Special Weather Statement, NWS San Diego, CA

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service San Diego CA
200 PM PDT Mon Oct 4 2021

.SYNOPSIS...
An upper level low pressure system off the northern Baja California
coast will move slowly northeast across the area through Tuesday.
This will bring cooling and periods of scattered showers and
isolated thunderstorms this afternoon into Tuesday. The cooling
trend will continue through Friday with additional chances of
precipitation on Thursday and Friday with gusty southwest winds in
the mountains and deserts. Dry warmer weather will return next
weekend.

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.DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE...
SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTIES...

Scattered light showers and isolated thunderstorms were moving
north over San Diego County and the adjacent coastal waters at early
afternoon. The lower layers of the atmosphere remained dry with mid-
morning AMDAR soundings with low humidity below 750 MB, and dry
conditions continue as there is a lot of virga and only minor
amounts of precipitation reaching the ground. The highest precip
amount so far has been Granite Hills at 0.03". Temperatures were
lower versus Sunday, generally by 3 to 10 deg F.

The upper low will move northeast across far SoCal, and with a lot
of instability aloft tonight, more showers and isolated
thunderstorms will occur. Some rainfall amounts could reach one-half
inch (0.50") through Tuesday, though most locations will receive one-
tenth (0.10") to one-quarter (0.25") of an inch, but amounts will be
quite variable due to the convective nature of the precip. The
precip should exit to the northeast Tuesday afternoon, if not sooner.

A long-wave trough of low pressure will develop over the West Coast
Wed/Thu with the trough axis likely moving through around Fri,
though with some uncertainty in timing. Despite some indications of
a weak atmospheric river possible either in SoCal or far northern
Baja California, ensembles show rather light precip amounts, mostly
less than one-half inch but with great variability (0 to over an
inch) in the ensemble output. Thursday night/Friday is the most
favorable period, but the rain could come as early as Thursday
morning. This trough will bring continued cooling as well, with
daytime temperatures likely 5-15 deg F below normal by Friday. Due
to the increasing height gradients aloft, a round of gusty southwest
winds will likely occur in the mountains and deserts, most likely
Thursday night. Fair weather should return next weekend with a
warming trend.

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.AVIATION...
041945Z...VCSH and slight chance of Isold TSRA moving from south to
north through 07Z Tue with cloud bases lowering to 5000-8000 ft MSL.
Increasing chance of ISOLD/SCT SHRA/TSRA, 07-11Z Tue. Isold TSRA
will have lightning and could contain +RA reducing vis 1-5SM along
with erratic winds. After 11Z Tue, VCSH expected through 15Z.

After 15Z Tue... SCT-BKN clouds AOA 10,000 ft MSL.

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.BEACHES...
Lightning strikes are possible at the beaches through early Tuesday
morning. Thunder and lightning are most likely overnight tonight.
Please check with your local authorities on potential beach closures
for hazardous water conditions caused by the oil spill.

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.MARINE...
A Marine Weather Statement is in effect for possible thunderstorms
that produce lightning and/or gusty erratic winds through early
Tuesday morning. Otherwise, no hazardous marine weather is expected
through Saturday.

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.SKYWARN...
Skywarn activation is not requested. However weather spotters are
encouraged to report significant weather conditions.

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.SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CA...Beach Hazards Statement through Tuesday morning for Orange
     County Coastal Areas-San Diego County Coastal Areas.

PZ...NONE.

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PUBLIC...Maxwell
AVIATION/MARINE/BEACHES...CO

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Diego CA
602 PM PDT Mon Oct 4 2021

CAZ050-050145-
San Diego County Inland Valleys CA-
602 PM PDT Mon Oct 4 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of south central San
Diego County through 645 PM PDT...

At 557 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles west of Potrero, or 17 miles east of Chula Vista, moving
northwest at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
El Cajon, Alpine, Santee, Rancho San Diego, Lakeside, Potrero,
Spring Valley, Flinn Springs, Otay Mountain, Jamul, Harbison Canyon,
Granite Hills, Tecate and Dulzura.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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LAT...LON 3285 11700 3292 11676 3258 11660 3256 11684
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 152DEG 24KT 3260 11673

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

MGM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
625 PM PDT MON OCT 4 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0610 PM     TSTM WND GST     DULZURA                 32.62N 116.76W
10/04/2021  M31 MPH          SAN DIEGO          CA   MESONET

            DULZURA WEATHER STATION DZRSD.

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MOEDE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
637 PM PDT MON OCT 4 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0625 PM     LIGHTNING        3 S LAKESIDE            32.80N 116.90W
10/04/2021                   SAN DIEGO          CA   PUBLIC

            LIGHTNING FRIED A PALM TREE IN GRANITE
            HILLS. FROM TWITTER.

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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Diego CA
710 PM PDT Mon Oct 4 2021

CAZ043-050-057-050300-
San Diego County Coastal Areas CA-
Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills CA-
San Diego County Inland Valleys CA-
710 PM PDT Mon Oct 4 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact western and northwestern San
Diego County through 800 PM...

At 708 PM, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms
from Miramar to Fallbrook, moving northwest at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Oceanside, Carlsbad, Vista, Encinitas, Poway, Del Mar, Mission Beach,
Fallbrook, Camp Pendleton, Tierrasanta, University City, Linda
Vista, La Jolla, Valley Center, Escondido, San Marcos and Solana
Beach.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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LAT...LON 3276 11725 3283 11728 3287 11725 3297 11726
      3317 11735 3333 11750 3338 11758 3345 11744
      3341 11708 3282 11700
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 152DEG 23KT 3290 11708

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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