Alert archive / California / High Wind Warnings in 2013
High Wind Warning 11, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this high wind warning at Apr 14, 2013, 3:42 AM PDT for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Apr 14, 2013, 6:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 33 hr. 23 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2013, 3:42 AM PDT (10:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2013, 6:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2013, 3:03 AM PDT
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
Counties Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, San Diego County, CA
The radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 6:25 PM PDT | DUST STORM | Thousand Palms, CA | VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ALONG INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY THIS EVENING. DUST BRINGING VISIBILITY DOWN TO UNDER 1/8 MILE. PHOTO INCLUDED. |
| Apr 14, 6:28 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Barstow-Daggett Ap, CA | BARSTOW-DAGGETT AIRPORT MEASURED A 58 MPH WIND GUST ALONG WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 MPH. VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED TO 3/4 MILE IN BLOWING DUST. |
| Apr 14, 8:00 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Barstow, CA | HIGH WINDS BLEW DOWN A TREE IN BARSTOW. REPORT FROM BARSTOW POLICE DEPARTMENT. |
| Apr 14, 8:01 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Barstow-Daggett Ap, CA | BARSTOW-DAGGETT AIRPORT MEASURED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 52 MPH WITH A GUST OF 66 MPH. TIES FOR SECOND HIGHEST GUST SINCE ASOS WAS COMISSIONED IN AUGUST 2000. VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED TO 1/2 MILE IN BLOWING DUST. |
| Apr 14, 8:01 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | Barstow-Daggett Ap, CA | BARSTOW-DAGGETT AIRPORT MEASURED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 52 MPH WITH A GUST OF 66 MPH. TIES FOR SECOND HIGHEST GUST SINCE ASOS WAS COMISSIONED IN AUGUST 2000. VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED TO 1/2 MILE IN BLOWING DUST. |
| Apr 14, 8:53 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 10 Nw Palm Springs, CA | HIGH WINDS BEGAN AT THE WHITEWATER RAWS BETWEEN 1450 AND 1550 PDT. WINDS HAVE BEEN GUSTING OVER 60 MPH SINCE THEN THROUGH THE PRESENT TIME. HIGHEST GUST SO FAR IS 68 MPH MEASURED TWICE. |
| Apr 14, 8:53 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 78 | 5 Ne Thousand Palms, CA | SKY VALLEY MESONET HAS BEEN GUSTING ABOVE 58 MPH OFF AND ON SINCE AROUND 0600 PDT WITH SEVERAL GUSTS OVER 65 MPH. A GUST OF 78 MPH WAS MEASURED BETWEEN 1443 AND 1543 PDT. |
| Apr 14, 9:00 PM PDT | DUST STORM | Sw Indio, CA | KSEQ IS REPORTING A SAND STORM IMPACTED THE COACHELLA MUSIC FESTIVAL ON SUNDAY EVENING...WITH WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 30 MPH. INDIO MESONET WAS REPORTING GUSTS TO 32 MPH AT 10 PM. THE COACHELLA MESONET WAS REPORTING GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AT 10 PM. |
| Apr 14, 9:00 PM PDT | DUST STORM | 6 Ese Daggett (Clr11), CA | CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED VERY LOW VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST LIKELY CONTRIBUTED TO SEVERAL VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. ONE SEMI-TRUCK WAS KNOCKED OVER NEAR NEWBERRY SPRINGS. |
| Apr 14, 9:11 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | 5 W Desert Hot Springs, CA | THE MESONET AT WHITEWATER-DESERT HOT SPRINGS RECORDED A GUST OF 57 MPH AT 1800 PDT. |
| Apr 14, 9:20 PM PDT | DUST STORM | 3 Nne Barstow-Daggett A, CA | MINNEOLA ROAD WAS REPORTED CLOSED BY CALLIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL DUE TO ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST. |
| Apr 14, 10:38 PM PDT | DUST STORM | 5 Ese Daggett (Clr11), CA | CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL HAS CLOSED I-40 FROM NATIONAL TRAILS HIGHWAY IN NEWBERRY SPRINGS TO THE DESERT OASIS REST AREA NEAR LUDLOW DUE TO LOW VISIBILITY FROM BLOWING DUST. SEVERAL VEHICLE ACCIDENTS HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THIS AREA LIKELY DUE TO THE LOW VISIBILI |
| Apr 15, 2:00 AM PDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ene Barstow, CA | A 12 FOOT TALL HAM RADIO TOWER WAS BLOWN DOWN BY THE WIND. |
| Apr 15, 4:00 AM PDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Fort Irwin, CA | PUBLIC REPORT VIA FACEBOOK OF WIND DAMAGE ON FORT IRWIN. SEVERAL TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN AND THERE WAS DAMAGE TO HOUSING AREAS. THE EVENT TIME IS AN ESTIMATE. |
| Apr 15, 4:15 AM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | Bicycle Lake Airfield, CA | BICYCLE LAKE AIRFIELD AWOS MEASURED A 70 MPH WIND GUST FROM THE WEST-SOUTHWEST. |
| Apr 15, 6:58 AM PDT | DUST STORM | 5 Ese Cathedral City, CA | CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL IS REPORTING LOTS OF SAND IN THE ROAD NEAR VAMER ROAD AND MONTEREY AVE. |
| Apr 15, 7:00 AM PDT | DUST STORM | E Palm Springs, CA | A SPOTTER COMMUTING FROM 29 PALMS TO PALM SPRINGS THIS MORNING REPORTED THAT INDIAN AVE AT INTERSTATE 10 AND GENE AUTREY AVE AT INTERSTATE 10 WERE CLOSED...CUTTING OFF TWO MAJOR ROUTES INTO PALM SPRINGS AND CATHEDRAL CITY. VISIBILITY WAS LESS THAN A QUARTER MI |
