Alert archive / California / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011

Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Los Angeles, CA

January 1, 2011

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 1, 2011, 11:30 AM PST. It took effect at Jan 2, 2011, 5:09 AM PST. It was in force for 33 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
Jan 1, 2011, 11:30 AM PST (19:30 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 2, 2011, 5:09 AM PST
Expired
Jan 3, 2011, 2:14 PM PST
In force
33 hr
Issued by
NWS Los Angeles, CA

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

186 
WWUS46 KLOX 011930
WSWLOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
1130 AM PST SAT JAN 1 2011

...COLD TEMPERATURES AND SNOW EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA
BARBARA...VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...

...SNOW AND COLD TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE OVER THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...

.A CUTOFF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY WEST OF THE NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA COAST WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH
THE DAY. AS THE FRONTAL SYSTEM AHEAD OF THE LOW APPROACHES THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP AND SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP OVER THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS
ARE CURRENTLY BETWEEN 3000 AND 3500 FEET...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO
BETWEEN 4000 AND 4500 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS
SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE. BY SUNDAY EVENING...SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4-8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE GREATEST
AMOUNTS ABOVE 5000 FEET. 

FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...PRECIPITATION
IS EXPECTED BEGIN ON SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT BETWEEN 4000 AND 5000 FEET
SUNDAY MORNING...BUT WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 2500 AND 3000 FEET BY
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
BETWEEN 8 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. 

ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...EASTERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY
WHICH WILL BRING IN COLD AIR FROM THE GREAT BASIN. THIS WILL
RESULT IN SNOW LEVELS DROPPING TO NEAR 2000 FEET FROM SUNDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. AS PRECIPITATION DEVELOPS ON SUNDAY...
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION
ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE
FOOTHILL AREAS.

PEOPLE TRAVELING INTO OR THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS SHOULD
CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND
STATEMENTS...AS WELL AS CHECK LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED
FOR DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE HOLIDAY
WEEKEND.

CAZ053-054-020600-
/O.UPG.KLOX.WS.A.0001.110102T2000Z-110104T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KLOX.WS.W.0001.110102T1700Z-110104T0200Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOCKWOOD VALLEY...MOUNT PINOS...ACTON...
MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG
1130 AM PST SAT JAN 1 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM PST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING: MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON
  SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN AVERAGE OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS
  EXPECTED ABOVE 4500 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* WINDS: GUSTY SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  45 MPH WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT BETWEEN 4000 AND 5000
  FEET SUNDAY MORNING...BUT WILL DROP THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY
  WITH SNOW LEVELS BETWEEN BOTTOMING OUT BETWEEN 2500 AND 3000
  FEET SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

* IMPACTS: SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE
  VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
  FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT
  MOST MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR AS
  WELL AS HIGHWAY 14.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ052-020600-
/O.CON.KLOX.WW.Y.0015.110101T2000Z-110103T0500Z/
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAN MARCOS PASS...
SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA...DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA
1130 AM PST SAT JAN 1 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST
SUNDAY. 

* TIMING: MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN AVERAGE OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS 
  EXPECTED TO FALL...WITH THE GREATEST TOTALS ABOVE 5000 FEET. 

* WINDS: SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40
  MPH WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY.

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO AROUND 4500 FEET TODAY...
  AND REMAIN BETWEEN 4000 AND 4500 FEET TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

* IMPACTS: SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL
  CREATE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN
  THE MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MAKE
  TRAVEL DANGEROUS ON MOUNTAIN ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

CAZ059-020600-
/O.NEW.KLOX.WS.A.0002.110102T2300Z-110104T0200Z/
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANCASTER...PALMDALE
1130 AM PST SAT JAN 1 2011

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON SUNDAY...AND CONTINUE
  THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 6
  INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST
  AMOUNTS LIKELY IN THE FOOTHILLS.

* WINDS: NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP ON
  SUNDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS
  WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT AROUND 3000 FEET ON
  SUNDAY...BUT WILL FALL TO THE VALLEY FLOOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND
  MONDAY.

* IMPACTS: THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
  AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS COULD MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING
  CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 14
  AND 138. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

RAT
10 follow-up statements
193 
WWUS46 KLOX 020556
WSWLOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
956 PM PST SAT JAN 1 2011

...COLD TEMPERATURES AND SNOW EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF
SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...

...SNOW AND COLD TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE OVER THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...

.A CUTOFF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY OFF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
COAST WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD TONIGHT...THEN
BECOME STATIONARY OVER THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST ON SUNDAY. AS
ITS ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SLIDE SOUTHWARD...TEMPERATURES
WILL DROP AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE SANTA BARBARA
COUNTY MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW LEVEL INITIALLY WILL BE BETWEEN 4000
AND 5000 FEET TONIGHT...THEN WILL THEN LOWER SUNDAY MORNING TO
BETWEEN 3500 AND 4500 FEET. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 8
INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 5000 FEET.

FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED BEGIN ON SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT BETWEEN
4000 AND 5000 FEET SUNDAY MORNING...BUT WILL DROP TO BETWEEN
2500 AND 3500 FEET BY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...EASTERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY
WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO FEED IN COLD AIR FROM THE GREAT BASIN.
THIS WILL RESULT IN SNOW LEVELS DROPPING TO THE VALLEY FLOOR
SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 3 TO
6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...WITH THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS IN THE FOOTHILL AREAS.

PEOPLE TRAVELING INTO OR THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS SHOULD
CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND
STATEMENTS...AS WELL AS CHECK LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED
FOR DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE HOLIDAY
WEEKEND.

CAZ053-054-021245-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0001.110102T1700Z-110104T0200Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOCKWOOD VALLEY...MOUNT PINOS...ACTON...
MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG
956 PM PST SAT JAN 1 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO
6 PM PST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM
PST MONDAY. 

* TIMING: MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON 
  SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN AVERAGE OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL 
  IS EXPECTED ABOVE 4500 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS 
  POSSIBLE. 

