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Beach Hazards Statement 18, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 6, 2014, 12:41 PM PDT for Los Angeles County, California. It took effect at Sep 6, 2014, 1:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 62 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 2014, 12:41 PM PDT (19:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 6, 2014, 1:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2014, 3:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 62 hr
- 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 19:42 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.
The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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
- 1337 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
176 WHUS46 KLOX 061941 CFWLOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1241 PM PDT SAT SEP 6 2014 ...ELEVATED SURF ALONG SOUTH FACING SHORES AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS... .ELEVATED SURF FROM A STORM IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH MONDAY. THE SURF WILL BE HIGHEST ALONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES...WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE ALONG ALL COASTAL AREAS. SOUTHEAST SWELL FROM HURRICANE NORBERT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY AFTERNOON...PEAKING SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE COMBINATION OF TWO LONGER PERIOD SOUTHERLY SWELLS MAY BRING ADVISORY-LEVEL SURF TO SOUTH FACING BEACHES LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THE LARGE SURF...HIGH TIDES...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND INCREASED LONG-SHORE CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS AND INEXPERIENCED SURFERS. THE HIGH TIDES AND ELEVATED SURF MAY ALSO BRING MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO LOW LYING AREAS...SUCH AS LONG BEACH AND BELMONT SHORES. ALL PERSONS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER- RELATED ACTIVITIES AND USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN ENTERING THE OCEAN. WHEN IN DOUBT...JUST STAY OUT. CAZ040-041-087-070600- /O.CAN.KLOX.SU.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140908T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.BH.S.0018.140906T2000Z-140909T1000Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 1241 PM PDT SAT SEP 6 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... 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 THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * SURF...SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 6 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 7 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES. THE SURF MAY INCREASE TO 4 TO 7 FEET OR HIGHER LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS THE SWELL FROM HURRICANE NORBERT ARRIVES. * COASTAL FLOODING...COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES DURING THE EVENING HIGH TIDE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. * LOCATIONS MOST IMPACTED...IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY...BEACHES FROM LONG BEACH THROUGH THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA...INCLUDING CABRILLO BEACH AND POINT FERMIN AS WELL AS MALIBU AND ZUMA BEACHES. IN VENTURA COUNTY...BEACHES AT OR NEAR PORT HUENEME... POINT MUGU...COUNTY LINE...AND OXNARD SHORES. * TIDES...TWO HIGH TIDES ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE LOWER HIGH TIDE AROUND 5 FEET WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING HOURS AND THE HIGHER HIGH TIDE AROUND 6 TO 7 FEET WILL OCCUR DURING THE EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...THE LARGE SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING AND SURFING CONDITIONS. SNEAKER WAVES...WHICH ARE UNEXPECTEDLY LARGE WAVES THAT MAY SPILL OVER DRY ROCKS AND JETTIES...CAN POSE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD. THE EVENING HIGH TIDE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY MAY RESULT IN MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ACROSS LOW LYING AREAS. 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. && $$ SURVEY FOR THIS PRODUCT FOUND AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
8 follow-up statements
