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Beach Hazards Statement 15, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 23, 2014, 7:24 PM PDT for Los Angeles County, California. It took effect at Aug 26, 2014, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 2014, 7:24 PM PDT (02:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 26, 2014, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2014, 8:08 PM PDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
County Los Angeles County, CA
The radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 2705 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
840 WHUS46 KLOX 240224 CFWLOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 724 PM PDT SAT AUG 23 2014 ...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG EXPOSED SOUTH FACING SHORES IN LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... ...POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING HIGH SURF AND COASTAL FLOODING TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY FOR SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... .TROPICAL CYCLONE LOWELL WAS 800 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF POINT CONCEPTION THIS EVENING. THE SWELL RESULTING FROM THIS TROPICAL STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LARGE SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TO SOUTH FACING SHORES IN LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY. THE LARGE WAVES CAN WASH OVER AREAS LIKE JETTIES...WHICH MAY LOOK DRY...WITH NO WARNING ESPECIALLY AT HIGH TIDE. HURRICANE MARIE IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY INTO A MAJOR HURRICANE IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS...MOVING NORTHWESTWARD IN A SIMILAR PATH TO LOWELL. THIS SYSTEM WILL POTENTIALLY BRING THE HIGHEST SURF SEEN IN RECENT YEARS FOR A SOUTHERLY EVENT...WITH MAX SETS OF 10 TO 15 FEET POSSIBLE. SURF THIS LARGE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE STRUCTURE DAMAGE AND SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION. LOW LYING AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL LIKELY CREATE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SWIMMING AND SURFING CONDITIONS...WITH THE CONTINUED RISK OF SNEAKER WAVES. WHILE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES WILL LIKELY SEE THE LARGEST IMPACTS WITH NEXT WEEK'S POWERFUL SURF EVENT...THE SOUTHEAST DIRECTION OF THE INITIAL SWELL ENERGY WILL ALSO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR A RARE HIGH SURF EVENT WITH DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS FOR THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. CAZ040-041-087-241130- /O.NEW.KLOX.BH.S.0015.140826T1900Z-140830T0100Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.SU.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140825T0000Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 724 PM PDT SAT AUG 23 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR POTENTIAL DAMAGING SURF AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR POTENTIAL DAMAGING SURF AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SURF AND TIMING...5 TO 7 FEET WITH MAXIMUM BREAKERS UP TO 10 FEET ALONG EXPOSED SOUTH FACING SHORES. THE SURF WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. SURF IS EXPECTED TO BUILD RAPIDLY TUESDAY...PEAKING TUESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...WHEN MAX SETS OF 10 TO 15 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES. THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA INCLUDING LONG BEACH WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE LARGE SURF. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS LOW LYING AREAS NEAR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. * LOCATIONS..IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY HIGHEST SURF WILL IMPACT LONG BEACH THROUGH PALOS VERDES PENINSULA...AS WELL AS ZUMA BEACH AND MALIBU. IN VENTURA COUNTY...PORT HUENEME...POINT MUGU AND OXNARD SHORES WILL BE MOST IMPACTED BY THE HIGH SURF. * IMPACTS...NEXT WEEK'S POWERFUL SURF EVENT WILL BRING POTENTIAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO PIERS AND BEACHSIDE PROPERTY AS WELL AS MAJOR BEACH EROSION. VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONG SHORE CURRENTS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SWIMMING AND SURFING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. SNEAKER WAVES CAN BRING UNEXPECTEDLY LARGE WAVES ACROSS ROCKS AND JETTIES NEAR THE WATERS EDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EMERGENCY AND MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD BEGIN TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A DAMAGING SURF EVENT FOR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES NEXT WEEK. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND BEACH EROSION. REMEMBER...IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE UNTIL YOU ARE FREE OF THE POWERFUL CURRENT. ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ CAZ039-241130- /O.NEW.KLOX.BH.S.0015.140826T1900Z-140830T0100Z/ SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST- 724 PM PDT SAT AUG 23 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR POTENTIAL HIGH SURF... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR POTENTIAL HIGH SURF...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SURF AND TIMING...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH SURF CONDITIONS LATE TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTY. * LOCATION...FROM SANTA BARBARA TO RINCON POINT. * IMPACTS...VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONG SHORE CURRENTS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SWIMMING AND SURFING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. SNEAKER WAVES CAN BRING UNEXPECTEDLY LARGE WAVES ACROSS ROCKS AND JETTIES NEAR THE WATERS EDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS TO BEACH AND SURF ZONE SAFETY ARE EXPECTED. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. STAY NEAR OCCUPIED LIFEGUARD TOWERS AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE SHORE. && $$ GOMBERG/SMITH SURVEY FOR THIS PRODUCT FOUND AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
4 follow-up statements
451 WHUS46 KLOX 241130 CFWLOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 430 AM PDT SUN AUG 24 2014 ...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG EXPOSED SOUTH FACING SHORES IN LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING HIGH SURF AND COASTAL FLOODING TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY FOR SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... .FORMER TROPICAL STORM LOWELL WAS 800 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF POINT CONCEPTION THIS MORNING. THE SWELL RESULTING FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LARGE SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TO SOUTH FACING SHORES IN LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH LATE TODAY. THE LARGE WAVES CAN WASH OVER ROCKS AND JETTIES WITH NO WARNING ESPECIALLY AT HIGH TIDE. HURRICANE MARIE IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY INTO A MAJOR HURRICANE DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. IT HAS BEEN MOVING NORTHWESTWARD IN A SIMILAR PATH TO LOWELL. THIS SYSTEM WILL POTENTIALLY BRING THE HIGHEST SURF SEEN IN RECENT YEARS FOR A SOUTHERLY EVENT...WITH MAX SETS OF 10 TO 15 FEET POSSIBLE. SURF THIS LARGE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE STRUCTURE DAMAGE AND SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION. LOW LYING AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL LIKELY CREATE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SWIMMING AND SURFING CONDITIONS...WITH THE CONTINUED RISK OF SNEAKER WAVES. WHILE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES WILL LIKELY SEE THE LARGEST IMPACTS OF THE POWERFUL SURF EVENT... THE SOUTHEAST DIRECTION OF THE INITIAL SWELL ENERGY WILL ALSO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR A RARE HIGH SURF EVENT WITH DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS FOR THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. CAZ040-041-087-241930- /O.CON.KLOX.SU.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140825T0000Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.BH.S.0015.140826T1900Z-140830T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 430 AM PDT SUN AUG 24 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * SURF AND TIMING...5 TO 7 FEET WITH MAXIMUM BREAKERS UP TO 10 FEET ALONG EXPOSED SOUTH FACING SHORES THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SURF WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH MONDAY. SURF IS EXPECTED TO BUILD RAPIDLY AGAIN ON TUESDAY AND WILL PEAK TUESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY... WHEN MAX SETS OF 10 TO 15 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES. THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA INCLUDING LONG BEACH WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE LARGE SURF. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS LOW LYING AREAS NEAR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. * LOCATIONS..IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY HIGHEST SURF WILL IMPACT LONG BEACH THROUGH PALOS VERDES PENINSULA...AS WELL AS ZUMA BEACH AND MALIBU. IN VENTURA COUNTY...PORT HUENEME...POINT MUGU AND OXNARD SHORES WILL BE MOST IMPACTED BY THE HIGH SURF. * IMPACTS...THE POWERFUL SURF EVENT NEXT WEEK WILL BRING POTENTIAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO PIERS AND BEACHSIDE PROPERTY AS WELL AS MAJOR BEACH EROSION. VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONG SHORE CURRENTS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SWIMMING AND SURFING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. SNEAKER WAVES CAN BRING UNEXPECTEDLY LARGE WAVES ACROSS ROCKS AND JETTIES NEAR THE WATERS EDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EMERGENCY AND MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD BEGIN TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A DAMAGING SURF EVENT FOR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES NEXT WEEK. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND BEACH EROSION. REMEMBER...IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE UNTIL YOU ARE FREE OF THE POWERFUL CURRENT. ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ CAZ039-241930- /O.CON.KLOX.BH.S.0015.140826T1900Z-140830T0100Z/ SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST- 430 AM PDT SUN AUG 24 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * SURF AND TIMING...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH SURF CONDITIONS LATE TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTY. * LOCATION...FROM SANTA BARBARA TO RINCON POINT. * IMPACTS...VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONG SHORE CURRENTS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SWIMMING AND SURFING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. SNEAKER WAVES CAN BRING UNEXPECTEDLY LARGE WAVES ACROSS ROCKS AND JETTIES NEAR THE WATERS EDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS TO BEACH AND SURF ZONE SAFETY ARE EXPECTED. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. STAY NEAR OCCUPIED LIFEGUARD TOWERS AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE SHORE. && $$ KJ/CK SURVEY FOR THIS PRODUCT FOUND AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
732 WHUS46 KLOX 241656 CFWLOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 956 AM PDT SUN AUG 24 2014 ...POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING HIGH SURF AND COASTAL FLOODING TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY FOR SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... .SURF ALONG EXPOSED SOUTH FACING SHORES HAD SUBSIDED LAST NIGHT AND CURRENTLY IS 2 TO 4 FEET OCCASIONAL 6 FEET. THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY WAS CANCELLED BUT THE RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS STILL EXISTS. THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. HURRICANE MARIE BECAME A MAJOR HURRICANE OVERNIGHT AND IS APPROXIMATELY 550 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTHERN BAJA. MARIE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WEST NORTHWEST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SURF FROM MARIE WILL BEGIN TO ARRIVE TUESDAY AND MAY BE THE LARGEST SURF ALONG EXPOSED SOUTH FACING SHORES SEEN IN RECENT YEARS GENERATED BY A HURRICANE. BREAKERS AS LARGE AS 10 TO 15 FEET MAY POUND THE COAST AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE STRUCTURE DAMAGE AND SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION. LOW LYING AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL LIKELY CREATE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OCEAN CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE. WHILE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES WILL LIKELY SEE THE LARGEST IMPACTS OF THE POWERFUL SURF EVENT...THE SOUTHEAST DIRECTION OF THE INITIAL SWELL ENERGY WILL ALSO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR A RARE HIGH SURF EVENT WITH DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS FOR THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. CAZ040-041-087-250100- /O.CAN.KLOX.SU.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140825T0000Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.BH.S.0015.140826T1900Z-140830T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 956 AM PDT SUN AUG 24 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. * SURF AND TIMING...3 TO 4 FEET AND OCCASIONAL 6 FEET ALONG EXPOSED SOUTH FACING SHORES TODAY. SURF IS EXPECTED TO BUILD TUESDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO PEAK WEDNESDAY. LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED THURSDAY. BREAKERS LARGE AS 10 TO 15 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ALONG EXPOSED SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FACING SHORES. THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA INCLUDING LONG BEACH WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE LARGE SURF. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS LOW LYING AREAS NEAR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. * LOCATIONS..IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY HIGHEST SURF WILL IMPACT LONG BEACH THROUGH PALOS VERDES PENINSULA...AS WELL AS ZUMA BEACH AND MALIBU. IN VENTURA COUNTY...PORT HUENEME...POINT MUGU AND OXNARD SHORES WILL BE MOST IMPACTED BY THE HIGH SURF. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO PIERS AND BEACHSIDE PROPERTY AS WELL AS MAJOR BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE. VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONG SHORE CURRENTS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OCEAN CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE. SNEAKER WAVES CAN BRING UNEXPECTEDLY LARGE WAVES ACROSS ROCKS AND JETTIES NEAR THE WATERS EDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EMERGENCY AND MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD BEGIN TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A DAMAGING SURF EVENT FOR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES NEXT WEEK. && $$ CAZ039-250100- /O.CON.KLOX.BH.S.0015.140826T1900Z-140830T0100Z/ SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST- 956 AM PDT SUN AUG 24 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * SURF AND TIMING...