KT WILL BECOME WEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT. THE WEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 14 SECONDS TONIGHT WILL THEN SUBSIDE THURSDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ PZZ673-240715- /O.CON.KLOX.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-110325T0500Z/ WATERS FROM PT. ARGUELLO TO SANTA CRUZ ISLAND CA AND WESTWARD 60 NM INCLUDING SAN MIGUEL AND SANTA ROSA ISLANDS- 406 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. THE WEST WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT THURSDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO 9 TO 11 FEET DOMINANT PERIOD 13 SECONDS. THE SEAS WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 15 KT DOMINANT PERIOD THURSDAY NIGHT AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
096 WHUS76 KLOX 240400 MWWLOX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 900 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 PZZ676-240500- /O.CAN.KLOX.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-110324T0500Z/ OUTER WATERS FROM SANTA CRUZ ISLAND TO SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND TO 60 NM OFFSHORE INCLUDING SAN NICOLAS ISLAND- 900 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE OUTER WATERS FROM SANTA CRUZ ISLAND TO SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND TO 60 NM OFFSHORE. WINDS HAVE WEAKENED OVER THE AREA. $$ PZZ673-240500- /O.CAN.KLOX.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-110325T0500Z/ WATERS FROM PT. ARGUELLO TO SANTA CRUZ ISLAND CA AND WESTWARD 60 NM INCLUDING SAN MIGUEL AND SANTA ROSA ISLANDS- 900 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WATERS FROM POINT ARGUELLO TO SANTA CRUZ ISLAND AND WESTWARD 60 NM. WINDS HAVE WEAKENED OVER THE AREA. $$ PZZ650-240500- /O.CAN.KLOX.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-110324T0400Z/ EAST SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL FROM PT. CONCEPTION TO PT. MUGU INCLUDING SANTA CRUZ AND ANACAPA ISLANDS- 900 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE EAST SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL. WINDS HAVE WEAKENED OVER THE AREA. $$ PZZ670-241200- /O.CON.KLOX.SW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110324T1900Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.GL.W.0007.110324T1900Z-110325T0600Z/ WATERS FROM PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO PT. ARGUELLO AND WESTWARD 60 NM- 900 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25 KT TONIGHT. THE WEST WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KT THURSDAY. THE WINDS WILL BECOME WEST AND DIMINISH THURSDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 12 FEET DOMINANT PERIOD OF 14 SECONDS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING THEN BUILD TO 14 TO 17 FEET THURSDAY NIGHT. SEAS 10 FEET OR ABOVE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ HALL HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
075 WHUS76 KLOX 241027 MWWLOX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 327 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 PZZ673-241830- /O.EXA.KLOX.SW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110324T1900Z/ /O.EXA.KLOX.GL.W.0007.110324T1900Z-110325T0600Z/ WATERS FROM PT. ARGUELLO TO SANTA CRUZ ISLAND CA AND WESTWARD 60 NM INCLUDING SAN MIGUEL AND SANTA ROSA ISLANDS- 327 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT TODAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT TODAY. * WINDS: WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST AND DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 13 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 14 SECONDS WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 15 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 14 SECONDS TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL BE NEEDED AFTER THE GALE WARNING EXPIRES THIS EVENING SINCE SEAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 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.&& $$ PZZ670-241830- /O.CON.KLOX.SW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110324T1900Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.GL.W.0007.110324T1900Z-110325T0600Z/ WATERS FROM PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO PT. ARGUELLO AND WESTWARD 60 NM- 327 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT TODAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT TODAY. * WINDS: WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST AND DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 13 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 14 SECONDS WILL BUILD TO 13 TO 16 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 14 SECONDS TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL BE NEEDED AFTER THE GALE WARNING EXPIRES THIS EVENING SINCE SEAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ676-241830- /O.NEW.KLOX.SC.Y.0035.110324T1027Z-110325T0600Z/ OUTER WATERS FROM SANTA CRUZ ISLAND TO SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND TO 60 NM OFFSHORE INCLUDING SAN NICOLAS ISLAND- 327 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS TODAY...CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST AND DIMINISH BY MORNING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 12 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 14 SECONDS WILL BUILD TO 11 TO 14 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 14 SECONDS TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL BE NEEDED AFTER THIS EVENING SINCE SEAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
