Gusty Santa Ana winds caused tree damage in wind prone areas of southern California on the 26th through the 27th. One tree caused problems for commuters after it fell onto the Ortega Highway in the Santa Ana Mountains.
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The episode as NWS SGX wrote it up.
Gusty Santa Ana winds caused tree damage in wind prone areas of southern California on the 26th through the 27th. One tree caused problems for commuters after it fell onto the Ortega Highway in the Santa Ana Mountains. A few wind gusts over 60 mph were reported in the Inland Empire and a trained spotter reported broken tree branches in Norco. The highest wind gust observed during the entire event was 69 mph at Burns Canyon.
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 Nov 25, 9:30 PM PST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 930 PM PST FRI NOV 25 2005 .SYNOPSIS...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WILL BRING COOL WEATHER WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN SOME AREAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS UPPER TROUGH WILL ALSO BRING A MUCH DEEPER MARINE LAYER LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. FAIR AND WARMER WEATHER IS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... MARINE LAYER DEPTH WAS ABOUT 2000 FEET EARLY THIS EVENING...AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN OVERNIGHT WITH THE COASTAL EDDY AND UPPER TROUGH MOVING BY TO THE NORTH. SOME VERY LIGHT SHOWERS COULD FALL MAINLY WEST OF THE MTNS...BUT AMOUNTS SHOULD BARELY TOP A TRACE. ISOLATED GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WERE REPORTED OVER THE MTNS...AND THESE SHOULD INCREASE GRADUALLY THROUGH SATURDAY AND ALSO SPREAD INTO THE DESERTS DUE TO MTN WAVE ACTIVITY HELPING SOME OF THE WINDS ALOFT TO LOCALLY REACH THE SURFACE. REVERSE CLEARING IS EXPECTED SAT DUE TO AROUND A 4000-FOOT DEEP MARINE LAYER AND CONTINUED STRONG ONSHORE FLOW. GFS AND NAM DIFFER WITH THE OFFSHORE FLOW SAT NIGHT/SUN AND WITH TEMPS AFTER THAT. NAM IS MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH COLD AIR ADVECTION AND PRESSURE GRADIENTS...WHILE THE GFS HAS A BIT MORE RIDGING EARLY NEXT WEEK. A BLEND IS BEING USED FOR NOW...AND SOME LOCAL HIGH-WIND-WARNING CRITERIA WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE NORMAL WINDY AREAS...BELOW THE CAJON PASS AND IN THE SANTA ANA MTNS. WHILE SUNDAY MORNING WILL BE THE FOCUS OF THE WINDS...THEY COULD LINGER INTO MONDAY MORNING...ALBEIT IN A WEAKER FORM. HOWEVER...HUMIDITIES WILL BE QUITE LOW THEN. WARMER WEATHER IS EXPECTED MON/TUE. THE MODELS DIFFER SUBSTANTIALLY FOR THE 2ND HALF OF NEXT WEEK. MOST LIKELY WE WILL HAVE FAIRLY ZONAL W-NW FLOW WITH WEAK SHORTWAVES PASSING BY TO THE NORTH FOR GENERALLY SEASONABLE WEATHER WITH FEW CLOUDS. HOWEVER...THERE IS A HINT THAT A TROUGH COULD DIG ALONG THE WEST COAST LATE IN THE WEEK AS A FAIRLY STRONG COLD AIR MASS FORMS JUST INLAND FROM THE WEST COAST OF CANADA BY MIDWEEK. && .AVIATION...MARINE LAYER DEEPENING AND AT 2000 FEET EARLY TONIGHT. EXPECT IT TO BE NEAR 4000 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING WITH CEILING NEAR 3000 FEET MSL. LOW CLOUDS MOVING AROUND WITH SOME AREAS GOING SCATTERED BUT EXPECT THE COASTAL BASIN TO BE COVERED BY MIDNIGHT. LOW CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BROKEN THROUGH SATURDAY. POSSIBLE LIGHT SHOWERS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS ALOFT...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 KT AT 5K FT AND NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 KT AT 10K FT WITH WINDS TO 50 KT AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY AND HIGH WIND WATCH...SEE LAXNPWSGX. FIRE WEATHER WATCH...SEE LAXRFWSGX. && PUBLIC...MAXWELL AVIATION...HORTON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 440 PM PST FRI NOV 25 2005 CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-261200- 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 FRI NOV 25 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL AREAS IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TONIGHT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS DUE TO UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE MOVING BY TO THE NORTH. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. DEVELOPING OFFSHORE FLOW WILL SPREAD THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE INLAND EMPIRE AND SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. HIGH WIND WATCHES AND WIND ADVISORIES COVER MOST INLAND AREAS INTO SUNDAY. THE RIP CURRENT POTENTIAL IS HIGH FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA... HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MAXWELL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind, 1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple wind gusts over 58 mph were observed at Burns Canyon, including a gust of 69 mph.
Multiple wind gusts of 61 mph were observed at Burns Canyon.
Gusty Santa Ana winds downed a tree on Ortega Highway.
A trained spotter estimated wind gusts of 60 mph and broken tree branches in Norco.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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