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH SURF CONDITIONS LATE TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTY. * LOCATION...FROM SANTA BARBARA TO RINCON POINT. * IMPACTS...ERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONG SHORE CURRENTS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OCEAN CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE. SNEAKER WAVES CAN BRING UNEXPECTEDLY LARGE WAVES ACROSS DRY ROCKS AND JETTIES NEAR THE WATERS EDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS TO BEACH AND SURF ZONE SAFETY ARE EXPECTED. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. STAY NEAR OCCUPIED LIFEGUARD TOWERS AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE SHORE. && $$ SURVEY FOR THIS PRODUCT FOUND AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
106 WHUS46 KLOX 250118 CFWLOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 618 PM PDT SUN AUG 24 2014 ...POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING HIGH SURF...VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS...AND COASTAL FLOODING TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY FOR SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... .HURRICANE MARIE INTENSIFIED RAPIDLY TODAY AND IS NOW A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE...CENTERED AROUND 500 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SOUTHERN BAJA. MARIE IS EXPECTED TO TRACK TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SURF FROM MARIE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD RAPIDLY ON TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST FACING SHORES. SURF IS EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY...WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING AND LIFE THREATENING SURF ACROSS SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FACING SHORES OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. THESE AREAS WILL POTENTIALLY SEE THE LARGEST SURF SEEN IN RECENT YEARS GENERATED BY A HURRICANE...WITH BREAKERS OF 10 TO 15 FEET POSSIBLE. SURF THIS LARGE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE STRUCTURE DAMAGE AND SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION. LOW LYING AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL LIKELY CREATE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE. WHILE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES WILL LIKELY SEE THE LARGEST IMPACTS OF THIS POWERFUL SURF EVENT...THE SOUTHEAST DIRECTION OF THE INITIAL SWELL ENERGY WILL ALSO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR A RARE HIGH SURF EVENT WITH DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS FOR THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. CAZ039>041-087-251100- /O.CON.KLOX.BH.S.0015.140826T1900Z-140830T0100Z/ SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 618 PM PDT SUN AUG 24 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * SURF AND TIMING... SURF IS EXPECTED TO BUILD RAPIDLY TUESDAY...PEAKING LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY...WHEN MAX SETS OF 10 TO 15 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA INCLUDING LONG BEACH...CABRILLO BEACH...AND POINT FERMIN WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE LARGE SOUTHEAST SURF. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS LOW LYING AREAS NEAR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. * LOCATIONS..IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY HIGHEST SURF WILL IMPACT LONG BEACH THROUGH PALOS VERDES PENINSULA...INCLUDING SAN PEDRO...CABRILLO BEACH...AND POINT FERMIN...AS WELL AS MALIBU AND ZUMA BEACHES. IN VENTURA COUNTY...PORT HUENEME...POINT MUGU...COUNTY LINE...AND OXNARD SHORES WILL BE MOST IMPACTED BY THE HIGH SURF. IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY...THE SOUTHEAST PORTION FROM SANTA BARBARA TO RINCON POINT WILL BE MOST VULNERABLE TO HIGH SURF. * IMPACTS...THIS POWERFUL SURF EVENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO PIERS AND BEACHSIDE PROPERTY AS WELL AS MAJOR BEACH EROSION. THE POWERFUL SURF WITH VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONG SHORE CURRENTS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SWIMMING AND SURFING CONDITIONS...POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING. SNEAKER WAVES CAN BRING UNEXPECTEDLY LARGE WAVES ACROSS ROCKS AND JETTIES NEAR THE WATERS EDGE...AND SUDDENLY INUNDATE BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EMERGENCY AND MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD BEGIN TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A DAMAGING SURF EVENT FOR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES. THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA...INCLUDING LONG BEACH...SAN PEDRO...AND CABRILLO BEACH WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE EVENT DUE TO THE SOUTHEAST DIRECTION OF THE INITIAL SWELL ENERGY. A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS TO BEACH AND SURF ZONE SAFETY ARE EXPECTED. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. STAY NEAR OCCUPIED LIFEGUARD TOWERS AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE SHORE. && $$ GOMBERG/SUKUP SURVEY FOR THIS PRODUCT FOUND AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