* WINDS: GUSTY SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  45 MPH WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY.
  WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST TO EAST MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT BETWEEN 4000 AND 5000
  FEET SUNDAY MORNING...BUT WILL DROP THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY
  WITH SNOW LEVELS BOTTOMING OUT BETWEEN 2500 AND 3000 FEET
  SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

* IMPACTS: SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE 
  VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS 
  FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL 
  AFFECT MOST MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 5 
  CORRIDOR AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 14. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ052-021245-
/O.CON.KLOX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-110103T0500Z/
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAN MARCOS PASS...
SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA...DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA
956 PM PST SAT JAN 1 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST
SUNDAY. 

* TIMING: MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP
  OVERNIGHT...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN AVERAGE OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS 
  EXPECTED TO FALL...WITH THE GREATEST TOTALS ABOVE 5000 FEET. 

* WINDS: SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 
  MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. 

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN 4000 AND 4500 FEET
  TONIGHT...THEN LOWER TO BETWEEN 3500 AND 4500 FEET ON SUNDAY.

* IMPACTS: SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL 
  CREATE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN 
  THE MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL 
  MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ON MOUNTAIN ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

CAZ059-021245-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.A.0002.110102T2300Z-110104T0200Z/
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANCASTER...PALMDALE
956 PM PST SAT JAN 1 2011

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON SUNDAY...AND CONTINUE 
  THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 
  INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST 
  AMOUNTS LIKELY IN THE FOOTHILLS. 

* WINDS: NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP ON 
  SUNDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS 
  WILL BE POSSIBLE. 

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT AROUND 3000 FEET ON 
  SUNDAY...BUT WILL FALL TO THE VALLEY FLOOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND 
  MONDAY. 

* IMPACTS: THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS 
  AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS COULD MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 14 
  AND 138. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

KAPLAN/BRUNO
179 
WWUS46 KLOX 021307
WSWLOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
507 AM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF
SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES EXCLUDING THE
SANTA MONICA RANGE...

...MODERATE SNOWFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST SOUTHEASTWARD TODAY AND TONIGHT...TRACKING
ACROSS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ON MONDAY. ITS ASSOCIATED FRONTAL
SYSTEM WILL CAUSE RAIN AND SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...TO
OVERSPREAD THE REGION TODAY...THEN CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TURNING
TO SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT OR MONDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN
3000 AND 4000 FEET TODAY...LOWEST ON INTERIOR SLOPES...THEN LOWER
TO BETWEEN 2500 AND 3000 FEET TONIGHT...CONTINUING AT THOSE LEVELS
MONDAY.

SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA
AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE ARE
EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 8 TO 12 INCHES AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET.
THE SNOW WILL LIKELY IMPACT TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 5 THROUGH THE
GRAPEVINE...AND HIGHWAY 14 THROUGH SOLEDAD PASS INTO THE
ANTELOPE VALLEY...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...EASTERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP LATER
TODAY AND TONIGHT...WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO FEED COLD LOW LEVEL AIR
FROM THE GREAT BASIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN SNOW LEVELS DROPPING TO
BETWEEN 2500 AND 3000 FEET THIS EVENING OR EARLY TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY...WITH SNOW POSSIBLE REACHING THE FLOOR OF THE ANTELOPE
VALLEY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL
ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE
FOOTHILL AREAS. HIGHWAY 138 MAY BE IMPACTED BY SNOW.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY EAST TO SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH
TONIGHT...WITH EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY.
THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES LESS
THAN ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

PEOPLE TRAVELING INTO OR THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS SHOULD
CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND
STATEMENTS...AS WELL AS CHECK LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED
FOR DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY.


CAZ052-022115-
/O.UPG.KLOX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-110103T0500Z/
/O.EXB.KLOX.WS.W.0001.110102T1307Z-110103T2000Z/
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAN MARCOS PASS...
SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA...DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA
507 AM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN AVERAGE OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS
  EXPECTED TO FALL...WITH THE GREATEST TOTALS ABOVE 4000 FEET.

* WINDS: SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45
  MPH TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT WILL SHIFT TO EAST AND DIMINISH LATE
  TONIGHT. 

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN 3000 AND 4000 FEET
  TODAY...LOWEST ON INTERIOR SLOPES...THEN LOWER TO BETWEEN 2500
  AND 3000 FEET TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS: SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL
  CREATE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN
  THE MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW
  WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ON MOUNTAIN ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ053-054-022115-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0001.110102T1700Z-110104T0200Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOCKWOOD VALLEY...MOUNT PINOS...ACTON...
MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG
507 AM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 PM PST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 PM PST MONDAY. 

* TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL
  DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY
  MORNING BEFORE TURNING TO SHOWERS MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN AVERAGE OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS
  EXPECTED...GREATEST TOTALS ABOVE 4000 FEET.

* WINDS: GUSTY EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  45 MPH WILL DEVELOP TODAY...THE CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
  BEFORE SHIFTING TO NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN 3000 AND 4000 FEET
  TODAY...LOWEST ON INTERIOR SLOPES...THEN WILL LOWER TO BETWEEN
  2500 AND 3000 FEET TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

* IMPACTS: SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE
  VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH
  MONDAY. THE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT MOST MOUNTAIN
  ROADWAYS INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR AS WELL AS HIGHWAY
  14.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ059-022115-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.A.0002.110102T2300Z-110104T0200Z/
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANCASTER...PALMDALE
507 AM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING: SNOW MAY REACH THE VALLEY FLOOR LATE TODAY OR
  TONIGHT...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 6
  INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
  LIKELY IN THE FOOTHILLS.

* WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP
  TODAY...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY...WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35
  MPH POSSIBLE.

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT AROUND 3000 FEET
  TODAY...BUT MAY LOWER TO THE VALLEY FLOOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

* IMPACTS: THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS 
  AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS COULD MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 14 
  AND 138. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

BRUNO/ASR
775 
WWUS46 KLOX 021313 CCA
WSWLOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
509 AM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF
SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES EXCLUDING THE
SANTA MONICA RANGE...

