Alert archive / California / Beach Hazards Statements in 2015
Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Feb 6, 2015, 2:30 AM PST for Los Angeles County, California. It took effect at Feb 7, 2015, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2015, 2:30 AM PST (10:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 7, 2015, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2015, 7:30 PM PST
- 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 10:35 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, 10.5 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
- 3174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
192 WHUS46 KLOX 061030 CFWLOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 230 AM PST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND... .A RELATIVELY LONG PERIOD WESTERLY SWELL WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS THIS WEEKEND. AS THE SWELL BUILDS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG LOCAL BEACHES...ESPECIALLY WEST-FACING BEACHES. CAZ034-035-062000- /O.NEW.KLOX.BH.S.0004.150207T1200Z-150210T0000Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- 230 AM PST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR POSSIBLE HIGH SURF WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...SURF 10 FEET OR GREATER POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...WITH HIGHEST SURF ON WEST-FACING BEACHES. * TIMING...SURF WILL BEGIN TO BUILD LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY THEN PEAK LATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. * IMPACTS...THIS POTENTIAL LARGE SURF WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES. 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. && $$ CAZ039>041-087-062000- /O.NEW.KLOX.BH.S.0004.150207T1200Z-150210T0000Z/ SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA AND SANTA BARBARA ISLANDS- 230 AM PST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR POSSIBLE HIGH SURF WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...SURF 7 FEET OR GREATER POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...WITH HIGHEST SURF ON WEST-FACING BEACHES. * TIMING...SURF WILL BEGIN TO BUILD LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY THEN PEAK LATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. * IMPACTS...THIS POTENTIAL LARGE SURF WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS TO BEACH AND SURF ZONE SAFETY ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. STAY NEAR OCCUPIED LIFEGUARD TOWERS AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE SHORE. && $$ RAT
2 follow-up statements
377 WHUS46 KLOX 062004 CFWLOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1204 PM PST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND... .A RELATIVELY LONG PERIOD WESTERLY SWELL WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS THIS WEEKEND. AS THE SWELL BUILDS ON SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG LOCAL BEACHES...ESPECIALLY WEST-FACING BEACHES. CAZ034-035-070415- /O.CON.KLOX.BH.S.0004.150207T1200Z-150210T0000Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- 1204 PM PST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * HAZARDS...SURF 10 FEET OR GREATER POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...WITH HIGHEST SURF ON WEST-FACING BEACHES. * TIMING...SURF WILL BEGIN TO BUILD LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY THEN PEAK LATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. * IMPACTS...THIS POTENTIAL LARGE SURF WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES. 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. && $$ CAZ039>041-087-070415- /O.CON.KLOX.BH.S.0004.150207T1200Z-150210T0000Z/ SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA AND SANTA BARBARA ISLANDS- 1204 PM PST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * HAZARDS...SURF 7 FEET OR GREATER POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...WITH HIGHEST SURF ON WEST-FACING BEACHES. * TIMING...SURF WILL BEGIN TO BUILD LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY THEN PEAK LATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. * IMPACTS...THIS POTENTIAL LARGE SURF WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS TO BEACH AND SURF ZONE SAFETY ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. STAY NEAR OCCUPIED LIFEGUARD TOWERS AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE SHORE. && $$