529 WHUS46 KLOX 250308 CFWLOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 808 PM PDT SUN AUG 24 2014 ...POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING HIGH SURF...VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS...AND COASTAL FLOODING TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY... .HURRICANE MARIE INTENSIFIED RAPIDLY TODAY AND IS NOW A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE...CENTERED AROUND 500 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SOUTHERN BAJA. MARIE IS EXPECTED TO TRACK TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SURF FROM MARIE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD RAPIDLY ON TUESDAY...WITH GREATER IMPACT ACROSS OUR REGION DUE TO THE SOUTHEAST DIRECTION OF THE INITIAL SWELL ENERGY. SURF IS EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY...WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING AND LIFE THREATENING SURF ACROSS SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FACING SHORES OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. THESE AREAS WILL POTENTIALLY SEE THE LARGEST SURF SEEN IN RECENT YEARS GENERATED BY A HURRICANE...WITH BREAKERS OF 10 TO 15 FEET POSSIBLE. SURF THIS LARGE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE STRUCTURE DAMAGE AND SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION. LOW LYING AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL LIKELY CREATE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE. WHILE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES WILL LIKELY SEE THE LARGEST IMPACTS OF THIS POWERFUL SURF EVENT...THE SOUTHEAST DIRECTION OF THE INITIAL SWELL ENERGY WILL ALSO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR A RARE HIGH SURF EVENT WITH DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS FOR THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. AS THE EVENT EVOLVES...THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR ELEVATED SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ACROSS SOUTH FACING SHORES OF THE CENTRAL COAST. CAZ040-041-087-251100- /O.CAN.KLOX.BH.S.0015.140826T1900Z-140830T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.SU.Y.0015.140826T1900Z-140830T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 808 PM PDT SUN AUG 24 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM PDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM PDT FRIDAY. * SURF AND TIMING... SURF IS EXPECTED TO BUILD RAPIDLY TUESDAY... PEAKING LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY...WHEN MAX SETS OF 10 TO 15 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA INCLUDING LONG BEACH...CABRILLO BEACH...AND POINT FERMIN WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE INITIAL SURGE OF LARGE SOUTHEAST SURF TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS LOW LYING AREAS NEAR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. * LOCATIONS..IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY HIGHEST SURF WILL IMPACT LONG BEACH THROUGH PALOS VERDES PENINSULA...INCLUDING CABRILLO BEACH AND POINT FERMIN...AS WELL AS MALIBU AND ZUMA BEACHES. IN VENTURA COUNTY...PORT HUENEME...POINT MUGU... COUNTY LINE...AND OXNARD SHORES WILL BE MOST IMPACTED BY THE HIGH SURF. * IMPACTS...THIS POWERFUL SURF EVENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO PIERS AND BEACHSIDE PROPERTY AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION. THE POWERFUL SURF WITH VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONG SHORE CURRENTS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SWIMMING AND SURFING CONDITIONS... POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING. SNEAKER WAVES CAN BRING UNEXPECTEDLY LARGE WAVES ACROSS ROCKS AND JETTIES NEAR THE WATERS EDGE...AND SUDDENLY INUNDATE BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EMERGENCY AND MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD BEGIN TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A DAMAGING SURF EVENT FOR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES. THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA...INCLUDING LONG BEACH...CABRILLO BEACH...AND POINT FERMIN WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE EVENT DUE TO THE SOUTHEAST DIRECTION OF THE INITIAL SWELL ENERGY. SWIMMERS AND INEXPERIENCED SURFERS SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER DUE TO THE EXPECTED POWERFUL SURF AND VERY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. STAY OFF ROCKS AND JETTIES AND AWAY FROM THE WATERS EDGE TO AVOID