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High Surf Advisory 4, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this high surf advisory at Mar 8, 2013, 7:35 AM PST for San Diego County, California. It took effect at Mar 8, 2013, 8:00 PM PST. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2013, 7:35 AM PST (15:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2013, 8:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2013, 1:00 PM PST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
County San Diego County, CA
The radar
The San Diego radar (KNKX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 47 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 431 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high surf advisory went out at Mar 8, 4:20 AM PST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 4:20 AM PST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 345 PM PST THU MAR 7 2013 CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-PZZ750-775-081300- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- COASTAL WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER AND OUT 30 NM- WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER EXTENDING 30 TO 60 NM OUT INCLUDING SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND- 345 PM PST THU MAR 7 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS...ABOVE 5000 FEET...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND LOWER ELEVATION SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...AS A COLD PACIFIC STORM MOVE INLAND ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHLAND...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. WATER SPOUTS MAY ALSO FORM OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. SNOW LEVELS WILL RAPIDLY FALL FROM NEARLY 5000 FEET FRIDAY MORNING TO BETWEEN 3000 AND 3500 FEET BY THE AFTERNOON...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL POSSIBLE. TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED. SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...GUSTY NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE REGION. SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...DRY CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR NIGHTS TO POTENTIALLY ALLOW FOR SOME PATCHY FROST TO FORM IN THE VALLEYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. PALMER
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Local storm report, Mar 8, 4:19 AM PST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 5:44 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 8:27 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:29 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | SGX | Orange | 61 min |
| Mar 8, 10:45 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | SGX | Orange | 60 min |
| Mar 8, 1:53 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | SGX | San Diego | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.