746 WHUS46 KLOX 070539 CFWLOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1039 PM PDT SAT SEP 6 2014 ...ELEVATED SURF ALONG SOUTH FACING SHORES AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS... .ELEVATED SURF FROM A STORM IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH MONDAY. THE SURF WILL BE HIGHEST ALONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES...WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE ALONG ALL COASTAL AREAS. SOUTHEAST SWELL FROM HURRICANE NORBERT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY AFTERNOON...PEAKING SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE COMBINATION OF TWO LONGER PERIOD SOUTHERLY SWELLS MAY BRING ADVISORY-LEVEL SURF TO SOUTH FACING BEACHES LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THE LARGE SURF...HIGH TIDES...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND INCREASED LONG-SHORE CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS AND INEXPERIENCED SURFERS. THE HIGH TIDES AND ELEVATED SURF MAY ALSO BRING MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO LOW LYING AREAS...SUCH AS LONG BEACH AND BELMONT SHORES. ALL PERSONS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER- RELATED ACTIVITIES AND USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN ENTERING THE OCEAN. WHEN IN DOUBT...JUST STAY OUT. CAZ040-041-087-071145- /O.CON.KLOX.BH.S.0018.000000T0000Z-140909T1000Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 1039 PM PDT SAT SEP 6 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * SURF...SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 6 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 7 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES. THE SURF MAY INCREASE TO 4 TO 7 FEET OR HIGHER LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS THE SWELL FROM HURRICANE NORBERT ARRIVES. * COASTAL FLOODING...COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES DURING THE EVENING HIGH TIDE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. * LOCATIONS MOST IMPACTED...IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY...BEACHES FROM LONG BEACH THROUGH THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA...INCLUDING CABRILLO BEACH AND POINT FERMIN AS WELL AS MALIBU AND ZUMA BEACHES. IN VENTURA COUNTY...BEACHES AT OR NEAR PORT HUENEME...POINT MUGU...COUNTY LINE...AND OXNARD SHORES. * TIDES...TWO HIGH TIDES ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE LOWER HIGH TIDE AROUND 5 FEET WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING HOURS AND THE HIGHER HIGH TIDE AROUND 6 TO 7 FEET WILL OCCUR DURING THE EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...THE LARGE SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING AND SURFING CONDITIONS. SNEAKER WAVES... WHICH ARE UNEXPECTEDLY LARGE WAVES THAT MAY SPILL OVER DRY ROCKS AND JETTIES...CAN POSE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD. THE EVENING HIGH TIDE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY MAY RESULT IN MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ACROSS LOW LYING AREAS. 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. && $$ HALL SURVEY FOR THIS PRODUCT FOUND AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
013 WHUS46 KLOX 071130 CFWLOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 430 AM PDT SUN SEP 7 2014 ...ELEVATED SURF ALONG SOUTH FACING SHORES AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS... .LARGE SWELLS FROM A STORM IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH MONDAY... AS AN INCREASING SOUTHEAST SWELL ARRIVES FROM HURRICANE NORBERT. THE RESULT WILL BE ELEVATED SURF THROUGH LATE MONDAY BUT WITH DIMINISHED SURF HEIGHTS MIDDAY TODAY. THE SURF MAY INCREASE ENOUGH TONIGHT TO REQUIRE ISSUANCE OF A HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE AREA. THE SURF WILL BE HIGHEST ALONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE ALONG ALL COASTAL AREAS. THE LARGE SURF... HIGH TIDES... STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND INCREASED LONG-SHORE CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS AND INEXPERIENCED SURFERS. THE EVENING HIGH TIDES AND ELEVATED SURF MAY ALSO BRING MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO LOW LYING AREAS... SUCH AS LONG BEACH AND BELMONT SHORES. SURFERS AND GENERAL BEACH-GOERS ALIKE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER- RELATED ACTIVITIES AND USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN ENTERING THE OCEAN. WHEN IN DOUBT... JUST STAY OUT. CAZ040-041-087-071930- /O.CON.KLOX.BH.S.0018.000000T0000Z-140909T1000Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 430 AM PDT SUN SEP 7 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * SURF...SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 6 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 7 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES. THE SURF MAY INCREASE TO 4 TO 7 FEET OR HIGHER THIS AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY AS THE SWELL FROM HURRICANE NORBERT ARRIVES. * COASTAL FLOODING...COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES DURING THE EVENING HIGH TIDE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. * LOCATIONS MOST IMPACTED...IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY... BEACHES FROM LONG BEACH THROUGH THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA... INCLUDING CABRILLO BEACH AND POINT FERMIN AS WELL AS MALIBU AND ZUMA BEACHES. IN VENTURA COUNTY...BEACHES AT OR NEAR PORT HUENEME... POINT MUGU... COUNTY LINE... AND OXNARD SHORES. * TIDES...TWO HIGH TIDES ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE LOWER HIGH TIDE AROUND 5 FEET WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING HOURS AND THE HIGHER HIGH TIDE AROUND 6 TO 7 FEET WILL OCCUR DURING THE EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...THE LARGE SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING AND SURFING CONDITIONS. SNEAKER WAVES... WHICH ARE UNEXPECTEDLY LARGE WAVES THAT MAY SPILL OVER DRY ROCKS AND JETTIES... CAN POSE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD. THE EVENING HIGH TIDE THROUGH MONDAY MAY RESULT IN MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ACROSS LOW LYING AREAS. 