| Apr 15, 9:30 AM PDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Sw Indio, CA | KSEQ IS REPORTING THAT THE IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT RESTORED 750 WITHOUT POWER THIS MORNING...BETWEEN INDIO AND THOUSAND PALMS. |
| Apr 15, 12:54 PM PDT | DUST STORM | Palm Springs, CA | AFTER 9 PM SUNDAY...POLICE CLOSED GENE AUTRY TRAIL BETWEEN INTERSTATE 10 AND VIA ESCUELA...AD INDIAN CANYON FROM PALM SPRINGS TRAIN ROAD TO TRAMWAY ROAD. THESE ROADS REMAINED CLOSED MONDAY MORNING DUE TO BLOWING SAND. THE BLUSTERY WINDS WHIPPED UP SAND AND KNO |
| Apr 15, 5:55 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 4 Ene Fort Irwin, CA | |
| Apr 16, 12:45 AM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | 8 Nw Palm Springs, CA | STATION TIPTN1 OBSERVED PEAK WIND OF 70 MPH AT 0045 PDT 4/16/13. GUSTS 58 MPH OR HIGHER WERE ALSO OBSERVED AT 0340 PDT AND 0510 PDT. |
| Apr 16, 2:10 AM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 75 | 2 Nne Julian, CA | VOLCAN MOUNTAIN SDGE REPORTED PEAK GUST OF 75 MPH AT 0210 PDT. SUSTAINED WINDS 40-50 MPH OCCURRED FROM 2100 PDT 4/15/13 THROUGH 0550 PDT 4/16/13, WITH GUSTS ABOVE 58 MPH FROM 2300 PDT 4/15/12 THROUGH 0500 PDT 4/16/13. |
| Apr 16, 3:00 AM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 3 Sse Julian, CA | HARRISON PEAK SDGE STATION REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS 40-48 MPH BETWEEN 2300 PDT 4/15/13 AND 0430 PDT 4/16/13, WITH GUSTS 58-61 MPH BETWEEN 0230-0410 PDT 4/16/12. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 993 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
086 WWUS76 KSGX 141042 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 342 AM PDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...PERIODS OF STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .A GULF OF ALASKA LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN MONDAY AND SOUTHWEST STATES TUESDAY BRINGING STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW WITH PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS INTO TUESDAY MORNING...STRONGEST TONIGHT AND MONDAY NIGHT. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-142100- /O.UPG.KSGX.HW.A.0007.130415T0100Z-130416T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.HW.W.0011.130415T0100Z-130416T1600Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-130415T0100Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 342 AM PDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PDT TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * WINDS FOR TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN FOR TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...AND YET AGAIN FOR MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. SECURE LOOSE YARD FURNITURE... TENTS...UMBRELLAS...AND TRASH CANS...AS THESE ITEMS MAY BLOW AWAY. * REPORTS...STRONGEST WIND GUSTS IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY OF 62 MPH AT WHITEWATER AT 3 AM AND 61 MPH AT SKY VALLEY AT 6 PM SATURDAY...AND IN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS 62 MPH AT MONUMENT PEAK AT 9 PM SATURDAY AND 57 MPH AT VOLCAN MOUNTAIN AT 130 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CURRENT WIND GUST REPORTS ON THE WEB: HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/SGX/GMAP/INDEX.PHP 17
6 follow-up statements
354 WWUS76 KSGX 142041 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 141 PM PDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...PERIODS OF STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DIGGING DOWN THE WEST COAST WILL DRIVE INCREASING WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH TUESDAY. THESE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND IN THE DESERTS...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. DRIVING MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS IN SOME AREAS DUE TO SUDDEN GUSTY CROSS WINDS AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITY. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ON AND NEAR THE DESERT SLOPES IN THE EVENINGS AND OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL WEAKEN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-150445- /O.CON.KSGX.HW.W.0011.130415T0100Z-130416T1600Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-130415T0100Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 141 PM PDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PDT TUESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PDT TUESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * WINDS FOR TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * TIMING...FOR TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...AND THEN AGAIN FOR LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. SECURE LOOSE YARD FURNITURE... TENTS...UMBRELLAS...AND TRASH CANS...AS THESE ITEMS MAY BLOW AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ PALMER
