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High Surf Advisory 8, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this high surf advisory at May 13, 2019, 11:54 AM PDT for Orange County, California. It took effect at May 13, 2019, 1:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 52 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2019, 11:54 AM PDT (18:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 13, 2019, 1:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 15, 2019, 5:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 52 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
County Orange County, CA
The radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high surf advisory went out at May 13, 10:00 AM PDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 10:00 AM PDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service San Diego CA 1000 AM PDT Mon May 13 2019 .SYNOPSIS... Onshore flow will prevail for the next week keeping coastal areas cooler with night and morning coastal low clouds and fog extending well inland into the valleys. There is a slight chance of a thunderstorm over the mountains this afternoon, but dry weather will prevail Tuesday. Strengthening onshore flow will spread cooling inland on Wednesday with a trough of low pressure Thursday bringing cooling, stronger and gusty west winds in the mountains and deserts, and rain. Some drying and a little warmer weather will occur Friday and Saturday, then another low pressure system arriving around Sunday will bring stronger and gusty west winds in the mountains and deserts and another chance of rain. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE...SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... Stratus was widespread from the mountain foothills west through the coastal waters this morning with drizzle in a few locations. Some clearing was occuring over the foothills at mid-morning, but this will be a slow day for clearing near the coast where some areas will likely stay cloudy this afternoon. Models indicate that CAPEs of 400- 700 J/kg are still expected in the mountains this afternoon along with some moisture in the 700-500 MB layer, and most model output including local WRF and the HREF indicate at least some spotty precipitation, and with some cumulus already forming in the San Bernardino and Riverside County mountains, a slight chance of thunderstorms have been reintroduced in mainly the SBD/RIV mountains. Strong and fairly deep marine inversion Tuesday and Wednesday will prevail with stratus extending throughout the valleys each night with only partial clearing at the coast each day. Mid-level moisture and instability should finally disappear in the mountains by Tuesday, so thunderstorm chances will be nil then. The ridge over the region should shift to the east by Wednesday as a trough of low pressure, quite deep for May, will approach from the west and bring cooling mainly to inland areas Wed/Thu along with stronger west winds in the mountains/deserts. The should be some precipitation Thursday as a front moves through, with amounts of 1/4 to 1/2 inch possible. After a weak transitory ridge brings some warming Fri/Sat except where the marine layer is strongest near the coast, another trough could bring more precipitation, most likely light, early next week. && .AVIATION...1500Z...Coasts/Valleys...Low clouds with bases 1200-1700 FT MSL will affect coastal and valley TAF sites through 20Z with clearing expected thereafter. Some patchy BKN-OVC low clouds may linger near the beaches. Low clouds will redevelop in the evening, with cigs beginning near 04Z and extending around 10-15 mi inland. Bases will be slightly lower, between 800-1400 FT MSL. Coverage will be more limited over the Inland Empire, with KONT/KSBD likely only seeing a few hours of cigs, most likely between 12-15Z. Mountains/Deserts...SCT clouds around 9000 feet MSL, mainly over the mountains between 19-01Z, locally BKN. There is a slight chance of TSRA over higher terrain 19-01Z. Otherwise, clear with unrestricted vis. && .MARINE... No hazardous marine weather expected through Friday. && .SKYWARN... Skywarn activation is not requested. However weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CA...NONE. PZ...NONE. && PUBLIC...Maxwell AVIATION/MARINE...Rodriguez
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 13, 10:48 AM PDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 12, 5:02 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SGX | San Diego | 43 min |
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Sources
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