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High Surf Advisory 1, NWS Los Angeles, CA

January 2, 2016Los Angeles County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this high surf advisory at Jan 2, 2016, 1:35 PM PST for Los Angeles County, California. It took effect at Jan 3, 2016, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 2, 2016, 1:35 PM PST (21:35 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 3, 2016, 4:00 PM PST
Expired
Jan 7, 2016, 12:14 AM PST
In force
3 days
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 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high surf advisory went out at Jan 2, 10:00 AM PST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 10:00 AM PST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 2, 6:00 AM PST, 7 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
600 AM PST SAT JAN 2 2016

CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-031400-
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 SAT JAN 2 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY

COLD CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF OJAI VALLEY WITH LOW TEMPERATURES
AROUND FREEZING EARLY THIS MORNING. A LARGE WESTERLY SWELL WILL MOVE
INTO THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT. A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WAS
ISSUED HIGHLIGHTING THE HAZARD POTENTIAL DUE TO SEVERAL STORMS
LINING UP ACROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

* FREEZE WARNING.............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE FZUS76 KLOX - MWSLOX FOR DETAILS *

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

LARGE SWELLS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH MUCH
OF NEXT WEEK. A SERIES OF STORMS ARE POISED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. GALE WINDS
WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONT LATE TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT NW OF THE CHANNEL ISLAND. THE SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT WILL HIGHLIGHT THE UPCOMING SERIES OF STORMS AND
THE HAZARD POTENTIAL. THERE WILL BE AROUND 2 FEET OF SNOW ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND LIKELY MORE AFTER
THAT THROUGH FRIDAY.

* MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE FZUS76 KLOX - MWSLOX FOR DETAILS *

* GALE WATCH...............SEE WHUS76 KLOX - MWWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS *

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

KAPLAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 3:16 AM PSTGale WatchLOX11 hr
Jan 2, 3:16 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOX6 days
Jan 2, 2:16 PM PSTGale WarningLOX34 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in California, 2016Every high surf advisory in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.