...MODERATE SNOWFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST SOUTHEASTWARD TODAY AND TONIGHT...TRACKING
ACROSS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ON MONDAY. ITS ASSOCIATED FRONTAL
SYSTEM WILL CAUSE RAIN AND SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...TO
OVERSPREAD THE REGION TODAY...THEN CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TURNING
TO SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT OR MONDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN
3000 AND 4000 FEET TODAY...LOWEST ON INTERIOR SLOPES...THEN LOWER
TO BETWEEN 2500 AND 3000 FEET TONIGHT...CONTINUING AT THOSE LEVELS
MONDAY.

SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA
AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE ARE
EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 8 TO 12 INCHES AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET.
THE SNOW WILL LIKELY IMPACT TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 5 THROUGH THE
GRAPEVINE...AND HIGHWAY 14 THROUGH SOLEDAD PASS INTO THE
ANTELOPE VALLEY...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...EASTERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP LATER
TODAY AND TONIGHT...WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO FEED COLD LOW LEVEL AIR
FROM THE GREAT BASIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN SNOW LEVELS DROPPING TO
BETWEEN 2500 AND 3000 FEET THIS EVENING OR EARLY TONIGHT...
CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY...WITH SNOW POSSIBLY REACHING THE FLOOR
OF THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 3 TO 6 INCHES
OF SNOWFALL ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
IN THE FOOTHILL AREAS. HIGHWAY 138 MAY BE IMPACTED BY SNOW.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY EAST TO SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH
TONIGHT...WITH EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY.
THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES LESS
THAN ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

PEOPLE TRAVELING INTO OR THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS SHOULD
CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND
STATEMENTS...AS WELL AS CHECK LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED
FOR DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY.


CAZ052-022130-
/O.UPG.KLOX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-110103T0500Z/
/O.EXB.KLOX.WS.W.0001.110102T1309Z-110103T2000Z/
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAN MARCOS PASS...
SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA...DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA
509 AM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN AVERAGE OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS
  EXPECTED TO FALL...WITH THE GREATEST TOTALS ABOVE 4000 FEET.

* WINDS: SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45
  MPH TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT WILL SHIFT TO EAST AND DIMINISH LATE
  TONIGHT. 

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN 3000 AND 4000 FEET
  TODAY...LOWEST ON INTERIOR SLOPES...THEN LOWER TO BETWEEN 2500
  AND 3000 FEET TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS: SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL
  CREATE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN
  THE MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW
  WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ON MOUNTAIN ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ053-054-022130-
/O.COR.KLOX.WS.W.0001.110102T1700Z-110104T0200Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOCKWOOD VALLEY...MOUNT PINOS...ACTON...
MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG
509 AM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 PM PST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 PM PST MONDAY. 

* TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL
  DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY
  MORNING BEFORE TURNING TO SHOWERS MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN AVERAGE OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS
  EXPECTED...WITH THE GREATEST TOTALS ABOVE 4000 FEET.

* WINDS: EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45
  MPH WILL DEVELOP TODAY...THE CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
  BEFORE SHIFTING TO NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN 3000 AND 4000 FEET
  TODAY...LOWEST ON INTERIOR SLOPES...THEN WILL LOWER TO BETWEEN
  2500 AND 3000 FEET TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

* IMPACTS: SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE
  VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH
  MONDAY. THE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT MOST MOUNTAIN
  ROADWAYS INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR AS WELL AS HIGHWAY
  14.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ059-022130-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.A.0002.110102T2300Z-110104T0200Z/
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANCASTER...PALMDALE
509 AM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING: SNOW MAY REACH THE VALLEY FLOOR LATE TODAY OR
  TONIGHT...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 6
  INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
  LIKELY IN THE FOOTHILLS.

* WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP
  TODAY...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY...WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35
  MPH POSSIBLE.

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT AROUND 3000 FEET
  TODAY...BUT MAY LOWER TO THE VALLEY FLOOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

* IMPACTS: THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS 
  AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS COULD MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 14 
  AND 138. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

BRUNO/ASR
367 
WWUS46 KLOX 021701
WSWLOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
901 AM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF
SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES EXCLUDING THE
SANTA MONICA RANGE...

...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST SOUTHEASTWARD TODAY AND TONIGHT...TRACKING
ACROSS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ON MONDAY. ITS ASSOCIATED FRONTAL
SYSTEM WILL CAUSE RAIN AND SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...TO
OVERSPREAD THE REGION TODAY...THEN CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE
TURNING TO SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT OR MONDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE
BETWEEN 2500 AND 4000 FEET TODAY...LOWEST ON INTERIOR SLOPES AND ACROSS
THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO BETWEEN 2500 AND 3000
FEET TONIGHT...CONTINUING AT THOSE LEVELS MONDAY.

SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA
AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE ARE
EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 8 TO 14 INCHES AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET.
THE SNOW WILL LIKELY IMPACT TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 5 THROUGH THE
GRAPEVINE...AND HIGHWAY 14 THROUGH SOLEDAD PASS INTO THE ANTELOPE
VALLEY THROUGH MONDAY.

ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE VALLEY FLOOR...WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS
EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. LOW LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW
WILL CONTINUE TO FEED COLD LOW LEVEL AIR FROM THE GREAT BASIN THROUGH
MONDAY...CONTINUING THE THREAT OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON. THERE WILL LIKELY BE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ACROSS THE
ANTELOPE VALLEY...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OVER 8 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILL
AREAS. HIGHWAYS 14 AND 138 WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED BY ACCUMULATING
SNOW.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY EAST TO SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS
THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE ANTELOPE
VALLEY. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES
LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

PEOPLE TRAVELING INTO OR THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS SHOULD
CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND
STATEMENTS...AS WELL AS CHECK LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED
FOR DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY.

CAZ059-030100-
/O.UPG.KLOX.WS.A.0002.110102T2300Z-110104T0200Z/
/O.EXB.KLOX.WS.W.0001.110102T2000Z-110104T0200Z/
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANCASTER...PALMDALE
901 AM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM PST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.


* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE VALLEY FLOOR THIS
  AFTERNOON...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVIEST
  ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 6
  INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OVER 8
  INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS.

* WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP 
  TODAY...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY...WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 
  MPH POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS. 

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN LOW ENOUGH TO BRING
  SNOW TO THE VALLEY FLOOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS: THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
  AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS COULD MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING
  CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 14
  AND 138.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ053-054-030100-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110104T0200Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOCKWOOD VALLEY...MOUNT PINOS...ACTON...
MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG
901 AM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY. 

* TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEFORE TURNING TO SHOWERS MONDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN AVERAGE OF 8 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS
  EXPECTED ABOVE 4000 FEET...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES BELOW 4000 FEET.

* WINDS: EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 
  MPH WILL DEVELOP TODAY...THE CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY 
  BEFORE SHIFTING TO NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 2500 AND]
  4000 FEET TODAY...LOWEST ON INTERIOR SLOPES...THEN WILL LOWER
  TO BETWEEN 2500 AND 3000 FEET TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

* IMPACTS: SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE 
  VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS 
  THROUGH MONDAY. THE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT MOST 
  MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR AS WELL 
  AS HIGHWAY 14. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ052-030100-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110103T2000Z/
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAN MARCOS PASS...
SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA...DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA
901 AM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY. 

* TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL 
  CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE 
  THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN AVERAGE OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS 
  EXPECTED TO FALL...WITH THE GREATEST TOTALS ABOVE 4000 FEET. 

* WINDS: SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 
  MPH TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT WILL SHIFT TO EAST AND DIMINISH 
  LATE TONIGHT. 

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN 3000 AND 4000 FEET 
  TODAY...LOWEST ON INTERIOR SLOPES...THEN LOWER TO BETWEEN 2500 
  AND 3000 FEET TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS: SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL 
  CREATE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN 
  THE MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW 
  WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ON MOUNTAIN ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

GOMBERG/BRUNO
378 
WWUS46 KLOX 022143
WSWLOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
143 PM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF
SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES EXCLUDING THE
SANTA MONICA RANGE...

...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY...

...SNOW SHOWERS TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST SOUTHEASTWARD TODAY AND TONIGHT...TRACKING
ACROSS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ON MONDAY. ITS ASSOCIATED FRONTAL
SYSTEM WILL CAUSE PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...TO
CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TURNING TO SHOWERS ON MONDAY. SNOW
LEVELS WILL GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 FEET THROUGH
THE PERIOD...WITH LOCAL SNOW LEVELS AS LOW AS 1500 FEET...
IMPACTING PORTIONS OF THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY.  

SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA
AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE ARE
EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 8 TO 14 INCHES AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET.
THE SNOW WILL LIKELY IMPACT TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 5 FROM THE
GRAPEVINE TO CASTAIC...AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 14 FROM SANTA CLARITA
THROUGH SOLEDAD PASS INTO THE ANTELOPE VALLEY.

ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE VALLEY FLOOR...WITH MORE
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT. LOW LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO FEED COLD LOW
LEVEL AIR FROM THE GREAT BASIN THROUGH MONDAY...CONTINUING THE
THREAT OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS INFLUX
OF COLD AIR WILL ALSO BRING SNOW SHOWERS TO PORTIONS OF THE SANTA
CLARITA VALLEY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WITH ACCUMULATIONS
LIKELY IN THE FOOTHILLS. THE ANTELOPE VALLEY IS GENERALLY EXPECTED
TO RECEIVE BETWEEN 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS
OVER 8 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILL AREAS.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY EAST TO SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH
TONIGHT...WITH EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AND
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH
VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

PEOPLE TRAVELING INTO OR THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS...ANTELOPE VALLEY...
AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS...AS WELL AS
CHECK LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY.

CAZ053-054-030600-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110104T0200Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOCKWOOD VALLEY...MOUNT PINOS...ACTON...
MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG
143 PM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY. 

* TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL 
  CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEFORE TURNING TO SHOWERS 
  MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN AVERAGE OF 8 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOWFALL 
  IS EXPECTED ABOVE 4000 FEET...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES BELOW 4000 
  FEET. 

* WINDS: EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
  WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY BEFORE SHIFTING TO NORTHEAST
  IN THE AFTERNOON.

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 2000 AND
  3000 FEET...LOWEST ON INTERIOR SLOPES.

* IMPACTS: SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE
  VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
  THROUGH MONDAY. THE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT MOST
  MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR AND
  HIGHWAY 14.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ052-030600-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110103T2000Z/
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAN MARCOS PASS...
SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA...DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA
143 PM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY. 

* TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL 
  CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE 
  THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN AVERAGE OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS 
  EXPECTED TO FALL...WITH THE GREATEST TOTALS ABOVE 4000 FEET. 

* WINDS: SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 
  MPH TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT WILL SHIFT TO EAST AND DIMINISH 
  LATE TONIGHT. 

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN 3000 AND 4000 FEET 
  TODAY...LOWEST ON INTERIOR SLOPES...THEN LOWER TO BETWEEN 2500 
  AND 3000 FEET TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS: SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL 
  CREATE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN 
  THE MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW 
  WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ON MOUNTAIN ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ059-030600-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110104T0200Z/
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANCASTER...PALMDALE
143 PM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY. 

* TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND
  INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 
  INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OVER 8 
  INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS. 

* WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
  MONDAY...WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS.

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN LOW ENOUGH TO 
  BRING SNOW TO THE VALLEY FLOOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY 
  AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS: THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS 
  AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS COULD MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 14 
  AND 138. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ088-030600-
/O.NEW.KLOX.WW.Y.0001.110102T2143Z-110103T1700Z/
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANTA CLARITA...NEWHALL...VALENCIA
143 PM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE FOOTHILLS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM
PST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 9 AM PST MONDAY.

* TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF
  THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED
  IN THE FOOTHILLS. SNOW SHOWERS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED AT TIMES IN
  THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...WITH LITTLE
  OR NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. 

* WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY.

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW COULD FALL AS LOW AS 1500 FEET.

* IMPACTS: SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY IMPACT INTERSTATE 5 AND
  HIGHWAY 14 WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW LIKELY IN THE
  FOOTHILLS...CANYON COUNTRY...AND CASTAIC.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

GOMBERG
342 
WWUS46 KLOX 022254
WSWLOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
254 PM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF
SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES EXCLUDING THE
SANTA MONICA RANGE...

...WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY
 AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST SOUTHEASTWARD TODAY AND TONIGHT...TRACKING
ACROSS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ON MONDAY. ITS ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEM
WILL CAUSE PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES... TO
CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TURNING TO SHOWERS ON MONDAY. SNOW
LEVELS WILL GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 FEET THROUGH THE
PERIOD...WITH LOCAL SNOW LEVELS AS LOW AS 1500 FEET ACROSS THE SANTA
CLARITA VALLEY.

SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA
AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE ARE
EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 8 TO 14 INCHES AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET.
THE SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON INTERSTATE 5 FROM
THE GRAPEVINE TO SANTA CLARITA...AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 14 FROM SANTA
CLARITA THROUGH THE SOLEDAD PASS INTO THE ANTELOPE VALLEY.

SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...WITH 1 INCH
ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE VALLEY FLOOR...AND UP
TO 3 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS. ACROSS THE ANTELOPE
VALLEY...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. THE ANTELOPE
VALLEY IS GENERALLY EXPECTED TO RECEIVE BETWEEN 3 TO 6 INCHES OF
SNOWFALL...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OVER 8 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILL AREAS.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY EAST TO SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS
THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE ANTELOPE
VALLEY AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT
TIMES.

PEOPLE TRAVELING INTO OR THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS...ANTELOPE
VALLEY... AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE
LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS...AS
WELL AS CHECK LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY.

CAZ053-054-030800-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110104T0200Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOCKWOOD VALLEY...MOUNT PINOS...ACTON...
MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG
254 PM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY. 

* TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL 
  CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEFORE TURNING TO SHOWERS 
  MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN AVERAGE OF 8 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOWFALL 
  IS EXPECTED ABOVE 4000 FEET...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES BELOW 4000 
  FEET. 

* WINDS: EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 
  MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY BEFORE SHIFTING TO 
  NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 2000 AND 
  3000 FEET...LOWEST ON INTERIOR SLOPES. 

* IMPACTS: SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE 
  VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS 
  THROUGH MONDAY. THE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT MOST 
  MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR AND 
  HIGHWAY 14. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ052-030800-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110103T2000Z/
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAN MARCOS PASS...
SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA...DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA
254 PM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY. 

* TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL 
  CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE 
  THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN AVERAGE OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS 
  EXPECTED TO FALL...WITH THE GREATEST TOTALS ABOVE 4000 FEET. 

* WINDS: SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 
  MPH TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT WILL SHIFT TO EAST AND DIMINISH 
  LATE TONIGHT. 

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN 3000 AND 4000 FEET 
  TODAY...LOWEST ON INTERIOR SLOPES...THEN LOWER TO BETWEEN 2500 
  AND 3000 FEET TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS: SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL 
  CREATE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN 
  THE MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW 
  WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ON MOUNTAIN ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ059-030800-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110104T0200Z/
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANCASTER...PALMDALE
254 PM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY. 

* TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND 
  INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 
  INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OVER 8 
  INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS. 

* WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE 
  THROUGH MONDAY...WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE 
  FOOTHILLS. 

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN LOW ENOUGH TO 
  BRING SNOW TO THE VALLEY FLOOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY 
  AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS: THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS 
  AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS COULD MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 14 
  AND 138. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ088-030800-
/O.CON.KLOX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110103T1700Z/
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANTA CLARITA...NEWHALL...VALENCIA
254 PM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST
MONDAY. 

* TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AT
  TIMES THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED
  ACROSS THE VALLEY FLOOR...AND UP TO 3 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS.

* WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 
  EARLY MONDAY.

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW COULD FALL AS LOW AS 1500 FEET.

* IMPACTS: SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY IMPACT INTERSTATE 5 AND
  HIGHWAY 14. THE GREATEST SNOW ACCUMULATION IMPACT WILL LIKELY
  BE IN THE FOOTHILLS...INCLUDING CANYON COUNTRY AND CASTAIC.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

GOMBERG
548 
WWUS46 KLOX 030757
WSWLOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
1157 PM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS OF
SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES EXCLUDING THE
SANTA MONICA RANGE...

...WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ANTELOPE
VALLEY AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY NEAR POINT CONCEPTION LATE THIS
EVENING WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS CALIFORNIA OVERNIGHT
AND MONDAY...REACHING THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN MONDAY AFTERNOON.
IT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SHOWERS TO THE REGION OVERNIGHT...WITH
SHOWERS TAPERING OFF MONDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN
2000 AND 3000 FEET THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH LOCAL SNOW
LEVELS AS LOW AS 1500 TO 1800 FEET ACROSS THE SANTA CLARITA
VALLEY.

SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA
AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE ARE
EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 8 TO 14 INCHES AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET.
THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A SERIOUS IMPACT ON ALL TRAVEL INTO
OR THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY. INTERSTATE 5
REMAINED CLOSED LATE THIS EVENING FROM CASTAIC THROUGH THE
GRAPEVINE. THE SNOW AND ICY ROADS WILL ALSO PRESENT SIGNIFICANT
TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON HIGHWAY 14 FROM SANTA CLARITA THROUGH THE
SOLEDAD PASS INTO THE ANTELOPE VALLEY.

SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...WITH 1 TO 3
INCHES ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY...AND LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 INCHES
POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS. ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...PERIODS OF
SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL AVERAGING
3 TO 6 INCHES...AND LOCAL TOTALS OVER 8 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILL
AREAS.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT AND
MONDAY...WITH NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY
AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT
TIMES.

