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Small Craft Advisory 108, NWS Los Angeles, CA

September 13, 2011

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this small craft advisory at Sep 13, 2011, 7:13 PM PDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 13, 2011, 7:13 PM PDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired
Sep 17, 2011, 9:00 AM PDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Los Angeles, 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 Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Sep 13, 1:55 PM PDT, 5 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 1:55 PM PDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
155 PM PDT TUE SEP 13 2011

.SYNOPSIS...

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS
THIS EVENING. THE LOW WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST INTO WEDNESDAY.
ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH BY FRIDAY TO INCREASE THE
OVERNIGHT COASTAL CLOUDS AND FOG...WITH THE MARINE LAYER REACHING
INTO THE LOWER COASTAL VALLEYS INTO SATURDAY. THE TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN BELOW THE SEASONAL NORMALS INTO SATURDAY...BUT THE LOW WILL
DRIFT EAST NEXT WEEK FOR A RAPID WARMING TREND.

&&

.SHORT TERM (TODAY-FRI)...ISOLATED STORMS OCCURRING OVER THE MTNS
AND ERN ANTELOPE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE DISSIPATING BY
AROUND SUNSET. THE UPPER LOW TO OUR SOUTH WILL BE MOVING EAST OF THE
AREA TONIGHT BUT THE TROF WILL LINGER FOR AT LEAST A FEW MORE DAYS.
EXPECTING SIMILAR OR PERHAPS SLIGHTLY GREATER MARINE LYR COVERAGE
TONIGHT BUT STILL CONFINED TO THE COASTAL ZONES. HIGHS WEDNESDAY
EXPECTED TO BE SIMILAR TO TODAY, THOUGH PERHAPS A DEGREE OR TWO
COOLER NEAR THE COAST. STILL A LITTLE BIT OF MID LVL MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY ACROSS THE INTERIOR WEDNESDAY BUT NOT ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY
ANYTHING MORE THAN VERY SMALL POPS SO OUTSIDE OF SOME AFTERNOON CU
IT SHOULD BE A PRETTY QUIET DAY.

LITTLE CHANGE THURSDAY, THEN FRIDAY THE TROF WILL DEEPEN AS A WEAK
SYSTEM APPROACHES. THIS IS THE SAME SYSTEM THAT THE GFS HAD SHOWN
FOR SATURDAY ON YESTERDAY'S MODELS BUT NOW IS MUCH WEAKER, DRIER,
AND FASTER. THE RESULT WILL BE A DEEPER MARINE LYR FRIDAY, A SHARP
COOLING TREND, ESPECIALLY FOR THE COASTAL VALLEYS, AND LATER COASTAL
CLEARING.

.LONG TERM (SAT-TUE)...LIKELY ONE MORE DAY OF RELATIVELY COOL
TEMPERATURES AND DEEP MARINE LYR SATURDAY BEFORE THE TROF SLIDES
EAST OF THE AREA. A WARMING TREND WILL BEGIN SUNDAY AS
HEIGHTS/THICKNESSNES RISE. THE GFS AND ECMWF HAVE SCALED BACK ON THE
EXTENT OF RIDGING AND OFFSHORE FLOW EARLY NEXT WEEK SO IT MAY NOT
GET QUITE AS WARM AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.

&&

.AVIATION...13/1800Z.
GOOD CONFIDENCE IN A 1200 FOOT DEEP MARINE LAYER RETURNING TO THE
COASTAL SECTIONS LATE THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT. MVFR TO IFR
CONDITIONS WILL BE THE LIKELY RESULT. THE ONSET TIME FOR THE CENTRAL
COAST WILL HAVE TO BE MOVED UP AS THE LOW CLOUDS ARE ALREADY RUSHING
THE COAST.

KLAX...GOOD CONFIDENCE IN THE 18Z TAF.

KBUR...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

&&

.LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE

&&

PUBLIC...WOFFORD
AVIATION...SWEET
SYNOPSIS...SETO

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 6:00 AM PDT, 13 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
600 AM PDT TUE SEP 13 2011

CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-141300-
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 PDT TUE SEP 13 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND
DESERTS...THE INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY...AND THE
CUYAMA VALLEY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SMITH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 13, 2:47 PM PDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
247 PM PDT TUE SEP 13 2011

CAZ044-053-054-059-088-547-132245-
ANTELOPE VALLEY CA-LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA
MONICA RANGE CA-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY CA-SANTA
CLARITA VALLEY CA-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS CA-VENTURA COUNTY
MOUNTAINS CA-
247 PM PDT TUE SEP 13 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN VENTURA AND
NORTHWESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM PDT...

AT 236 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF SAN FERNANDO
TO AROUND GORMAN.  THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY...DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SAN FERNANDO...SANTA CLARITA...GORMAN
  RURAL NORTHWESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN VENTURA COUNTY...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3421 11807 3422 11828 3458 11881 3480 11890
      3482 11889 3483 11888 3468 11809
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 045DEG 2KT 3461 11853 $$

KAPLAN/DD
Special weather statement, Sep 13, 4:50 PM PDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 5:33 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXSan Luis Obispo3 hr
Sep 13, 5:45 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXSanta Barbara3 hr
Sep 14, 4:03 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXLos Angeles3 hr
Sep 14, 4:16 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLOXLos Angeles59 min

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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.