606 WWUS76 KSGX 150139 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 639 PM PDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...PERIODS OF STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DIGGING DOWN THE WEST COAST WILL DRIVE INCREASING WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH TUESDAY. THESE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND IN THE DESERTS... REDUCING VISIBILITY AND MAKING DRIVING HAZARDOUS IN SOME AREAS DUE TO SUDDEN GUSTY CROSS WINDS AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITY. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ON AND NEAR THE DESERT SLOPES IN THE EVENINGS AND OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL WEAKEN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-151200- /O.CON.KSGX.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130416T1600Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 639 PM PDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT TUESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * TIMING...FOR TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...AND THEN AGAIN FOR LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND WILL LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. ISOLATED PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. SECURE LOOSE YARD FURNITURE...TENTS...UMBRELLAS...AND TRASH CANS...AS THESE ITEMS MAY BLOW AWAY. && $$ JAD
534 WWUS76 KSGX 151045 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 345 AM PDT MON APR 15 2013 ...PERIODS OF STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH TUESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN TUESDAY AND INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH TUESDAY. CAZ056-058-061-062-152100- /O.EXT.KSGX.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130417T0300Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 345 AM PDT MON APR 15 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT TUESDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WINDS GRADUALLY SUBSIDING WITH LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS MAINLY NEAR THE RIDGE TOPS AND IN NORTHERN AREAS OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. ISOLATED PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. * REPORTS...STRONGEST WIND GUST OF 59 MPH AT BURNS CANYON ON THE NORTHEAST SLOPES OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS AT 3 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. SECURE LOOSE YARD FURNITURE...TENTS...UMBRELLAS...AND TRASH CANS...AS THESE ITEMS MAY BLOW AWAY. && $$ CAZ055-060-152100- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0035.130416T1600Z-130417T0300Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130416T1600Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 345 AM PDT MON APR 15 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT TUESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WINDS GRADUALLY SUBSIDING. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. ISOLATED PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. * REPORTS...STRONGEST WIND GUSTS IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY 0F 78 MPH AT WHITEWATER AT 4 PM SUNDAY AND 68 MPH AT WHITEWATER AT 9 PM SUNDAY WITH THE STRONGEST GUST IN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS OF 66 MPH AT MONUMENT PEAK AT 3 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. SECURE LOOSE YARD FURNITURE...TENTS...UMBRELLAS...AND TRASH CANS...AS THESE ITEMS MAY BLOW AWAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CURRENT WIND GUST REPORTS ON THE WEB: HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/SGX/GMAP/INDEX.PHP 17
021 WWUS76 KSGX 152045 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 145 PM PDT MON APR 15 2013 ...PERIODS OF STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH TUESDAY... .PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AGAIN THIS EVENING...AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKS ACROSS CALIFORNIA TONIGHT AND ON TUESDAY. AS A RESULT...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THESE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND IN THE DESERTS... REDUCING VISIBILITY TO NEAR A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS IN SOME AREAS DUE TO SUDDEN GUSTY CROSS WINDS AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITY. CAZ055-060-160445- /O.CON.KSGX.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130416T1600Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0035.130416T1600Z-130417T0300Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 145 PM PDT MON APR 15 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT TUESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT TUESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. SECURE LOOSE YARD FURNITURE... TENTS...UMBRELLAS...AND TRASH CANS...AS THESE ITEMS MAY BLOW AWAY. ISOLATED PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. * REPORTS...STRONGEST WIND GUST OF 63 MPH AT BURNS CANYON ON THE NORTHEAST SLOPES OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS AT 3 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. SECURE LOOSE YARD FURNITURE...TENTS...UMBRELLAS...AND TRASH CANS...AS THESE ITEMS MAY BLOW AWAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ056-058-061-062-160445- /O.CON.KSGX.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130417T0300Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 145 PM PDT MON APR 15 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT TUESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE...WITH LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS MAINLY NEAR THE RIDGE TOPS AND IN NORTHERN AREAS OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. SECURE LOOSE YARD FURNITURE... TENTS...UMBRELLAS...AND TRASH CANS...AS THESE ITEMS MAY BLOW AWAY. ISOLATED PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. * REPORTS...STRONGEST WIND GUSTS IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY 0F 77 MPH AT SKY VALLEY AT 10 AM AND 64 MPH AT WHITEWATER AT 2 AM. THE STRONGEST GUST IN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS OF 66 MPH AT MONUMENT PEAK AT 3 AM AND 63 MPH AT VOLCAN MOUNTAIN AT 3 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. SECURE LOOSE YARD FURNITURE...TENTS...UMBRELLAS...AND TRASH CANS...AS THESE ITEMS MAY BLOW AWAY. && $$ PALMER
