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High Surf Advisory 3, NWS Los Angeles, CA

January 30, 2011

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this high surf advisory at Jan 30, 2011, 8:14 AM PST. It took effect at Jan 30, 2011, 2:00 PM PST. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 30, 2011, 8:14 AM PST (16:14 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 30, 2011, 2:00 PM PST
Expired: Jan 31, 2011, 3:00 PM PST
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Los Angeles, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf advisory 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 high surf advisory went out at Jan 30, 3:48 AM PST, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 3:48 AM PST, 4 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 6:00 AM PST, 2 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
600 AM PST SUN JAN 30 2011

CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-311400-
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 SUN JAN 30 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY

RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL CAUSE DRIVING HAZARDS TODAY. RAIN WILL
FALL OVER THE CENTRAL COAST THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON AND OVER L.A.
AND VENTURA COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WILL FALL
AS LOW AS 4500 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL REACH 4000 FEET
OVERNIGHT.

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

IT WILL BE VERY WINDY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...OTHERWISE NO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

RORKE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 30, 4:55 AM PST, 3 hours 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
455 AM PST SUN JAN 30 2011

CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-310200-
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-
455 AM PST SUN JAN 30 2011

...RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHLAND TODAY INTO
TONIGHT...

A COLD PACIFIC STORM CURRENTLY CENTERED OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS ON THE CENTRAL COAST THIS MORNING WILL
SPREAD INTO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. COLD
AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTER OF THE UPPER LOW WILL BRING A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM TO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON.

SHOWERS WILL END IN NORTHERN SECTION THIS EVENING...BUT SHOWERS AND
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS LOS ANGELES
AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH LATE EVENING. SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO
END IN ALL AREAS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH THEY COULD LINGER ON
NORTH FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE HALF TO
THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION...AND ONE
QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION.

SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO AROUND 4500 FEET THIS
AFTERNOON...AND TO 4000 FEET OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 2 TO 4 INCHES ABOVE 5000
FEET...WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BETWEEN 4000 AND
5000 FEET. MAJOR ROADWAYS THAT COULD BE IMPACTED BY SNOW INCLUDE
INTERSTATE 5 NEAR THE GRAPEVINE AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 33 IN THE VENTURA
COUNTY MOUNTAINS.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS
AND STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

BRUNO/ASR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 30, 3:01 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	LOX	3 days
Jan 30, 10:10 AM PST	Wind Advisory	LOX	48 hr
Jan 30, 10:10 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	LOX	17 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.