PEOPLE TRAVELING INTO OR THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS...ANTELOPE
VALLEY... AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE
LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS...AS
WELL AS CHECK LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY.

CAZ053-054-031600-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110104T0200Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOCKWOOD VALLEY...MOUNT PINOS...ACTON...
MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG
1157 PM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY. 

* TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEFORE TURNING TO SHOWERS MONDAY
  AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AVERAGE STORM TOTALS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES OF
  SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 4000 FEET...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES BELOW
  4000 FEET.

* WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
  WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...THEN WINDS WILL SLOWLY
  DIMINISH IN THE AFTERNOON.

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY AVERAGE 200O TO 2500
  FEET.

* IMPACTS: SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE 
  VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS 
  THROUGH MONDAY. THE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT MOST 
  MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR AND 
  HIGHWAY 14. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ052-031600-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110103T2000Z/
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAN MARCOS PASS...
SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA...DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA
1157 PM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY. 

* TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL
  CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AVERAGE STORM TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF
  SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE GREATEST TOTALS ABOVE 4000 FEET.

* WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
  OVERNIGHT WILL DIMINISH ON MONDAY.

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL AVERAGE 2000 TO 3000 FEET...
  LOWEST ON INTERIOR SLOPES.

* IMPACTS: SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL
  CREATE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN
  THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL
  MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ON MOUNTAIN ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ059-031600-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110104T0200Z/
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANCASTER...PALMDALE
1157 PM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY. 

* TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
  MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AVERAGE STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES
  ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL TOTALS OVER 8 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS.

* WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH MONDAY...WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH.

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN LOW ENOUGH TO
  BRING SNOW TO THE VALLEY FLOOR THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AND GUSTY NORTHEAST
  WINDS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
  ANTELOPE VALLEY...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 14 AND 138.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ088-031600-
/O.CON.KLOX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110103T1700Z/
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANTA CLARITA...NEWHALL...VALENCIA
1157 PM PST SUN JAN 2 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST
MONDAY. 

* TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY
  CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING..

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
  ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL TOTALS UP TO 4 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS.

* WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 
  EARLY MONDAY. 

* SNOW LEVELS: GENERALLY BETWEEN 1500 AND 1800 FEET.

* IMPACTS: SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY IMPACT INTERSTATE 5 AND 
  HIGHWAY 14. THE GREATEST SNOW ACCUMULATION IMPACT WILL LIKELY 
  BE IN THE FOOTHILLS...INCLUDING CANYON COUNTRY AND CASTAIC. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

BRUNO/ASR
429 
WWUS46 KLOX 031116
WSWLOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
316 AM PST MON JAN 3 2011

...SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS OF
VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA
RANGE...

...WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ANTELOPE
VALLEY AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY JUST NORTH OF VENTURA COUNTY EARLY
THIS MORNING WILL DRIFT EASTWARD ACROSS CALIFORNIA THIS
MORNING...REACHING THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SHOWERS TO LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA
COUNTIES TODAY...WITH SHOWERS DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW
LEVELS WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN 2000 AND 2500 FEET...WITH LOCAL
SNOW LEVELS AS LOW AS 1500 FEET ACROSS THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY.

SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS
ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE ARE EXPECTED TO
AVERAGE 8 TO 14 INCHES AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET...WITH 4 TO 8
INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO HAVE A
SERIOUS IMPACT ON ALL TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS TODAY.

THE SNOW AND ICY ROADS WILL PRESENT SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL CHALLENGES
TODAY ACROSS INTERSTATE 5 FROM CASTAIC TO THE GRAPEVINE...ON
HIGHWAY 14 FROM SANTA CLARITA THROUGH THE SOLEDAD PASS INTO THE
ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND ON PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 138 IN THE ANTELOPE
VALLEY.

SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY THROUGH MID MORNING...WITH STORM SNOWFALL 
TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IN SOME AREAS...AND LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS. ACROSS THE ANTELOPE
VALLEY... PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY....WITH TOTAL
SNOWFALL AVERAGING 3 TO 6 INCHES...AND LOCAL TOTALS OVER 8 INCHES
IN THE FOOTHILL AREAS.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS TODAY...WITH NORTHEAST
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AND SANTA CLARITA
VALLEY. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES
ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

SHOWER ACTIVITY HAS GREATLY DIMINISHED ACROSS SANTA BARBARA
COUNTY...AND ONLY LOCAL ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO
ARE EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SANTA
BARBARA COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

PEOPLE TRAVELING INTO OR THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS...ANTELOPE VALLEY...
AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS...AS WELL AS CHECK LATEST
ROAD CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS
TODAY.

CAZ052-031230-
/O.CAN.KLOX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110103T2000Z/
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAN MARCOS PASS...
SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA...DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA
316 AM PST MON JAN 3 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELLED
THE WINTER STORM WARNING. 

SHOWER ACTIVITY HAS GREATLY DIMINISHED ACROSS THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE HIGHLY LOCALIZED AND TOTAL LESS THAN 2
INCHES. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

CAZ053-054-031930-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110104T0200Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOCKWOOD VALLEY...MOUNT PINOS...ACTON...
MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG
316 AM PST MON JAN 3 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL
  GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AVERAGE STORM TOTALS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES OF
  SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 4000 FEET...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES BELOW
  4000 FEET.

* WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
  ARE EXPECTED. 

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY AVERAGE 200O TO 2500 
  FEET. 

* IMPACTS: SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE
  VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TODAY.
  THE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT MOST MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS
  INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR AND HIGHWAY 14.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ059-031930-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110104T0200Z/
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANCASTER...PALMDALE
316 AM PST MON JAN 3 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY.
  SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AVERAGE STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 
  INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL TOTALS OVER 8 INCHES IN THE 
  FOOTHILLS. 

* WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE
  TODAY...WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH.

