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Gale Watch 2, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

February 25, 2018

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this gale watch at Feb 25, 2018, 2:25 AM PST. It took effect at Feb 26, 2018, 9:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 25, 2018, 2:25 AM PST (10:25 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 26, 2018, 9:00 AM PST
Expired
Feb 25, 2018, 9:13 AM PST
In force
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale watch 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 gale watch went out at Feb 24, 9:58 PM PST, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 9:58 PM PST, 4 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 4:08 AM PST, 22 hours 17 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service San Francisco CA
408 AM PST Sat Feb 24 2018

CAZ006-505>513-516>518-528>530-251300-
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-
408 AM PST Sat Feb 24 2018

This hazardous weather outlook is for the San Francisco Bay
Area and Monterey Bay Area.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Early morning lows on Saturday morning are expected to be  as
much as 5 degrees colder than those on Friday for southern inland
areas.

* A Freeze Warning is in effect for interior sections of Monterey
  County and San Benito County until 9 am Saturday.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Dry and slightly warmer weather is expected over the weekend. The
next weather system will bring shower chances to the area late
Sunday night into Monday, along with snow levels as low as 2500
feet. In addition, locally blustery conditions are expected by
Monday afternoon as northwest winds increase.

Longer range forecast models show the potential for a stronger and
wetter storm system later next week, most likely around Thursday
and Friday.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 9:21 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMTR24 hr
Feb 25, 11:03 AM PSTGale WatchMTR15 hr
Feb 25, 2:24 PM PSTGale WarningMTR48 hr

Nearby

Gale Watches in California, 2018Every gale watch in 2018

Sources

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