BEING SWEPT AWAY BY SNEAKER WAVES. REMEMBER...IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE UNTIL YOU ARE FREE OF THE POWERFUL CURRENT. && $$ CAZ039-251100- /O.CAN.KLOX.BH.S.0015.140826T1900Z-140830T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.SU.Y.0015.140827T0100Z-140828T1000Z/ SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST- 808 PM PDT SUN AUG 24 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 3 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 3 AM PDT THURSDAY. * SURF AND TIMING... SURF IS EXPECTED TO BUILD ON TUESDAY...PEAKING TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WHEN SURF OF 7 TO 10 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE COAST. * LOCATIONS...FROM SANTA BARBARA TO RINCON POINT. * IMPACTS...THE POWERFUL SURF WITH VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONG SHORE CURRENTS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SWIMMING AND SURFING CONDITIONS... POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING. SNEAKER WAVES CAN BRING UNEXPECTEDLY LARGE WAVES ACROSS ROCKS AND JETTIES NEAR THE WATERS EDGE...AND SUDDENLY INUNDATE BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SWIMMERS AND INEXPERIENCED SURFERS SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER DUE TO THE EXPECTED POWERFUL SURF AND VERY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. STAY OFF ROCKS AND JETTIES AND AWAY FROM THE WATERS EDGE TO AVOID BEING SWEPT AWAY BY SNEAKER WAVES. REMEMBER...IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE UNTIL YOU ARE FREE OF THE POWERFUL CURRENT. && $$ CAZ034-035-251100- /O.NEW.KLOX.BH.S.0016.140827T1300Z-140830T0100Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- 808 PM PDT SUN AUG 24 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR POTENTIAL ELEVATED SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SURF AND RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL POTENTIALLY IMPACT THE SOUTH FACING SHORES OF THE CENTRAL COAST SOMETIME BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTH FACING SHORES OF THE CENTRAL COAST...INCLUDING JALAMA BEACH IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY AS WELL AS PORT SAN LUIS...AVILA BEACH...AND CAYUCOS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY. * IMPACTS...THE ELEVATED SURF WITH VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONG SHORE CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING AND SURFING CONDITIONS. SNEAKER WAVES CAN BRING UNEXPECTEDLY LARGE WAVES ACROSS ROCKS AND JETTIES NEAR THE WATERS EDGE...AND SUDDENLY INUNDATE BEACHES. SOUTH SWELLS ALSO HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE TO BOATS DOCKED AT PORT SAN LUIS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS TO BEACH AND SURF ZONE SAFETY ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. STAY NEAR OCCUPIED LIFEGUARD TOWERS AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE SHORE. && $$ GOMBERG/SUKUP SURVEY FOR THIS PRODUCT FOUND AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this beach hazards statement 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 beach hazards statement went out at Aug 23, 4:35 PM PDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 4:35 PM PDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 435 PM PDT SAT AUG 23 2014 ...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION... .SYNOPSIS... A BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE WESTERN STATES THROUGH TUESDAY. NIGHT THROUGH MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG AND A COOLER AIR MASS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD ESTABLISH FOR MID-TO-LATE NEXT WEEK BRINGING A WARMING TREND. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-TUESDAY)... THE LATEST VISIBLE IMAGERY INDICATES MARINE LAYER STRATUS CLOUDS HUGGING THE CENTRAL COAST PORTION OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ONSHORE FLOW REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA FROM A BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL LIKELY KEEP A COOLING TREND FOR THE AREA INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA DROPS SOUTH AND ADDS REINFORCEMENT. WITH 500 MB HEIGHTS FALLING AND 1000-500 MB THICKNESSES THINNING...A DEEPER MARINE LAYER SHOULD DEVELOP FOR TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. LOW CLOUDS AND FOG SHOULD SPREAD WELL INTO THE VALLEYS LATE TONIGHT. SHORT-TERM MODELS KEEP THE TROUGH IN PLACE INTO AT LEAST MONDAY...BUT SOME DIVERGENCE BEGINS TO DEVELOP BETWEEN MONDAY AND TUESDAY. NAM-WRF AND GEM SOLUTIONS WOULD SUGGEST A COOLING TREND PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY...BUT ECMWF AND GFS SOLUTIONS WOULD DISAGREE. WITH THE LATEST NAM-WRF SOLUTIONS NUDGING IN THE DIRECTION OF A COOLER PATTERN...TEMPERATURES WERE TRENDED COOLER FOR TUESDAY. .