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN LOW ENOUGH TO
  BRING SNOW TO THE VALLEY FLOOR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AND GUSTY 
  NORTHEAST WINDS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS 
  ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 14 AND 138. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ088-031700-
/O.CON.KLOX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110103T1700Z/
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANTA CLARITA...NEWHALL...VALENCIA
316 AM PST MON JAN 3 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS
MORNING. 

* TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY
  CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH MID MORNING..

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES 
  ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL TOTALS UP TO 4 INCHES IN THE 
  FOOTHILLS. 

* WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  MORNING.

* SNOW LEVELS: GENERALLY BETWEEN 1500 AND 1800 FEET.

* IMPACTS: SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY IMPACT INTERSTATE 5 AND
  HIGHWAY 14. THE GREATEST IMPACTS FROM THE SNOW WILL BE IN THE
  FOOTHILLS...INCLUDING CANYON COUNTRY AND CASTAIC.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

BRUNO/ASR
974 
WWUS46 KLOX 031704
WSWLOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
904 AM PST MON JAN 3 2011

...SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS OF
VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA
RANGE...

...WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ANTELOPE
VALLEY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY JUST NORTH OF VENTURA COUNTY THIS
MORNING WILL DRIFT EASTWARD ACROSS CALIFORNIA TODAY. THIS SYSTEM
WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SHOWERS TO LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES
TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AND THE NORTH FACING
SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN
2000 AND 2500 FEET...EXCEPT LOCALLY DOWN TO 1500 FEET NEAR SANTA
CLARITA. 

SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS
ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE ARE EXPECTED TO
AVERAGE 8 TO 14 INCHES AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET...WITH 4 TO
8 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A
SERIOUS IMPACT ON ALL TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS TODAY.

ACROSS THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY SNOW SHOWERS ARE TAPERING OFF AND
MOSTLY TURNING TO RAIN AS TEMPERATURES RISE. NO FURTHER
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AND THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THERE HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

THE SNOW AND ICY ROADS WILL PRESENT SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL CHALLENGES
TODAY ACROSS INTERSTATE 5 FROM CASTAIC TO THE GRAPEVINE...ON
HIGHWAY 14 FROM SANTA CLARITA THROUGH THE SOLEDAD PASS INTO THE
ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND ON PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 138 IN THE ANTELOPE
VALLEY.

ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE
TODAY....WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL AVERAGING 3 TO 6 INCHES...AND LOCAL
TOTALS OVER 8 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILL AREAS.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS TODAY. THIS WILL CAUSE
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS
AT TIMES.

PEOPLE TRAVELING INTO OR THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS...ANTELOPE
VALLEY...AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE
LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS...AS WELL
AS CHECK LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY.

CAZ088-031815-
/O.EXP.KLOX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110103T1700Z/
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANTA CLARITA...NEWHALL...VALENCIA
904 AM PST MON JAN 3 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY WITH
SOME RAIN SHOWERS POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW IN THE FOOTHILLS IN THE
MORNING. NO FURTHER ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

$$

CAZ053-054-040200-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110104T0200Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOCKWOOD VALLEY...MOUNT PINOS...ACTON...
MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG
904 AM PST MON JAN 3 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL 
  GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE 
  THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AVERAGE STORM TOTALS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES OF 
  SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 4000 FEET...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES 
  BELOW 4000 FEET. 

* WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 
  MPH ARE EXPECTED. 

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY AVERAGE 200O TO 2500 
  FEET. 

* IMPACTS: SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE 
  VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS 
  TODAY. THE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT MOST MOUNTAIN 
  ROADWAYS INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR AND HIGHWAY 14. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ059-040200-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110104T0200Z/
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANCASTER...PALMDALE
904 AM PST MON JAN 3 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED
  TO TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AVERAGE STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 
  INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL TOTALS OVER 8 INCHES IN THE 
  FOOTHILLS. 

* WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE
  TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILLS.

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN LOW ENOUGH TO 
  BRING SNOW TO THE VALLEY FLOOR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AND GUSTY 
  NORTHEAST WINDS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS 
  ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 14 AND 138. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

WOFFORD
208 
WWUS46 KLOX 032214
WSWLOX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
214 PM PST MON JAN 3 2011


CAZ053-054-059-032315-
/O.CAN.KLOX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110104T0200Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOCKWOOD VALLEY...MOUNT PINOS...ACTON...
MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG...LANCASTER...PALMDALE
214 PM PST MON JAN 3 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELLED
THE WINTER STORM WARNING. 

SNOW IS TAPERING OFF ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED
SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND
MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT...HOWEVER LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

PEOPLE VENTURING INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY TONIGHT
ARE STILL URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ALONG
WITH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. ROADS THAT HAVE
BEEN CLEARED OF SNOW WILL LIKELY REMAIN ICY AND STILL VERY
DANGEROUS TO DRIVE ON.

$$

WOFFORD

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 1, 9:30 AM PST, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 9:30 AM PST, 2 hours before
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
930 AM PST SAT JAN 1 2011

.SYNOPSIS...

A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN AND
SNOW TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH MID-WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN CHILLY AND BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS THROUGH THE PERIOD. LOW
ELEVATION SNOW IS A THREAT ACROSS THE DESERTS SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM (TODAY-MON)...12Z MODELS TODAY FINALLY STARTING TO SHOW
SOME AGREEMENT IN THE TIMING OF THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA
THIS WEEKEND, THOUGH AMOUNTS ARE STILL HIGHLY UNCERTAIN DUE TO THE
POTENTIAL FOR LOW LVL NORTHEASTERLY LVL FLOW CUTTING INTO THE
NUMBERS, ESPECIALLY ACROSS LA/VENTURA COUNTIES. RAIN CURRENTLY
MOVING INTO SLO COUNTY THIS MORNING WILL SAG SLOWLY SOUTH TODAY AND
TONIGHT AND SHOULD REACH AT LEAST WESTERN LA COUNTY BY SUNDAY
MORNING THEN SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE DAY. THERE IS STILL THE
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION FROM VENTURA COUNTY WEST AND
NORTH LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY, ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND
MOUNTAINS. AND WITH SNOW LEVELS AROUND 3000 FEET, HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE AND THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SBA
COUNTY MAY NEED UPGRADING TO A WARNING. WILL LIKELY ALSO UPGRADE
WINTER STORM WATCH FOR LA/VENTURA MTNS TO A WARNING AS WELL WITH THE
AFTERNOON FORECAST ISSUANCE.

***FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST***

ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS IS A SURFACE LOW SETS UP OVER THE SO CAL
COASTAL WATERS. THIS WILL CAUSE A TIGHT OFFSHORE GRADIENT TO
DEVELOP. THE COMBINATION OF MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE REGION...VERY
DENSE COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE ACROSS THE INTERIOR VALLEYS INTO THE
GREAT BASIN...AND THIS EASTERLY FLOW CAUSING A "WET SANTA ANA" EVENT
COULD BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO FALL ACROSS THE
ANTELOPE VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING. THE POTENTIAL FOR 2 TO 4 INCHES ON THE VALLEY
FLOOR...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF AROUND 6 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS
THE ADJACENT FOOTHILL COMMUNITIES SUCH AS PINION HILLS...LITTLE ROCK
AND QUARTZ HILL. AS THIS NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES...A SNOW ADVISORY
MIGHT NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR THE ANTELOPE VALLEY BY LATER SHIFTS. A
WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE LA/VTU COUNTY MOUNTAINS
FOR THE POTENTIAL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL ABOVE 4500 FT.

MODELS ARE STILL A LITTLE OUT OF PHASE WITH THE TIMING AND AMOUNTS
OF PRECIP EXPECTED. ALTHOUGH THE EASTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE REGION
COULD BENEFIT THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WITH SNOW...THOSE SAME WINDS WILL
LIKELY HELP TO CUT BACK THE RAIN TOTALS ACROSS THE COAST AND VALLEYS
DUE TO THE DOWNSLOPING AFFECT. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL LIKELY VARY
ACROSS LA/VTU COUNTIES FROM SUNDAY TO MONDAY. IT IS A DIFFICULT
FORECAST TO PIN DOWN EXPECTED RAIN TOTALS FOR AREAS S OF POINT
CONCEPTION.

SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE FORECAST ACROSS
THE CENTRAL COAST AND COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY WITH THE BEST
INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW OVERHEAD. TEMPS WILL
REMAIN QUITE COOL AND COLD INLAND WITH A COUPLE DEGREES OF COOLING
COMPARED TO SATURDAY. THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHANCE OF RAIN AND
SNOW ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY AREAS S OF POINT CONCEPTION
THROUGH MONDAY WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES. PEOPLE TRAVELING
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS
SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THE LOCAL NEWS AND WEATHER RADIO AS WEATHER
CONDITIONS CAN CHANGE.

.LONG TERM (TUE-FRI)...MADE LITTLE CHANGE TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST.
THE GFS CONTINUES TO KEEP A TROUGH ACROSS THE REGION NOW INTO THE
LATE NEXT WEEK. ANOTHER CUTOFF LOW WILL DRIFT INTO THE EASTERN
PACIFIC NEXT WEEK MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN A HIGH CONFIDENCE
FORECAST. TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN COOLER THAN NORMAL THROUGH MUCH OF
NEXT WEEK...AND AT LEAST PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST
THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION...01/1725Z...

OVERALL...LOW CONFIDENCE IN 18Z TAF PACKAGE. RAIN IS BEGINNING TO
FALL ACROSS SLO/SBA COUNTIES THIS MORNING...AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MVFR CIGS/VSBYS ARE
LIKELY. FOR AREAS SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION...RAIN WILL LIKELY HOLD
OFF UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WHEN THE RAIN DEVELOPS
MVFR CIGS/VSBYS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH EVEN SOME IFR CONDS POSSIBLE.
ALSO...WINDS SHOULD REMAIN GENERALLY EAST TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE
PERIOD AND WILL BE GUSTY AS RAIN MOVES THROUGH.

KLAX...LOW CONFIDENCE IN 18Z TAF. GENERALLY LIGHT EASTERLY FLOW
(UNDER 8 KNOTS) IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. EASTERLY FLOW
MAY INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

KBUR...LOW CONFIDENCE IN 18Z TAF.

&&

.LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WATCH (SEE LAXWSWLOX).
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY (SEE LAXWSWLOX).
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXMWWLOX).
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT (SEE LAXSPSLOX).

&&

PUBLIC...WOFFORD
AVIATION...RAT

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 6:00 AM PST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
600 AM PST SAT JAN 1 2011

CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-021400-
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 SAT JAN 1 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY

AREAS OF FROST WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE SAN FERNANDO AND SANTA
CLARITA VALLEYS AS WELL AS THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAIN RANGE AND
VALLEYS OF VENTURA COUNTY. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 28 TO 32
DEGREES THROUGH MID MORNING. RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SAN LUIS
OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES TODAY...THEN LIKELY SPREAD SOUTH
ACROSS VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
MOUNTAINS.

* WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY....SEE WWUS46 KLOX - WSWLOX FOR DETAILS *

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

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT ACROSS THE SANTA
BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS WHERE 4-8 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 5000 FEET
CAN BE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS WITH THE POTENTIAL
OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL POSSIBLE. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL
FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY FLOOR AND ADJACENT
FOOTHILLS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. DRIVING CONDITIONS COULD BE
TREACHEROUS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY DURING THIS
PERIOD.

* WINTER STORM WATCH.........SEE WWUS46 KLOX - WSWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY....SEE WWUS46 KLOX - WSWLOX FOR DETAILS *

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

KAPLAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 31, 9:07 PM PSTFrost AdvisoryLOXLos Angeles12 hr
Jan 1, 3:29 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchLOX8 hr
Jan 1, 11:30 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchLOX22 hr

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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.