795 WHUS76 KLOX 241608 MWWLOX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 908 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 PZZ670-250015- /O.CAN.KLOX.SW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110324T1900Z/ /O.EXB.KLOX.SC.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-110324T1900Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.GL.W.0007.110324T1900Z-110325T0600Z/ WATERS FROM PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO PT. ARGUELLO AND WESTWARD 60 NM- 908 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT TODAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT TODAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST AND DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ673-250015- /O.CAN.KLOX.SW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110324T1900Z/ /O.EXB.KLOX.SC.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-110324T1900Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.GL.W.0007.110324T1900Z-110325T0600Z/ WATERS FROM PT. ARGUELLO TO SANTA CRUZ ISLAND CA AND WESTWARD 60 NM INCLUDING SAN MIGUEL AND SANTA ROSA ISLANDS- 908 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT TODAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT TODAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST AND DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 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. 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. && $$ PZZ676-250015- /O.CON.KLOX.SC.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-110325T0600Z/ OUTER WATERS FROM SANTA CRUZ ISLAND TO SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND TO 60 NM OFFSHORE INCLUDING SAN NICOLAS ISLAND- 908 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS TODAY...CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST AND DIMINISH BY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
335 WHUS76 KLOX 241858 AAA MWWLOX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1158 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 PZZ670-250300- /O.CAN.KLOX.SC.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-110324T1900Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.GL.W.0007.110324T1900Z-110325T0600Z/ WATERS FROM PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO PT. ARGUELLO AND WESTWARD 60 NM- 1158 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS EXPIRED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST AND DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 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. && $$ PZZ673-250300- /O.CAN.KLOX.SC.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-110324T1900Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.GL.W.0007.110324T1900Z-110325T0600Z/ WATERS FROM PT. ARGUELLO TO SANTA CRUZ ISLAND CA AND WESTWARD 60 NM INCLUDING SAN MIGUEL AND SANTA ROSA ISLANDS- 1158 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST AND DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ676-250300- /O.CON.KLOX.SC.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-110325T0600Z/ OUTER WATERS FROM SANTA CRUZ ISLAND TO SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND TO 60 NM OFFSHORE INCLUDING SAN NICOLAS ISLAND- 1158 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS TODAY...CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST AND DIMINISH BY MORNING. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
674 WHUS76 KLOX 242138 AAA MWWLOX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 238 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 PZZ673-250545- /O.CON.KLOX.GL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110325T0600Z/ WATERS FROM PT. ARGUELLO TO SANTA CRUZ ISLAND CA AND WESTWARD 60 NM INCLUDING SAN MIGUEL AND SANTA ROSA ISLANDS- 238 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST AND DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ670-250545- /O.CON.KLOX.GL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110325T0600Z/ WATERS FROM PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO PT. ARGUELLO AND WESTWARD 60 NM- 238 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST AND DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 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. && $$ PZZ676-250545- /O.CON.KLOX.SC.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-110325T0600Z/ OUTER WATERS FROM SANTA CRUZ ISLAND TO SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND TO 60 NM OFFSHORE INCLUDING SAN NICOLAS ISLAND- 238 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST AND DIMINISH BY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ SWEET HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
074 WHUS76 KLOX 250415 MWWLOX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 915 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 PZZ670-673-251215- /O.CAN.KLOX.GL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110325T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.SW.Y.0011.110325T0415Z-110326T1000Z/ 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- 915 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT CAN BE EXPECTED. * SEAS: WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 15 FEET LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ676-251215- /O.CAN.KLOX.SC.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-110325T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.SW.Y.0011.110325T0415Z-110326T1000Z/ OUTER WATERS FROM SANTA CRUZ ISLAND TO SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND TO 60 NM OFFSHORE INCLUDING SAN NICOLAS ISLAND- 915 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT CAN BE EXPECTED. * SEAS: WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 13 FEET LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Mar 23, 2:00 PM PDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 2:00 PM PDT, 28 minutes before