934 WWUS76 KSGX 160357 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 857 PM PDT MON APR 15 2013 ...PERIODS OF STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH TUESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL DRIVE STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING OVERNIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND IN THE DESERTS...REDUCING VISIBILITY AT TIMES. DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS IN SOME AREAS DUE TO SUDDEN...GUSTY CROSS WINDS AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITY. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE IN SOME AREAS ON TUESDAY...BUT SHOULD NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD. CAZ055-060-161200- /O.CON.KSGX.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130416T1600Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0035.130416T1600Z-130417T0300Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 857 PM PDT MON APR 15 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT TUESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT TUESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE TONIGHT. FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. * REPORTS...STRONGEST WIND GUST OF 63 MPH AT BURNS CANYON ON THE NORTHEAST SLOPES OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS AT 3 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. SECURE LOOSE YARD FURNITURE...TENTS...UMBRELLAS...AND TRASH CANS...AS THESE ITEMS MAY BLOW AWAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ056-058-061-062-161200- /O.CON.KSGX.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130417T0300Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 857 PM PDT MON APR 15 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT TUESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE...WITH LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS MAINLY NEAR THE RIDGE TOPS AND IN NORTHERN AREAS OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. * REPORTS...STRONGEST WIND GUSTS IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY WERE 83 MPH AT 2 PM PDT IN SKY VALLEY...AND 64 MPH AT WHITEWATER AT 2 AM PDT. THE STRONGEST GUST IN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS WAS 63 MPH AT VOLCAN MOUNTAIN AT NOON PDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. SECURE LOOSE YARD FURNITURE...TENTS...UMBRELLAS...AND TRASH CANS...AS THESE ITEMS MAY BLOW AWAY. && $$ JAD
815 WWUS76 KSGX 161003 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 303 AM PDT TUE APR 16 2013 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS TODAY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DRIVE STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY. THERE WILL BE A DECREASE IN WINDS DURING THE DAY...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN PARTS OF THE MOUNTAINS OF RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES AND THE LOWER DESERTS. CAZ056-058-061-062-162000- /O.CAN.KSGX.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130417T0300Z/ /O.EXB.KSGX.WI.Y.0035.130416T1003Z-130417T0300Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 303 AM PDT TUE APR 16 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THIS MORNING AND AGAIN THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...AND INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ055-060-162000- /O.CAN.KSGX.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130416T1600Z/ /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0035.130416T1003Z-130416T2000Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 303 AM PDT TUE APR 16 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THIS MORNING AND GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...AND INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MM
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind warning 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 wind warning went out at Apr 13, 8:33 PM PDT, 7 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 8:33 PM PDT, 7 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
833 PM PDT SAT APR 13 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
THE MARINE LAYER WILL INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AS A LARGE UPPER-LEVEL
TROUGH IS CARVED OUT ACROSS THE WEST. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL
DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ALONG THE DESERT SLOPES LATE EACH DAY
AND CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. CLOUDS MAY PERSIST EACH DAY AND SOME
LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL BREAK OUT ALONG AND WEST OF THE
MOUNTAINS...PEAKING EARLY TUESDAY WITH SOME SNOW POSSIBLE AT THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. COOLER THROUGH
TUESDAY...THEN WARMER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS OVER THE EAST PACIFIC.