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. && $$ KJ/HALL SURVEY FOR THIS PRODUCT FOUND AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
976 WHUS46 KLOX 071912 CFWLOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1212 PM PDT SUN SEP 7 2014 ...ELEVATED SURF ALONG SOUTH FACING SHORES AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS... .LARGE SWELLS FROM A STORM IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH MONDAY... AS AN INCREASING SOUTHEAST SWELL ARRIVES FROM HURRICANE NORBERT. THE RESULT WILL BE ELEVATED SURF THROUGH LATE MONDAY. THE SURF WILL BE HIGHEST ALONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE ALONG ALL COASTAL AREAS. THE LARGE SURF...HIGH TIDES...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND INCREASED LONG-SHORE CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS AND INEXPERIENCED SURFERS. THE EVENING HIGH TIDES AND ELEVATED SURF MAY ALSO BRING MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO LOW LYING AREAS...SUCH AS LONG BEACH AND BELMONT SHORES. SURFERS AND GENERAL BEACH-GOERS ALIKE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER- RELATED ACTIVITIES AND USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN ENTERING THE OCEAN. WHEN IN DOUBT... JUST STAY OUT. CAZ040-041-087-080315- /O.CON.KLOX.BH.S.0018.000000T0000Z-140909T1000Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 1212 PM PDT SUN SEP 7 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * SURF...SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 7 FEET ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES DURING THE EVENING HIGH TIDE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. * LOCATIONS MOST IMPACTED...IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY... BEACHES FROM LONG BEACH THROUGH THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA... INCLUDING CABRILLO BEACH AND POINT FERMIN AS WELL AS MALIBU AND ZUMA BEACHES. IN VENTURA COUNTY...BEACHES AT OR NEAR PORT HUENEME... POINT MUGU... COUNTY LINE... AND OXNARD SHORES. * TIDES...TWO HIGH TIDES ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE LOWER HIGH TIDE AROUND 5 FEET WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING HOURS AND THE HIGHER HIGH TIDE AROUND 6 TO 7 FEET WILL OCCUR DURING THE EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...THE LARGE SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING AND SURFING CONDITIONS. SNEAKER WAVES... WHICH ARE UNEXPECTEDLY LARGE WAVES THAT MAY SPILL OVER DRY ROCKS AND JETTIES... CAN POSE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD. THE EVENING HIGH TIDE THROUGH MONDAY MAY RESULT IN MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ACROSS LOW LYING AREAS. 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. && $$ RAT SURVEY FOR THIS PRODUCT FOUND AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
461 WHUS46 KLOX 080310 CFWLOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 810 PM PDT SUN SEP 7 2014 ...ELEVATED SURF ALONG SOUTH FACING SHORES AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS... .LARGE SWELL FROM A STORM IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH MONDAY...AS AN INCREASING SOUTHEAST SWELL ARRIVES FROM TROPICAL STORM NORBERT. THE RESULT WILL BE ELEVATED SURF THROUGH LATE MONDAY. THE SURF WILL BE HIGHEST ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES...WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE IN ALL COASTAL AREAS. THE LARGE SURF...HIGH TIDES...