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 200 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 .SYNOPSIS... PERIODS OF RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE DRY AND WARMER WEATHER SETS IN SUNDAY AND LASTING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. UNTIL THEN...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM (TODAY-SAT)...STORM #1 MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. PRETTY INNOCUOUS SO FAR. PRECIP RATES ON THE LIGHT SIDE WITH JUST SOME POCKETS OF MODERATE RAIN/SNOW. TOTALS WILL LIKELY COME IN ON THE LIGHTER END OF EARLIER PROJECTIONS WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE WITH THIS ONE LATER TONIGHT. GOOD ENOUGH FOR A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE MTNS, PARTICULARLY SINCE THE GRAPEVINE WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED BY SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW. WINDS HAVE BEEN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS IN MOST AREAS AND WILL KILL THE WIND ADVISORIES WITH THE AFTERNOON FORECAST. JUST A VERY BRIEF BREAK IN BETWEEN STORMS WITH THE STORM #2 EXPECTED TO BRING RAIN TO THE CENTRAL COAST BY NOON THURSDAY AND EITHER LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING FOR LA/VENTURA COUNTIES. HOWEVER, SOUTHWEST LOW LVL FLOW COULD EVEN GENERATE SHOWERS AS EARLY AS THE MORNING, ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILL AND MTN AREAS. MODELS HAVE TRENDED STRONGER WITH THE SECOND ONE, ENOUGH SO THAT SNOW AMOUNTS COULD JUST TIP THE SCALES OVER TO WARNING LEVELS. SO A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LATE THU INTO FRIDAY MORNING. RAINFALL WITH THIS ONE EXPECTED TO BE A NOTCH HIGHER AS WELL, HALF TO ONE INCH CST/VLYS AND 1.5-2.5 FOOTHILLS/MTNS. WINDS MAY ALSO JUST BUMP INTO THE ADVISORY LEVELS FOR THE CENTRAL COAST AND INTERIOR VALLEYS BUT WILL LET LATER SHIFTS EVALUATE THIS FURTHER. PRECIP EXPECTED TO TAPER OF THURSDAY NIGHT WITH JUST ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY, ESPECIALLY NORTH OF PT CONCEPTION AND IN THE MTNS. OTHERWISE, PRETTY QUIET FRIDAY WITH HIGHS STILL A GOOD 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. STORM #3 SLATED FOR ARRIVAL SATURDAY MORNING UP NORTH AND AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING DOWN SOUTH. MODELS HAVE CONTINUOUSLY RAMPED THIS STORM UP FROM EARLIER IN THE WEEK TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S NOW LIKELY THAT MEASUREABLE RAIN WILL FALL JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE WITH IT. IT'S DEFINITELY STILL THE WEAKER OF THE 3, BUT IT SHOULD MANAGE TO DROP AT LEAST A TENTH OF AN INCH IN MOST AREAS AND PERHAPS AROUND A HALF INCH ACROSS SBA/SLO COUNTIES. .LONG TERM (SUN-WED)...SUNDAY STILL EXPECTED TO BEGIN AN EXTENDED AND WELL DESERVED DRYING TREND THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE WARMING TREND HAS BEEN DELAYED A DAY OR TWO BUT WE ARE STILL EXPECTED TO GET BACK TO AND LIKELY EXCEED NORMAL LEVELS BY MID WEEK. && .AVIATION...23/1800Z. MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE CENTERED APPROXIMATELY 400 MILES WEST OF KLAX WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA...OTHERWISE A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EAST PORTION OF THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND APPROACH THE AREA. STRONG UPPER LEVEL SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG WEST SOUTHWEST AFTER 24/12Z WHILE MODERATE SOUTHWEST MID LEVEL WINDS BECOME MODERATE WEST SOUTHWEST AFTER 24/06Z. A WEAK SOUTHERLY PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN 24/03-24/18Z...OTHERWISE A MODERATE SOUTHERLY GRADIENT WILL PERSIST AS A COLD FRONT OVER THE AREA WEAKENS WHILE MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH 24/03Z AND COLD FRONT UPSTREAM APPROACHES. FREEZING LEVEL WAS AROUND 7KFT THIS MORNING AND WILL DIFFER BY MINUS 2.5KFT AFTER 24/00Z. KLAX...CHANCE CIGS 025 BETWEEN 24/04-24/09Z. OTHERWISE CHANCE CIGS 035 BY 23/23Z...BECOMING 050 AFTER 24/09Z. KBUR...CHANCE CIGS 012 BETWEEN 24/00-24/02Z AND 025 THROUGH 24/09Z. AND CHANCE CIGS 030 THEREAFTER. VIRTUALLY CERTAIN - 95-100% VERY LIKELY - 80-95% LIKELY - 60-80% CHANCE - 30-60% VERY UNLIKELY - 20% OR LESS && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH (SEE LAXWSWLOX). WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY (SEE LAXWSWLOX). GALE WARNING (SEE LAXMWWLOX). SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXMWWLOX). HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK (SEE LAXSRFLOX). && PUBLIC...WOFFORD AVIATION...30 SYNOPSIS...WOFFORD WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 2:27 PM PDT, 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 227 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-241300- 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- 227 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. IT WILL BRING RAIN AND LOW ELEVATION MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE AREA. AN ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK WILL CREATE HAZARDS FOR BEACHGOERS. * WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY....SEE WWUS46 KLOX - WSWLOX FOR DETAILS * * HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ANOTHER COLD STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING AND YET ANOTHER STORM WILL ROLL OVER THE AREA ON SATURDAY. * WINTER STORM WATCH.........SEE WWUS46 KLOX - WSWLOX FOR DETAILS * * GALE WARNING...............SEE WHUS76 KLOX - MWWLOX FOR DETAILS * .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WOFFORD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 4:02 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | LOX | Santa Barbara | 10 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:24 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | LOX | 14 hr | |
| Mar 23, 2:28 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | LOX | 19 hr |
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