892 WHUS46 KLOX 070330 CFWLOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 730 PM PST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...HIGH SURF FOR SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA BEACHES SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY ... .A RELATIVELY LONG PERIOD WEST-SOUTHWEST SWELL MOVING INTO THE COASTAL WATERS WILL BRING HIGH SURF TO MANY SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA BEACHES THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. AS THE SWELL BUILDS ON SATURDAY...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. THE SURF WILL PEAK SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AND MAY PERSIST INTO TUESDAY. FREQUENT STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONG-SHORE CURRENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE SWELL BUILDS INTO THE WATERS...ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SNEAKER WAVES AND MINOR BEACH EROSION. CAZ034-035-071700- /O.CAN.KLOX.BH.S.0004.150207T1200Z-150210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.SU.Y.0003.150207T1200Z-150210T0000Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- 730 PM PST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SURF...BUILDING TO 10 TO 12 FEET WITH SETS TO 15 FEET SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...WITH THE HIGHEST SURF ON SOUTHWEST TO WEST- FACING BEACHES. * TIMING...SURF WILL BEGIN TO BUILD LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY THEN PEAK SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. * IMPACTS...THIS BUILDING SURF WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED 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. && $$ CAZ040-041-087-071700- /O.CAN.KLOX.BH.S.0004.150207T1200Z-150210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.SU.Y.0003.150207T1200Z-150210T0000Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA AND SANTA BARBARA ISLANDS- 730 PM PST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SURF AND TIMING...BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FEET ON SATURDAY THEN PEAKING AT 5 TO 8 FEET SUNDAY INTO MONDAY WITH LOCAL SETS TO 9 FEET IN FAVORED LOCATIONS SUCH AS NEAR VENTURA HARBOR...EL PORTO...AND THE WEST SIDE OF CATALINA ISLAND. * IMPACTS...THIS LARGE SURF WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. REMEMBER...IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE UNTIL YOU ARE FREE OF THE POWERFUL CURRENT. ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ CAZ039-071700- /O.CAN.KLOX.BH.S.0004.150207T1200Z-150210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.SU.Y.0003.150207T2200Z-150210T0000Z/ SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST- 730 PM PST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SATURDAY TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SATURDAY TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SURF AND TIMING...SURF 3 TO 5 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING...BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FEET SUNDAY AND MONDAY. HIGHEST SURF ON SOUTHWEST TO WEST FACING BEACHES. * IMPACTS...THIS POTENTIAL LARGE SURF WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED 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. && $$
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 Feb 5, 9:05 PM PST, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 9:05 PM PST, 5 hours 25 minutes before
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 905 PST THU FEB 5 2015 .SYNOPSIS... A FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. RAIN WILL BE MOST LIKELY FROM SANTA BARBARA COUNTY NORTH. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN FOR NORTHERN AREAS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SANTA ANA CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP NEXT WEEK. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-SUN)...RATHER WARM AWAY FROM THE COAST TODAY OVER VTU/L.A. COUNTIES. ONE RECORD HIGH WAS SET AT SANDBERG AT 73 DEGREES. THE HIGH OF 82 AT DOWNTOWN L.A. TODAY WAS NOT A RECORD BUT WAS 14 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. AT WOODLAND HILLS (PIERCE COLLEGE) THE HIGH OF 87 MADE IT THE OFFICIAL WARMEST TEMP ACROSS THE CONTIGUOUS 48 STATES TODAY. BANDS OF HI CLOUDS OUT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING PACIFIC FRONT WERE MOVING OVER SWRN CA THIS EVENING. LOW CLOUDS WERE ALONG AND OFF THE CENTRAL COAST...AND WERE ALONG AND OFF THE SAN AND ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS. ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST...THE LOW CLOUDS ARE FORECAST TO EXPAND AND MOVE INLAND OVERNIGHT...WITH PATCHY DENSE FOG POSSIBLE. S OF POINT CONCEPTION...THE LOW CLOUDS SHOULD EXPAND UP THE COAST OVERNIGHT...REACHING THE SBA S COAST BY MORNING. WITH A MARINE INVERSION AROUND 600 FT DEEP THIS EVENING...PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT ESPECIALLY ALONG THE L.A. COUNTY COAST. A LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE E PAC WILL MOVE E AND INTO CA THRU FRI THAN INLAND FRI NIGHT. A BROAD SW FLOW ALOFT WILL PERSIST SAT...WITH A WEAK FLAT UPPER RIDGE EXPECTED SAT NIGHT INTO EARLY SUN...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROF APPROACHING THE AREA BY LATE SUN. THIS PATTERN WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER EVENT ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE THAT WILL PERSIST THRU THE WEEKEND. THE 00Z NAM FORECASTS TO MOISTURE PLUME WITH PWATS UP TO 1.5 INCHES TO CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN CA THRU FRI...THEN SAG S INTO SWRN CA FRI NIGHT AND SAT BEFORE MOVING BACK INTO CENTRAL AND NRN CA LATER SAT NIGHT AND SUN. TWO STORM SYSTEMS WILL AFFECT THE FORECAST AREA...MAINLY FOR SLO/SBA COUNTIES...DURING THE PERIOD. THE FIRST SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN TO THE CENTRAL COAST FRI EVENING THEN SPREAD THE RAIN SOUTH INTO VTU COUNTY LATER FRI NIGHT AND TO L.A. COUNTY ON SAT. A MOIST ONSHORE FLOW WILL KEEP RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR SLO/SBA COUNTIES SAT NIGHT INTO SUN MORNING...THEN ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL COAST ON SUN WITH RAIN BECOMING LIKELY FOR MANY PARTS OF SLO/SBA COUNTIES SUN AND SUN NIGHT. GUSTY S WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE WEATHER SYSTEMS FROM FRI NIGHT INTO SAT AND AGAIN ON SUN. WIND GUSTS FOR THE FIRST SYSTEM COULD BE UP TO 40 MPH OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SLO/SBA COUNTIES AND IN THE SLO INTERIOR VLYS... WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH FOR THE CENTRAL COAST. FOR THE LATE WEEKEND WEATHER SYSTEM...WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 TO 30 MPH CANNOT BE RULED OUT MAINLY OVER PORTIONS OF SLO COUNTY SUN AFTERNOON. RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WILL BE HIGHEST OVER SLO COUNTY... WITH 1.50 TO TO 3.50 INCHES EXPECTED. FOR THE REST OF THE AREA... RAINFALL SHOULD RANGE FROM ABOUT 0.75 TO 1.75 INCHES IN SBA COUNTY...TO LESS THAN 0.25 INCH FOR L.A. COUNTY. SNOW LEVELS WITH THESE WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL BE VERY HIGH...ABOVE 9000 FEET. FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THESE STORM SYSTEMS...PLEASE SEE THE LATEST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT (LAXSPSLOX) THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER TODAY. ALTHO TEMPS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WILL TURN COOLER FRI...HIGHS WILL STILL BE SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. TEMPS WILL COOL BACK TO NEAR NORMAL FOR THE MOST PART ON SAT BEFORE WARMING AGAIN TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ON SUN. ***FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION*** .LONG TERM (MON-THU)...MAYBE A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS EARLY MONDAY, OTHERWISE DRYING OUT WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A PRETTY STRONG ONSHORE GRADIENT. TUE GRADIENTS START SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AS A WEAK TROF MOVES THROUGH NRN CA AND INTO NEVADA. COULD BE SOME GUSTY NW WINDS THROUGH THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE AND I5 CORRIDOR THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. AT THIS POINT THE GFS AND EC DIVERGE, WITH THE GFS SHOWING THE TROF CUTTING BACK INTO SE CALIFORNIA WED MORNING WITH STRONG UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FOR GUSTY SANTA WINDS WHILE THE ECMWF IS FURTHER EAST WITH THE TROF AND HAS MUCH LESS UPPER SUPPORT. AM FAVORING THE WINDIER GFS SOLUTION AT THIS TIME. HIGH TEMPS WILL BE TRICKY WITH ALL THE COLD AIR ADVECTION BUT SHOULD MOSTLY STAY IN THE 70S AT LOWER ELEVATIONS AT LEAST INITIALLY. WED LIKELY THE WINDIEST DAY WITH STRONG ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS LA/VENTURA COUNTIES