1 strong wind, 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 San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 5, 3:30 AM PST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 330 AM PST SUN DEC 5 2004 .SYNOPSIS...RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING AS A PACIFIC STORM MOVES THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 4000 FEET...AND SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. THE RAIN AND SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END TONIGHT...SO DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A WEAKER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK WILL BRING A STRONG WARMING TREND. && .DISCUSSION...NICE LOOKING FRONT APPROACHING SOCAL FROM THE CENTRAL COAST THIS MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AHEAD OF THE FRONT HAVE DROPPED LIGHT AMOUNTS OF RAIN TO SOME AREAS WEST OF THE MTNS LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. THE RAIN AND SNOW WILL BEGIN PROBABLY AROUND SUNRISE IN ORANGE CO...THEN SPREAD SOUTHEAST DURING THE MORNING. THE GREATEST PRECIP WILL BE IN SAN DIEGO CO ACCORDING TO MODELS AS THE STORM MOVES INTO BAJA. PRECIP AMOUNTS COULD TOTAL UP TO ONE INCH IN SOUTHERN AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 900 PM FOR SOME SNOW AND WIND. THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT HAS BEEN UPDATED. LARGE OCEAN SWELL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HIGH SURF...AND A HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. THE STORM SWIFTLY DEPARTS TONIGHT WITH ONLY LINGERING ISLAND EFFECT SHOWERS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY EXPECTED. MON AND MOST OF TUE APPEAR DRY BETWEEN SYSTEMS...BUT CERTAINLY NOT VERY WARM. THE NEXT SYSTEM EXPECTED LATE TUE INTO EARLY WED IS WEAKER AND MOST OF THE ENERGY STAYS NORTH OF SOCAL. AT LEAST A CHANCE OF PRECIP IS WARRANTED...BUT NOT MUCH IS EXPECTED. AFTER THAT...RIDGE CITY DEVELOPING LATE WED. REALLY ITS TRUE...AND WE ARE TRYING TO CONTAIN OUR EXCITEMENT. EXTENDED MODELS HAVE CONSISTENTLY PUT A RATHER STRONG RIDGE OVER THE REGION STARTING THU INTO NEXT WEEKEND. IF IT HOLDS...THERE WOULD BE FAIR WEATHER WITH TEMPS ACTUALLY ABOVE NORMAL. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE LAXSPSSGX. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...SEE LAXWSWSGX. HIGH SURF ADVISORY...SEE LAXCFWSGX. && MM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 440 PM PST SAT DEC 4 2004 CAZ042-043-048-050-055-056-057-058-060-061-062-051400- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 440 PM PST SAT DEC 4 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. AN ISOLATED WATERSPOUT WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. FOR SUNDAY...A COLD...FAST MOVING PACIFIC STORM WITH BRING A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS...MAINLY OVER SAN DIEGO COUNTY. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS...AGAIN MAINLY SAN DIEGO COUNTY. SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS COULD OCCUR OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. MAXWELL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 330 AM PST SUN DEC 5 2004 CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-051800- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 330 AM PST SUN DEC 5 2004 ...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA TODAY... A STORM OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY. THIS STORM WILL BRING RAIN WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS AND MORE CHILLY WEATHER. SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVIEST OVER SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND BAJA CALIFORNIA. DUE TO VERY COLD AIR ALOFT...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. A FUNNEL CLOUD OR WATERSPOUT COULD FORM OVER THE COASTAL WATERS... MAINLY THIS MORNING. LOCALLY OVER AN INCH OF RAIN COULD FALL IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY...THOUGH MOST AREAS WILL RECEIVE 1/2 TO 3/4 OF AN INCH. NORTH OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY...PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL BE MOSTLY 1/2 INCH OR LESS. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE AROUND 4000 FEET. UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END BY AROUND SUNRISE MONDAY. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH OUTDOOR PLANS TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR UNSEASONABLY CHILLY WEATHER AND RAIN...OR SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. MM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds pulled two boats off their moorings in San Diego Bay. One of the boats was blown onto the rocks near Shelter Island.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 2004
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5431486.