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND INCREASED LONG-SHORE CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS AND INEXPERIENCED SURFERS. THE EVENING HIGH TIDES AND ELEVATED SURF MAY ALSO BRING MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO LOW LYING AREAS...SUCH AS LONG BEACH AND BELMONT SHORES. SURFERS AND GENERAL BEACH-GOERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER-RELATED ACTIVITIES AND USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN ENTERING THE OCEAN. WHEN IN DOUBT...JUST STAY OUT. CAZ040-041-087-081200- /O.CON.KLOX.BH.S.0018.000000T0000Z-140909T1000Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 810 PM PDT SUN SEP 7 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * SURF...SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 7 FEET ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES DURING THE EVENING HIGH TIDES THROUGH MONDAY. * LOCATIONS MOST IMPACTED...IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY... BEACHES FROM LONG BEACH THROUGH THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA... INCLUDING CABRILLO BEACH AND POINT FERMIN AS WELL AS MALIBU AND ZUMA BEACHES. IN VENTURA COUNTY...BEACHES AT OR NEAR PORT HUENEME... POINT MUGU... COUNTY LINE... AND OXNARD SHORES. * TIDES...TWO HIGH TIDES ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE LOWER HIGH TIDE AROUND 5 FEET WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING HOURS AND THE HIGHER HIGH TIDE AROUND 6 TO 7 FEET WILL OCCUR DURING THE EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...THE LARGE SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING AND SURFING CONDITIONS. SNEAKER WAVES... WHICH ARE UNEXPECTEDLY LARGE WAVES THAT MAY SPILL OVER DRY ROCKS AND JETTIES... CAN POSE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD. THE EVENING HIGH TIDE THROUGH MONDAY MAY RESULT IN MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ACROSS LOW LYING AREAS. 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. && $$ SURVEY FOR THIS PRODUCT FOUND AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
406 WHUS46 KLOX 081204 CFWLOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 504 AM PDT MON SEP 8 2014 ...ELEVATED SURF ALONG SOUTH FACING SHORES AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS IN ALL COASTAL AREAS... .ELEVATED SURF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. THE SURF WILL BE HIGHEST ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES. STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE AT ALL BEACHES TODAY AND MAY CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THE LARGE SURF... HIGH TIDES... STRONG RIP CURRENTS... AND INCREASED LONG-SHORE CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS AND INEXPERIENCED SURFERS. THE EVENING HIGH TIDE AND ELEVATED SURF MAY ALSO BRING MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO LOW LYING AREAS TONIGHT... SUCH AS IN LONG BEACH AND BELMONT SHORES. SURFERS AND GENERAL BEACH-GOERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER-RELATED ACTIVITIES AND USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN ENTERING THE OCEAN. WHEN IN DOUBT... JUST STAY OUT. CAZ040-041-087-082015- /O.CON.KLOX.BH.S.0018.000000T0000Z-140909T1000Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 504 AM PDT MON SEP 8 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SURF...SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 7 FEET ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES DURING THE EVENING HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS MOST IMPACTED...IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY... BEACHES FROM LONG BEACH THROUGH THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA... INCLUDING CABRILLO BEACH AND POINT FERMIN AS WELL AS MALIBU AND ZUMA BEACHES. IN VENTURA COUNTY...BEACHES AT OR NEAR PORT HUENEME... POINT MUGU... COUNTY LINE... AND OXNARD SHORES. * TIDES...TWO HIGH TIDES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THE FIRST HIGH TIDE OF AROUND 5 FEET WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING HOURS AND THE SECOND HIGH TIDE OF AROUND 6 TO 7 FEET WILL OCCUR DURING THE EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...THE LARGE SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING AND SURFING CONDITIONS. SNEAKER WAVES... WHICH ARE UNEXPECTEDLY LARGE WAVES THAT MAY SPILL OVER DRY ROCKS AND JETTIES... CAN POSE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD. THE HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING MAY RESULT IN MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ACROSS LOW LYING AREAS. 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. && $$ KJ/ASR SURVEY FOR THIS PRODUCT FOUND AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
536 WHUS46 KLOX 081747 CFWLOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1047 AM PDT MON SEP 8 2014 ...ELEVATED SURF ALONG SOUTH FACING SHORES AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS IN ALL COASTAL AREAS... .ELEVATED SURF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. THE SURF WILL BE HIGHEST ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES. STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE AT ALL BEACHES TODAY AND MAY CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THE ELEVATED SURF...HIGH TIDES...STRONG RIP CURRENTS... AND LONG-SHORE CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS AND INEXPERIENCED SURFERS. CAZ040-041-087-090200- /O.CON.KLOX.BH.S.0018.000000T0000Z-140909T1000Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 1047 AM PDT MON SEP 8 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SURF...SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 