1 dust devil, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 26, 7:50 AM PST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 850 AM PDT MON APR 26 2004 .SHORT TERM... REGION WELL UNDER WAY TO A RECORD SETTING HOT DAY. ABSENCE OF COASTAL STRATUS AND SFC GRADIENTS THAT HAVE TRENDED STRONGER OFFSHORE IN THE PAST 24 HOURS...AND A LOW LEVEL TEMPERATURE PROFILE WHICH SHOWED AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 DEGREES OF WARMING SINCE YESTERDAY MORNING ALL INDICATE LITTLE TO PREVENT TEMPERATURES FROM SOARING INTO THE 90S MOST LOCATIONS AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND AS HIGH AS AROUND 105 IN WARMER VALLEYS. HAVE UPDATED THE FORECAST TO REMOVE MORNING FOG TODAY. TEMP FORECAST IS ON TRACK. ...FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... BUMPED TEMPS UP FOR TONIGHT WHERE 60S WILL BE NOT UNUSUAL ESP IN THE VLYS AND ANYWHERE THERE IS ANY WIND. TUESDAY ETA CALLS OF 12Z -3.4 DAG GRADIENT AND A 34 DEGREE 00Z BL TEMP. SEE NO REASON WHY THERE SHOULD ANY COOLING ANYWHERE EXP IMDT CST WHERE A ONSHORE AFTERNOON PRESSURE TREND SHOULD INDUCE A BETTER SEABREEZE AND SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS. ONSHORE PUSH STARTS IN EARNEST OVERNIGHT TUE AND WED MORNING AS A TROF DIVES THROUGH NEVADA AND PUSHES THE RIDGE WESTWARD. THIS COMBINED WITH THE ENHANCED SEABREEZE CAUSED BY VERY HOT INLAND TEMPS SHOULD PULL THE MARINE LAYER IN. 20 DEGREES MAX TEMP FALLS WILL NOT BE UNCOMMAN. .LONG TERM... THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL SEE A GOOD ONSHORE PUSH CONTINUE. MARINE CLOUDS SHOULD PUSH INTO THE VALLEYS. SOME COASTAL AREAS MAY EVEN HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME CLEARING. NEW GFS INTRODUCES A WEAK CUT OFF LOW FOR THE WEEKEND WHICH IS A BRAND NEW IDEA AND ONE WHICH HAS NO COLLABORATING SUPPORT FROM THE EC. WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO CURRENT FORECAST AND SEE WHAT DEVELOPS IN THE NEXT RUNS. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT (SEE LAXSPSLOX). MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT (SEE LAXMWSLOX). && MOYER/RORKE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dust devil. Local standard time, as filed.
A strong dust devil developed in the community of Orcutt. The dust devil peeled the shingles off of the roof of a house and also destroyed a storage shed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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