AND POSSIBLY LOW END WARNING LEVEL IN THE MTNS. STILL PRETTY WINDY THU BUT PROBABLY A NOTCH DOWN FROM WED. SIMILAR TRENDS FRI THROUGH SAT BUT POSSIBLY LOW END ADVISORY LEVEL WIND GUSTS CONTINUING. TEMPS WARMING INTO THE 80S BY THE END OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION...06/0030Z. AT 2310Z...THE INVERSION AT KLAX WAS BASED AT 600 FEET. THE TOP OF THE INVERSION WAS AT 2000 FEET WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 21 DEGREES CELSIUS. MODERATE CONFIDENCE OVERALL IN THE 00Z TAFS. AT KPRB...A PERIOD OF LIFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED 14Z-18Z...BUT THERE IS A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THESE CIGS NOT DEVELOPING. AT KSBP AND KSMX...LIFR/IFR CIGS ARE FORECAST LATER TONIGHT INTO FRI MORNING BUT THE TIMING MAY BE OFF PLUS/MINUS 1 TO 2 HOURS. FOR KSBA...KOXR...KLAX AND KLGB LIFR/IFR/MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AND FRI MORNING... BUT AGAIN TIMING MAY BE OFF PLUS/MINUS AN HOUR OR TWO. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THESE AIRFIELDS THRU FRI. FOR KBUR... VNY...KPMD AND KWJF...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THRU FRI...EXCEPT FOR A PERIOD OF MVFR VSBYS AT KVNY 06Z-14Z. GUSTY S TO SE WINDS SHOULD AFFECT KPRB AND KSMX FRI AFTERNOON. KLAX...MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN THE 00Z TAF. IFR VSBYS SHOULD PREVAIL THIS EVENING. A PERIOD OF LIFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED 08Z-12Z FOLLOWED BY IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS THRU 20Z. HOWEVER...THERE IS UNCERTAINTY ON THE TIMING OF THE LOW CLOUDS AND CHANGES IN FLIGHT CATS WHICH MAY BE OFF PLUS/MINUS AN HOUR OR TWO. LOW CLOUDS AND MVFR CONDITIONS SHOULD MOVE BACK INTO THE AIRFIELD BY 00Z THEN LOWER TO IFR BY 03Z...BUT THIS TIMING MAY ALSO BE OFF AN HOUR OR SO. KBUR...GENERALLY HI CONFIDENCE IN THE 00Z TAF WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THRU FRI...ALTHO THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF A PERIOD OF MVFR VSBYS LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRI. && .MARINE...05/900 PM. SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...AND MODERATE TO HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT MODERATE SOUTH TO SE WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AS TWO FRONTAL SYSTEMS CROSS THE WATERS. THE STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE TWO NORTHERN OUTER MARINE ZONES...WHERE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. OTHERWISE...MAINLY LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE WINDS ARE EXPECTED NEARSHORE...AND A BUILDING WESTERLY SWELL WILL MOVE INTO THE WATERS TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS AS SOUTHERLY WIND WAVES COMBINE WITH THE WESTERLY SWELL OF 7 TO 10 FEET AT 12 SECONDS...RESULTING IN LARGE CROSSING SEAS. THERE WILL BE AREAS OF DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITY ONE MILE OR LESS ACROSS THE ENTIRE COASTAL WATERS OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXMWWLOX). HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK (SEE LAXSRFLOX). SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT (SEE LAXSPSLOX). && PUBLIC...SIRARD/MW AVIATION...SIRARD MARINE...SMITH SYNOPSIS...SUKUP WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 6:00 AM PST, 20 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 600 AM PST THU FEB 5 2015 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-061400- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 600 AM PST THU FEB 5 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT DENSE FOG WILL CREATE DRIVING HAZARDS THIS MORNING. AN ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BRING HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS TO AREA BEACHES. MARINERS WILL FACE DENSE FOG THIS MORNING. * DENSE FOG ADVISORY.........SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS * * MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE FZUS76 KLOX - MWSLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL COAST AND POSSIBLY AREA SOUTH OF PT CONCEPTION LATER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ASR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 1:40 PM PST | Wind Advisory | LOX | 13 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in California, 2015Every beach hazards statement in 2015
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.