6 FEET ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES. * LOCATIONS MOST IMPACTED...IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY... BEACHES FROM LONG BEACH THROUGH THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA... INCLUDING CABRILLO BEACH AND POINT FERMIN AS WELL AS MALIBU AND ZUMA BEACHES. IN VENTURA COUNTY...BEACHES AT OR NEAR PORT HUENEME... POINT MUGU... COUNTY LINE... AND OXNARD SHORES. * TIDES...HIGH TIDE OF BETWEEN 6 AND 6.5 FEET WILL OCCUR AROUND 930 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING AND SURFING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ CK SURVEY FOR THIS PRODUCT FOUND AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
464 WHUS46 KLOX 090140 CFWLOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 640 PM PDT MON SEP 8 2014 ...ELEVATED SURF ALONG SOUTH FACING SHORES AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS IN ALL COASTAL AREAS... .ELEVATED SURF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. THE SURF WILL BE HIGHEST ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES. STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE AT ALL BEACHES THROUGH TUESDAY. THE ELEVATED SURF...HIGH TIDES...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...AND LONG- SHORE CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS AND INEXPERIENCED SURFERS. CAZ040-041-087-091000- /O.CON.KLOX.BH.S.0018.000000T0000Z-140909T1000Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 640 PM PDT MON SEP 8 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT TUESDAY... * SURF...SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 6 FEET ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES. * LOCATIONS MOST IMPACTED...IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY...BEACHES FROM LONG BEACH THROUGH THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA...INCLUDING CABRILLO BEACH AND POINT FERMIN AS WELL AS MALIBU AND ZUMA BEACHES. IN VENTURA COUNTY...BEACHES AT OR NEAR PORT HUENEME... POINT MUGU...COUNTY LINE...AND OXNARD SHORES. * TIDES...HIGH TIDE OF BETWEEN 6 AND 6.5 FEET WILL OCCUR AROUND 930 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING AND SURFING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS TO BEACH AND SURF ZONE SAFETY ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. STAY NEAR OCCUPIED LIFEGUARD TOWERS AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE SHORE. && $$ SURVEY FOR THIS PRODUCT FOUND AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
941 WHUS46 KLOX 090935 CFWLOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 235 AM PDT TUE SEP 9 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... .THE LATEST BUOY AND COASTAL OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THE ELEVATED SURF HAS DIMINISHED. THEREFORE...THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ALTHOUGH A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...THERE STILL MAY BE SOME LOCALIZED RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LOCAL BEACHES. CAZ040-041-087-091045- /O.EXP.KLOX.BH.S.0018.000000T0000Z-140909T1000Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 235 AM PDT TUE SEP 9 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... $$ 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 Sep 6, 10:45 AM PDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 10:45 AM PDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1045 AM PDT SAT SEP 6 2014 ...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION... .SYNOPSIS... IT WILL BE A VERY WARM DAY TODAY...ESPECIALLY INLAND. AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE MAY BRING A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INCREASING MOISTURE FROM REMNANTS OF HURRICANE NORBERT WILL BRING A BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...WITH SOME SHOWERS POSSIBLE WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. DRIER AND COOLER WEATHER WILL RETURN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY WARMING BY THE END OF THE WEEK. && .SHORT TERM (TODAY-MON)...THE MARINE INVERSION HAS LOWERED TO ABOUT 1000 FEET THIS MORNING. ONSHORE GRADIENTS HAVE WEAKENED DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS...WITH THE KLAX TO KDAG GRADIENT ALMOST NEUTRAL AS OF 16Z. STRATUS WAS PATCHY IN NATURE ACROSS IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION...WITH BETTER COVERAGE NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION. THE COMBINATION OF WEAKENING ONSHORE FLOW AND SOME WARMING IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL LEAD TO SOME ADDITIONAL WARMING ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION TODAY. MAX TEMPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN THEY WERE ON FRI...WHICH WOULD PUT HIGHS IN SOME OF THE WARMER VALLEY LOCATIONS AND IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE 100 DEGREES. NAM 850 MB DEWPOINT ANALYSIS SHOWING A GOOD INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FOR THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS AND POINTS SOUTH AND EAST. LATEST OBSERVATIONS FROM EASTERN SAN GABRIELS (CHILAO AND MILL CREEK) REFLECTIVE OF THIS MOISTURE SURGE...WITH DEWPOINTS ALREADY CLIMBING TO AROUND 60 DEGREES CELSIUS (UP OVER 30 FROM YESTERDAY). WHILE THERE IS SOME MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO WORK WITH ACROSS THE SAN GABRIELS...