California, 2005Strong Wind in California, November 25 to 26, 2005
November 25 to 26, 2005 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 strong wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
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 Hanford, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 25, 1:45 PM PST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 25, 1:45 PM PST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
145 PM PST FRI NOV 25 2005
.SHORT TERM...WV LOOP INDICATING A POTENT S/W ASSOCIATED WITH AN
UPPER LOW OVER THE PAC NW IS CURRENTLY CROSSING NORCAL NEAR THE OR
BORDER. WHILE MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM HAS REMAINED
NORTH OF OUR CWFA...KHNX 88D IS INDICATING A BAND OF LIGHT
PRECIPITATION OVER THE NORTHERN CWFA AHEAD OF A SURFACE COLD FRONT
DEPICTED BY THE IR LOOP AND SURFACE ANALYSIS TO BE OVER THE SAC
VALLEY AND BAY AREA. THIS FRONT IS PROGGED BY THE 12Z NAM/NGM/GFS AND
THE 18Z NAM TO RAPIDLY CROSS THE CWFA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING. WILL KEEP MENTION OF SLIGHT CHANCE TO LOW CHANCE POPS FROM
FRESNO COUNTY NORTHWARD THROUGH THIS EVENING AS UVM AND MOISTURE WILL
BE SUFFICIENT...THEN DRY ACROSS ALL AREAS OVERNIGHT AS STRONG
SUBSIDENCE KICKS IN.
PROGS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE A STRONG NW-SE SURFACE P-GRAD FROM LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHICH WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS
TO THE KERN MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. HAVE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND ISSUE
A WIND ADVISORY FOR THESE AREAS FOR LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THIS
PATTERN IS ALSO FAVORABLE FOR UPSLOPE LOW CLOUDS IN THE SOUTH END OF
THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY WHERE THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH RESIDUAL LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THIS SYSTEM TO ALLOW FOR CLOUDS TO DEVELOP. THE
GRADIENTS ARE EXPECTED TO RELAX SATURDAY NIGHT AS AN UPPER RIDGE
BUILDS IN FROM OFFSHORE. THE DECREASED WINDS AND CLEARING SKIES WILL
ALLOW FOR GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING ACROSS THE CWFA AND AS A RESULT
MORNING TEMPS ON SUNDAY WILL BE AS LOW AS THEY HAVE BEEN IN SEVERAL
MONTHS. FOLLOWING MAV GUIDANCE...EXPECT MOST OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY TO REMAIN ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. HOWEVER...
PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE COLDER SHELTERED
LOCATIONS SUNDAY MORNING SO WILL MENTION THIS IN THE GRIDS AND ZONE
FORECAST.
MODEL CONSENSUS INDICATES THE RIDGE CONTINUING TO AMPLIFY SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY ALTHOUGH RH PROGS ARE INDICATING SOME OVERRUNNING
MID/UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE REACHING CENTRAL CA SO EXPECT SOME MID/HIGH
CLOUDS TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA DURING THIS TIME FRAME. THE INCREASED
CLOUDS SHOULD HELP TO INHIBIT FROST FORMATION ON MONDAY MORNING AS
CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE AS FAVORABLE FOR RADIATIONAL COOLING ON SUNDAY
NIGHT. DS
.LONG TERM...FOR MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...ONCE AGAIN MODELS
NOT VERY CONSISTENT IN OVERALL SCHEME OF THINGS THIS COMING
WEEK...ESPECIALLY FINER DETAIL AS TO WHERE AND WHEN PRECIP MAY
OCCUR. FOR NOW...HAVE CONTINUED SOME SMALL POPS FROM MERCED TO
YOSEMITE TUES...THEN SOME CHICKEN 10S WED-THURS...INCREASING SOME
FRI. ELSEWHERE...DRY FOR NOW UNTIL SOME SORT OF ORGANIZATION IS
DECLARED FROM THE MODELS. BINGHAM
&&
.AVIATION...WDSPRD MVFR WITH LCL IFR CONDS VLY SXNS DUE TO VSBY
REDUCTIONS FROM HZ THRU EARLY SAT. OVER THE MTNS...SOME HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OBSCURED DUE CLOUDS/PRECIP THRU TONIGHT. ON SAT...AREAS
OF UPSLOPE CLOUDS/FOG WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE TEHACHAPIS WITH
OCCASIONAL IFR CONDS. ELSEWHERE VFR. SEE TERMINAL FORECASTS FOR
KFAT...KBFL...AND KMCE. BINGHAM
&&
.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE KERN COUNTY
MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FROM 1000 PM TONIGHT TO 400 PM SATURDAY.
SEE SFONPWHNX (WWUS76) FOR DETAILS.
&&
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD /USE ALL LOWER CASE/Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 25, 5:30 PM PST, 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
530 PM PST FRI NOV 25 2005
CAZ095-098-099-261300-
INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
530 PM PST FRI NOV 25 2005
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS
AND DESERTS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 4 PM
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WEATHER MESSAGE
/WWUS76 KHNX...SFONPWHNX/ FOR MORE DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
THE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
OTHERWISE...AT THIS TIME NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THEIR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
CAZ089>092-261300-
EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
530 PM PST FRI NOV 25 2005
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
LOW TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY
SUNDAY MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY. THIS COULD PRODUCE THE FIRST FROST OF THE YEAR
IN SOME LOCATIONS. THEREFORE...A FROST ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED
FOR LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
OTHERWISE...AT THIS TIME NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THEIR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
CAZ093-094-096-097-261300-
MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
530 PM PST FRI NOV 25 2005
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA
AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THEIR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
MYERS
Strong Wind, Indian Wells Vly
- When
- November 25, 6:10 PM PST to November 26, 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Indian Wells Vly forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Gusty west wind again prevailed over the Kern Deserts and Mountains from the evening of the 25th through much of the 26th. China Lake NWTC reported gusts to 58 MPH while adjacent Kern Mountains had gusts to 46 MPH at Piutes and Edwards AFB had gusts to 45 MPH.
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- High Wind in Alaska, November 25, 2005$35,000 · 75 kt wind · 4 events
- Heavy Snow in Washington, November 25 to 26, 20053 events
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, November 25 to 26, 20052 events
- Blizzard in Alaska, November 25, 20051 event
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, November 25, 20051 event
- Flood in Michigan, November 25 to 30, 20051 event
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: 5485671.