A strong Pacific Storm brought a 58 mph wind gust to Pt. San Pablo.
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A strong Pacific Storm brought a 58 mph wind gust to Pt. San Pablo.
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 Francisco Bay Area, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 18, 9:48 AM PST, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
948 AM PST SUN DEC 18 2005
.DISCUSSION...BUSY SHIFT TODAY AS A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM MOVES
ACROSS THE DISTRICT. WE RECEIVED REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS OF 58 AND 71
MPH FROM THE GOLDEN GATE AND ANGEL ISLAND GAUGES RESPECTIVELY...
WHICH PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THAT AREA.
MUCH OF THE REST OF THE BAY AREA REMAINS UNDER A WIND ADVISORY
THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SOMEWHAT BY
AFTERNOON AS THE MAIN FRONTAL BAND HAS NOW MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS LOTS OF POST FRONTAL CELLULAR CLOUDS BEHIND
THE FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SEVERAL
LIGHTNING STRIKES FROM NEAR SFO UP TO THE MARIN HEADLANDS OVER THE
LAST FEW HOURS. RADAR INDICATED POTENTIALLY SEVERE CELLS OVER NAPA
COUNTY - A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ISSUED FOR ONE SUCH CELL
THROUGH 10 AM.
RESIDUAL MOISTURE WILL KEEP RAIN GOING INTO THIS EVENING BUT WILL
TAPER OFF AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES. THE SUBTROPICAL TAP CONTINUES
ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE PHILIPPINES...HOWEVER...WITH PERIODS OF RAIN
EXPECTED THROUGH THE COMING WEEK.
&&
.MARINE...A STRONG STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PACIFIC TONIGHT
WILL PRODUCE VERY LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL REACH THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
COAST ON TUESDAY. SWELLS AS LARGE AS 20 FT WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE COASTAL WATERS LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...EXPECT GUSTY SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WITH
MVFR/IFR CEILINGS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
DAYLIGHT HOURS. WINDS WILL DECREASE AND BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY 15-20 KT
THIS AFTERNOON.
&&
.MTR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.TDA...GLW...PT ARENA TO PT PIEDRAS BLANCAS AND SFO BAY.
...SCA...MRY BAY.
.THROUGH 11AM...HIGH WIND WARNING...SAN FRANCISCO.
.THROUGH 3PM TDA...WIND ADVY...SFO/MRY BAY AREAS AND BIG SUR
COAST.
&&
PUBLIC FORECAST: ANDERSON
MARINE/AVIATION: WALBRUN
NWS ON THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCOHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 1130 AM PST SUN DEC 18 2005 CAZ006-505>518-191400- BIG SUR COAST- SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY/ARROYO SECO AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO- SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO COUNTY AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY INCLUDING PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT-SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS- SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE-EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-EAST BAY HILLS AND THE DIABLO RANGE- SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-SANTA CLARA VALLEY INCLUDING SAN JOSE- MONTEREY BAY/NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY/HOLLISTER VALLEY AND CARMEL VALLEY- 1130 AM PST SUN DEC 18 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO AND MONTEREY BAY AREAS .DAY ONE...SUNDAY MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH UNTIL 3 PM OVER PORTIONS OF THE REGION. **WIND ADVISORY - SEE WWUS76 KMTR - SFONPWMTR FOR DETAILS** **URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY - SEE WGUS86 KMTR - SFOFLSMTR FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ANDERSON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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