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS REMAINS TO OUR SOUTH AND MAY HELP TO REDUCE THE GROWTH OF CONVECTION. AT THIS POINT...SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS FOR THE SAN GABRIEL MTNS AND THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS OF THE EASTERN ANTELOPE VALLEY LOOKS REASONABLE FOR TODAY. HURRICANE NORBERT...LOCATED 300 NM NW OF CABO SAN LUCAS AS OF 8 AM PDT....CONTINUES TO BE A CATEGORY 3 STORM...WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 115 MPH. THE HURRICANE IS FORECAST TO DRIFT NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH SUNDAY...AND IT IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS IT MOVES INTO COOLER WATERS. THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER TRACK HAS NORBERT DISSIPATING INTO A DEPRESSION...WITH THE CENTER MOVING INTO NORTHERN BAJA. MID AND UPPER LEVEL MONSOONAL MOISTURE...AND MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER BANDS OF NORBERT WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION AS THE MID LEVEL FLOW TURNS MORE SOUTHEASTERLY. NO REAL CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST THINKING REGARDING POTENTIAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM THREAT FROM NORBERT...PLEASE SEE DISCUSSION BELOW. *** PREVIOUS FORECAST DISCUSSION *** PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REALLY INCREASE DRAMATICALLY ON SUNDAY...UP TO AROUND 2 INCHES ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY BY AFTERNOON. WITH THE INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND SOME INSTABILITY...THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN THE MTNS OF L.A. AND VTU COUNTIES AND ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. THE MID LEVEL FLOW WILL ALSO BECOME FAIRLY LIGHT LATE IN THE DAY...AND WITH THE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE...ANY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BRING A RISK OF SOME FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES MAY HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE MTNS OF L.A. AND VTU COUNTIES BEGINNING AS EARLY AS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT A FEW SHOWERS COULD MOVE WESTWARD INTO COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS OF L.A. AND ERN VTU COUNTIES LATE IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY. MAX TEMPS ON SUNDAY WILL BE VERY TRICKY...AND WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT UPON THE AMOUNT OF CLOUDINESS. WITH SUCH A WARM AIR MASS IN PLACE AND VERY WEAK OR POSSIBLY EVEN SLIGHTLY OFFSHORE GRADIENTS TO BEGIN THE DAY...SUNDAY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE QUITE HOT. HOWEVER...WITH SKIES EXPECTED TO BE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY...MAX TEMPS MAY ACTUALLY BE A BIT LOWER THAN THEY ARE TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS L.A. AND VTU COUNTIES. IF SUNDAY IS LESS CLOUDY THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...MAX TEMPS IN THE CURRENT FORECAST WILL BE TOO LOW. ABUNDANT MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF NORBERT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...WITH A CONTINUED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MTNS OF L.A. AND VTU COUNTIES AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. WITH A GOOD DEAL OF DEEP SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE...SOME SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER...THERE IS ALSO THE CHANCE THAT SKY COVER MAY LIMIT HEATING ENOUGH TO INHIBIT CONVECTION ON MONDAY. SOME SHOWERS MAY ALSO AFFECT COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS OF L.A. AND VTU COUNTIES AND POSSIBLY SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THE MODELS CONT TO SHOW SOME DIFFERENCES WITH RESPECT TO THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE AND THE NORTHWESTWARD EXTENT OF THE MOISTURE...WITH THE GFS CONTINUING TO SHOW MORE IN THE WAY OF DEEP MOISTURE. HOWEVER...THE EC AND THE WRF HAVE TRENDED A BIT WETTER...WITH MORE MOISTURE PUSHING INTO THE REGION. AT THIS POINT...HAVE KEPT THE MENTION OF TSTMS OUT OF THE FORECAST FOR COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS SUN NIGHT INTO MON...BUT IF A TRIGGER MECHANISM SUCH AS A WEAK SHORT WAVE BECOMES APPARENT...THEY MAY HAVE TO BE ADDED TO THE FORECAST FOR WEST OF THE MTNS. AN UPPER TROUGH MOVING INTO THE WEST COAST ON MONDAY WILL CAUSE THE MID AND UPPER FLOW TO BECOME SWLY ACROSS