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Small Craft Advisory 44, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

March 4, 2017

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this small craft advisory at Mar 4, 2017, 3:03 AM PST. It took effect at Mar 4, 2017, 3:00 PM PST. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2017, 3:03 AM PST (11:03 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 4, 2017, 3:00 PM PST
Expired
Mar 5, 2017, 5:00 PM PST
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Mar 4, 2:21 AM PST, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 2:21 AM PST, 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 1:51 AM PST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service San Francisco CA
151 AM PST Sat Mar 4 2017

CAZ006-505>513-516>518-528>530-050100-
San Francisco-
Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore-
North Bay Interior Valleys-North Bay Mountains-
San Francisco Bay Shoreline-San Francisco Peninsula Coast-
East Bay Interior Valleys-East Bay Hills and the Diablo Range-
Santa Cruz Mountains-Santa Clara Valley Including San Jose-
Southern Salinas Valley/Arroyo Seco and Lake San Antonio-
Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest-
Mountains Of San Benito County And Interior Monterey County
Including Pinnacles National Park-
Northern Salinas Valley/Hollister Valley and Carmel Valley-
Northern Monterey Bay-Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast-
151 AM PST Sat Mar 4 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Northern
California.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight

Increasing clouds with rain developing in the North Bay and then
spreading north to south late this afternoon through tonight.
Gusty southerly winds from 20 to 30 mph ahead of the frontal
passage.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Steady rain quickly turns to showers Sunday morning but lasting
on and off through the day. There will be a slight chance of
thunderstorms with small hail and lightning the main threat. Snow
levels will lower to around 2000 feet in the far North Bay, 2500
feet around the Bay Area and 3000 feet for the Central Coast,
locally lower in heavier convective showers. Shower threat
continues Sunday night into Monday morning with seasonably cool
overnight lows. Then a warming and drying trend Monday afternoon
through much of next week as high pressure builds.

The office that day

Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 9:12 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMTR17 hr
Mar 4, 2:13 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasMTR12 hr

Nearby

Small Craft Advisories in California, 2017Every small craft advisory in 2017

Sources

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