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY)... ALL GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS AND MEDIUM RANGE MODELS AGREE WITH A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM ESTABLISHING FOR THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK. A WARMING TREND WILL LIKELY TAKE SHAPE BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A THINNING MARINE LAYER AND WEAKENING ONSHORE FLOW SHOULD OCCUR FOR LATE WEEK...LIKELY KEEPING ANY STRATUS CLOUDS CONFINED TO THE COASTAL AREAS. AT THIS TIME...A MAJORITY OF THE MODEL SOLUTIONS KEEP ANY MOISTURE FROM WHAT IS CURRENTLY HURRICANE MARIE STAYING TOO FAR WEST OF THE AREA TO CREATE ANY PRECIPITATION. WHILE PRECIPITATION FROM HURRICANE MARIE CANNOT BE RULED OUT AT THE CURRENT TIME...MIDDLE AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS SEEMS A MORE LIKELY OCCURRENCE. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WERE LEFT IN THE PACKAGE FOR NOW. && .AVIATION...23/2335Z. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING SOME PATCHY LOW CLOUDS MOVING INTO SOME IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MARINE LAYER DEPTH RANGING BETWEEN 1500 AND 2000 FEET COMBINED WITH MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING MVFR/IFR CIGS TO MOST COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. LIKE TODAY...EXPECTING MOST AREAS TO BURNOFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON. KLAX...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN CIGS RETURNING THIS EVENING...MOSTLY MVFR CATEGORY. THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF BRIEF IFR CIGS. BURNOFF EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH ONLY A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF CIGS LINGERING INTO THE AFTERNOON. KBUR...VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN IFR/MVFR CIGS LIKELY AFTER 08Z. && .MARINE...23/900 AM. STRONGEST WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE VICINITY OF THE NORTHERN CHANNEL ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED OVER THE AREA. SWELLS ORIGINATING FROM THE TROPICS WILL LIKELY DOMINATE THROUGH THE PERIOD. SWELLS FROM TC LOWELL WILL PEAK THIS EVENING BUT PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY. TC MARIE IS FORECAST TO BE A MAJOR HURRICANE BY MONDAY MORNING AND TAKE A TRACK NORTH OF LOWELL'S TRACK. SWELLS FROM MARIE ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TUESDAY AND PEAK WEDNESDAY EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. && .BEACHES...23/900 AM. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR EXPOSED SOUTH FACING SHORES IN LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST SURF WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT WITH BREAKERS FROM 5 TO 7 FEET AND OCCASIONALLY 9 FEET IN FAVORED LOCATIONS. EXPOSED AREAS TO THE HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA INCLUDING CABRILLO BEACH... MALIBU...AND ZUMA BEACHES. IN VENTURA COUNTY...PORT HUENEME AND POINT MUGU WILL BE AT HIGHEST RISK. THE SWELLS ORIGINATED FROM WEAK TROPICAL CYCLONE LOWELL. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR LARGER SURF, THAN WHAT IS POUNDING THE SHORES THIS WEEKEND, BY NEXT WEEK WEDNESDAY. TC MARIE IS FORECAST TO BE A MAJOR HURRICANE BY MONDAY MORNING. MARIE IS EXPECTED TO BE MUCH STRONGER THAN LOWELL AS WELL AS TRACK FARTHER NORTH THEN LOWELL AND THIS COMBINATION WILL LIKELY GENERATE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS FOR ANYBODY. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH SURF ADVISORY (SEE LAXCFWLOX). HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK (SEE LAXSRFLOX). && PUBLIC...HALL AVIATION...GOMBERG MARINE/BEACHES...30 SYNOPSIS...HALL WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 6:00 AM PDT, 13 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 600 AM PDT SAT AUG 23 2014 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-241300- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 600 AM PDT SAT AUG 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT SOUTHERLY SWELL FROM TROPICAL STORM LOWELL WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TO SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT. HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR SURF 4 TO 7 FEET WITH SETS TO 9 FEET...LOCAL 10 FT. * HIGH SURF ADVISORY.........SEE WHUS46 KLOX - CFWLOX FOR DETAILS * * HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SOUTHERLY SWELL FROM TROPICAL STORM LOWELL WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TO SOUTH FACING BEACHES IN LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT 4 TO 7 FT SURF WITH MAXIMUM SETS TO 9 FEET THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SURF WILL THEN DIMINISH SOME THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AN EVEN STRONGER SOUTHERLY SWELL AND SURF EVENT IS BECOMING LIKELY BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS HURRICANE MARIE CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY AND MOVE NORTHWARD IN A SIMILAR PATH TO LOWELL. * HIGH SURF ADVISORY.........SEE WHUS46 KLOX - CFWLOX FOR DETAILS * * HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS * .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. KAPLAN
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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.