&&
.DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE...
SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTIES...
MARINE CLOUDS WERE NEVER ABLE TO CLEAR THE COAST TODAY THANKS TO
ACCELERATING ONSHORE PRESSURE GRADIENTS AND A HEALTHY 9 DEGREE C
INVERSION. THE 00Z MIRAMAR SOUNDING HAD THE INVERSION BASE NEAR 2400
FEET. ONSHORE SURFACE GRADIENTS WERE RUNNING OVER 10 MBS TO NV EARLY
THIS EVENING AND SUPPORTING GUSTY WINDS INTO THE DESERTS. PEAK GUSTS
OVER 45 MPH WERE OCCURRING THROUGH THE WIND CORRIDOR NEAR THE
BANNING PASS AND INTO THE COACHELLA VALLEY. ELSEWHERE THROUGH THE
MOUNTAIN GAPS AND ACROSS THE HIGH DESERT WINDS WERE GUSTING 25-40
MPH. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...PLEASE SEE LAXNPWSGX.
A VIGOROUS SHORT-WAVE IS CARVING OUT AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH THIS
EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. AS THE LEAD SHORT-WAVE MOVES
EAST...ADDITIONAL ENERGY WILL ENTER THE EXPANDING TROUGH FROM THE
NORTHWEST AND EVENTUALLY DIG THE TROUGH INTO SOCAL ON TUE. MODELS
ARE LATCHING ONTO A DISTURBANCE NEAR THE DATELINE NORTH OF 60N THAT
DIVES RAPIDLY SOUTH AND AMPLIFIES THE TROUGH EARLY IN THE WEEK.
SINCE THIS FEATURE IS REALLY ON THE FRINGES OF THE MODEL GRIDS...IT
IS POSSIBLE THERE WILL STILL BE SOME REFINING OF ITS INTENSITY AND
INTERACTIONS WITH THE WESTERN N.A. TROUGH TO BE DONE OVER THE NEXT
TWO DAYS. THE MODELS HAVE BEEN CONVERGING ON THIS SYSTEM SWINGING
THROUGH SOCAL AND NV BY LATE TUE.
AS ENERGY ENTERS THE DEEPENING LONG-WAVE TROUGH...SURFACE PRESSURE
WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS SOUTHERN NV AND DRIVE STRONG WESTERLY
WINDS ACROSS THE SOCAL MTNS/DESERTS. WEST OF THE MTNS...THE MARINE
LAYER WILL DEEPEN AND BEGIN TO LEAK SOME DRIZZLE OR RAIN SHOWERS AT
TIMES. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THE WINDS WILL PEAK LATE MON INTO
EARLY TUE ON THE DESERT SLOPES WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. A
HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED AND WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED INTO TUE
GIVEN THE RECENT MODEL TIMING OF THE SOUTHBOUND ARCTIC SHORT-WAVE.
THE TROUGH WILL BACK A COLD FRONT INTO THE CWA FROM THE NE ON TUE
BEFORE SWINGING EAST ON TUE NIGHT/WED.
WIND IS THE MAIN CONCERN. SURFACE GRADIENTS CERTAINLY SUPPORT SOME
HIGH WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE DESERTS AND MTN SLOPES...BUT UPPER
SUPPORT IS WEAKER THAN THE EVENT LAST MONDAY AND OUR LOCAL WRFEMS
HAS PICKED UP ON IT AND KEPT THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS OFF THE DESERT
FLOOR. THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY...BUT LATEST INDICATIONS
FROM THE 18Z WRFEMS MODEL SUGGEST THE UPCOMING WINDS WILL BE
STRONGEST ON THE UPPER SLOPES AND THEREFOR NOT AS WIDESPREAD AND
DAMAGING AS THE EVENT LAST MON. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT
BEGINNING SUN EVENING. EXPECT A HIGH WIND WARNING TO BE ISSUED AS WE
GET BETTER CERTAINTY ON TIMING AND LOCATION OF THESE WINDS.