SLO AND SBA COUNTIES DURING THE AFTERNOON...WHICH SHOULD CAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE TO DRY THERE LATE IN THE DAY. DEEP MOISTURE AND A THREAT OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MTNS OF L.A. AND VTU COUNTIES AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY INTO THE EVENING HOURS. .LONG TERM (TUE-FRI)...AS THE TROUGH MOVES ONSHORE MON NIGHT... MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF NORBERT WILL BE SHUNTED TO THE EAST OF THE REGION...ENDING THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS/TSTMS BY LATE MON NIGHT. LOWERING HEIGHTS AND INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW SHOULD BRING SOME COOLING TO THE REGION ON TUE...WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPS ON WED AS A BROAD TROUGH LINGERS JUST TO THE EAST OF THE REGION KEEPING HEIGHTS FROM RISING TOO MUCH. SOME WARMING IS POSSIBLE FOR THU AND FRI AS AN UPPER HIGH BEGINS TO BUILD ACROSS THE AREA. && .AVIATION...06/1800Z... OVERALL...MODERATE TO HIGH CONFIDENCE IN 18Z TAFS. LOW CLOUDS HAVE CLEARED AWAY FROM THE COAST SOUTHEAST OF KSBA. EXPECT THE SBA SOUTH COAST AND CENTRAL COAST TO CLEAR BY MID AFTERNOON. FOR TONIGHT...STRATUS SHOULD BE VERY LIMITED...MAINLY ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST. THERE IS A 20% CHANCE THAT LOW CLOUDS WILL FORM ALONG THE SBA SOUTH COAST LATE TONIGHT...AND A 10% CHANCE OF PATCHY LOW CLOUDS FORMING ALONG THE VTA/LA COAST. OTHERWISE...HIGH CLOUD WILL BEGIN TO FORM AFTER 12Z SUN AS SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE BEGINS TO MOVE OVER THE AREA. KLAX...OVERALL...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN 18Z TAF. HIGH CONFIDENCE IN VFR CONDS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HIGH CLOUDS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THERE IS A 10% CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA SURROUNDING THE AIRFIELD AFTER 15Z SUNDAY. KBUR...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN 18Z TAF. && .MARINE...06/900 AM... FOR THE OUTER WATERS...MODERATE TO HIGH CONFIDENCE IN SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS BETWEEN POINT CONCEPTION AND SAN NICOLAS ISLAND THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT (NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 25 KT)...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS PATTERN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. FOR THE INNER WATERS...CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO REMAIN BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS THROUGH MID-WEEK. && .BEACHES...06/900 AM... MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN LOW-END HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES TODAY. THE SURF WILL BECOME MORE LOCALIZED LATER TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE SWELL CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE WATERS BEGINS TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING THE SWELL FROM HURRICANE NORBERT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE WATERS. THE COMBINED EFFECT OF BOTH LONGER PERIOD SOUTHERLY SWELLS MAY BRING RENEWED HIGH SURF TO THE BEACHES LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH LATE MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE HIGH SURF THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS... AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING DUE TO HIGH TIDES. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXMWWLOX). HIGH SURF ADVISORY (SEE LAXCFWLOX). HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK (SEE LAXSRFLOX). && PUBLIC...GOMBERG/DB AVIATION/MARINE...SMITH SYNOPSIS...SWEET WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 6, 6:00 AM PDT, 6 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 600 AM PDT SAT SEP 6 2014 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-071300- 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 SEP 6 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH ELEVATED SURF ELSEWHERE. LOCAL COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON ALL AREA BEACHES TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE ANTELOPE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * 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 HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...WITH ELEVATED SURF ELSEWHERE. LOCAL COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE SUNDAY EVENING. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON ALL AREA BEACHES SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS OF LOS ANGELES...VENTURA AND SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 8:17 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOX | 6 hr | |
| Sep 6, 2:40 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOX | 48 hr | |
| Sep 6, 3:29 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 5 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.