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 Apr 7, 1:20 PM PST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 220 PM PDT THU APR 7 2005 .SYNOPSIS...LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL BRING COOLER WEATHER AND STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW THIS EVENING AND FRIDAY. A SECOND UPPER LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS CALIFORNIA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY... BRINGING MORE COOL WEATHER AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD EARLY NEXT WEEK BRINGING LIGHTER WINDS AND WARMER WEATHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. UPPER TROUGH APPROACHING PT CONCEPTION WITH ASSOCIATED WEAK SURFACE FRONTAL BAND CLOUDS REACHING LOS ANGELES. TROUGH CLEARLY CONTINUES TO WEAKEN WITH LOWER LEVEL CLOUDS BECOMING LESS AND LESS. SATELLITE PIXS DO SHOW INCREASING TRANSVERSE WAVE ACTION INDICATIVE OF STRONG WINDS ALOFT WHICH ARE PROGGED TO SURFACE FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGH SATURDAY. SECONDARY TROUGH DROPS INTO THE INTERIOR WEST FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AND THE ASSOCIATED SUBSIDENCE FORECAST BY THE 18Z NAM AND GFS IS IMPRESSIVE AND SHOULD HELP TO REINFORCE THE SUBSIDENCE AND THUS GUSTY ADVISORY LEVEL NW WINDS ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTIANS AND DESERTS. COOL AIRMASS IS FURTHER REINFORCED AT THIS TIME THUS HIGHS WILL REMAIN IN THE 50S AND 60S THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WEAK UPPER RIDGING TO BEGIN THE EARLY PART OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. FLOW REMAINS MOSTLY NW THUS ONLY MINOR WARMING MON AND TUE BUT LESS WIND. ANOTHER COOL BREEZY TROUGH IS FORECAST FOR THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT WEEK. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINDY AND COOL WEATHER HEADING FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA... SEE LAXSPSSGX. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT FOR WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER EXTENDING 30 TO 60 NM OUT INCLUDING SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND... SEE LAXCWFSGX. && MORRIS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 450 AM PDT THU APR 7 2005 CAZ055-056-058-060-061-062-081300- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 450 AM PDT THU APR 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS... RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS... SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS... APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS... COACHELLA VALLEY... SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS... IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A POTENT UPPER LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS CALIFORNIA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. DUE TO THIS WEATHER PATTERN...THE FOLLOWING HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENT IS EXPECTED... POSSIBLE MODERATE TO STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. MACKECHNIE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 100 PM PDT THU APR 7 2005 CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-080200- 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- 100 PM PDT THU APR 7 2005 ...WINDY AND COOL WEATHER FOR AREAS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND... A DRY COLD FRONT OVER THE BIGHT WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER CALIFORNIA. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO STRENGTHENS OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND CALIFORNIA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH FRIDAY NIGHT THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH SUNDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND. KEEP UPDATED WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE WINDY...COOL WEATHER. MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO FORWOOD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust of 52 mph was recorded at Thermal Airport. Blowing dust reduced visibility to less than one quarter mile and led to a 12-car pileup in La Quinta.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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