WE STILL HAVE A HEALTHY AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN THE AIR. THE 00Z
MIRAMAR SOUNDING INDICATED ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH...AND
MODELS INDICATE IT STRETCHES WELL OFFSHORE. AS THE MARINE LAYER
LIFTS...WE SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT...THEN
MORE SCATTERED...LIGHT SHOWERS SUN NIGHT INTO MON. THE WRFEMS STILL
IS VERY STINGY WITH GENERATING PRECIP...BUT THIS IS A WEAKNESS WE
HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST. SUBSEQUENT RUNS WILL LIKELY RAMP UP AMOUNTS.
ONCE THE LAYER IS DEEP ENOUGH...THE UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD CAUSE SOME
ENHANCEMENT ON THE COASTAL SLOPES. THIS MAY START ON SUN NIGHT/MON
MORNING...BUT WE MAY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MON NIGHT/TUE MORNING FOR
MORE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS WITH THE HELP OF INCREASING CYCLONIC FLOW
ALOFT AND A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT SURGING IN FROM THE NE.
STILL...DIFFICULT TO GAGE AMOUNTS. SNOW LEVELS HAVE BEEN LOWERED AND
MAY HAVE TO GO DOWN FURTHER BY TUE MORNING...POSSIBLY AFFECTING
TRAVEL IN THE SAN BERNARDINO/RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS.
BACK TO DRY WEATHER AND A WARMING TREND BEGINNING WED.
&&
.AVIATION...
140300Z...COAST/VALLEYS...STRATUS...WITH BASES BTWN 1500-2000 FT MSL
AND TOPS TO 2500 FT MSL...REMAINS ALONG THE COAST AND AROUND 25 SM
INLAND THIS EVENING. LOW CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INLAND...
REACHING THE WESTERN MTN SLOPES BY LATE THIS EVENING. A COASTAL EDDY
WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...AND HELP RAISE STRATUS AROUND 500 FT BY
MID SUN MORNING. LOWERED VIS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE FAR INLAND
VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY WHERE STRATUS INTERSECTS WITH HIGHER TERRAIN.
INLAND VALLEYS ARE EXPECTED TO CLEAR BY EARLY SUN AFTN...WITH MOST
COASTAL AND WESTERN VALLEY LOCATIONS REMAINING OVC THROUGH THE DAY.
MTNS/DESERTS...UNRESTRICTED VIS AND FEW/SCT HIGH CLOUDS THROUGH SUN
EVENING. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS...WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT...WILL CONTINUE
OVER MTN RIDGES/PASSES/DESERT SLOPES THROUGH SUN EVENING. MOD
UP/DOWNDRAFTS AND LLWS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD.
&&
.MARINE...
A DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WILL CREATE GUSTY
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS MON NIGHT-TUE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE OUTER
WATERS. GUSTS TO 30 KT WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH COMBINED SEAS
CLOSE TO 10 FT. THESE CONDITIONS COULD MAKE BOATING HAZARDOUS FOR
SMALL CRAFT.
AN ENHANCED NORTHWESTERLY SWELL FROM THIS SYSTEM AND A LONG PERIOD
ENHANCED SOUTHERLY SWELL WILL GENERATE HIGHER THAN NORMAL SURF ALONG
THE SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTY COASTS...WITH SETS TO 6 FT POSSIBLE
MON AND TUE.
&&
.SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CA...WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THE
COACHELLA VALLEY...RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...SAN DIEGO
COUNTY DESERTS...SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT
FOR THE COACHELLA VALLEY...RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...SAN
DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS...SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THE APPLE AND LUCERNE
VALLEYS...SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT
FOR THE APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS...SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
MOUNTAINS.
PZ...NONE.
&&
PUBLIC...JAD
AVIATION/MARINE...JJTHazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 5:20 AM PDT, 22 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 520 AM PDT SAT APR 13 2013 CAZ055-056-058-060>062-141330- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 520 AM PDT SAT APR 13 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING LOCALLY GUSTY WEST WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FOR SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN INTO THE SOUTHWEST STATES WILL BRING PERIODS OF STRONGER WEST WINDS FOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WITH STRONGEST GUSTS TO AROUND 70 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA... HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. PZZ750-775-141330- 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- 520 AM PDT SAT APR 13 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL WATERS OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY...GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THRESHOLDS WITH A POSSIBILITY OF GALE FORCE WINDS OVER THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA... HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. 17
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 1:04 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SGX | 3 days |
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Sources
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