1 high 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 Feb 15, 3:30 AM PST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 330 AM PST WED FEB 15 2006 .SYNOPSIS...UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING MORE CLOUDS AND COOLER DAYS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. LOCAL STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS AT TIMES WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS TODAY. DRIZZLE OR A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER AND WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS WEEKEND. WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING FAIR WEATHER WITH WARMER DAYS BUT COLDER NIGHTS EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. MARINE LAYER FRONT CAME IN WITH A VENGEANCE. BROUGHT CLOUDS...FOG AND LOCAL DRIZZLE TO THE MOUNTAIN SLOPES...AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE DESERTS. WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO GET STRONGER AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN...HEIGHTS FALL...AND ONSHORE PRESSURE GRADIENTS INCREASE. THE COLD UPPER TROUGH RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHANGE IN WEATHER WILL BE OVER US TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. WEAK SHORT WAVES WILL BRING CHANCES FOR LIGHT PRECIP AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE WEEKEND. STRONGEST WEST WINDS WILL OCCUR TODAY...THURSDAY NIGHT...AND SATURDAY NIGHT. A RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD IN FROM THE WEST...BRINGING OFFSHORE FLOW AND WARMER WEATHER BY WED OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION... A DEEP MARINE LAYER CLOUD PATTERN WILL PREVAIL OVER THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS IN PORTIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. MARINE LAYER BY 10Z HAD RISEN UP TO 5000-6000 FT...WITH CLOUDS AND AREAS OF FOG OBSCURATION ALONG MOST OF THE MOUNTAIN SLOPES JUST SHY OF THE WRN EDGE OF ADJACENT DESERTS. EXPECT BASES TO AVERAGE 2500-3500 FT MSL WITH POCKETS OF LOWER CEILINGS PARTICULARLY NEAR THE MTNS. SOME AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL ALSO OCCUR THIS MORN. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS AFFECTING THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH TONIGHT WILL CREATE AREAS OF TURBULENCE AND ASSOCIATED UPDRAFTS AND DOWNDRAFTS. 10KFT WINDS WEST 45-50 KTS THROUGH THIS EVE...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES SEE TAFS AND TWB432. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS. HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY FOR ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TODAY TO 2 AM FRIDAY AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SEE LAXSRFSGX. SEE LAXCFWSGX. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER EXTENDING 30 TO 60 NM OUT INCLUDING SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND- SEE LAXCWFSGX. && PUBLIC...MACKECHNIE AVIATION/MARINE...LAVIS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 400 AM PST WED FEB 15 2006 CAZ042-043-048-050-055-056-057-058-060-061-062-161200- 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- 400 AM PST WED FEB 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING LOCAL STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS...DESERTS AND COASTAL WATERS. A LARGE WEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE IN THE COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AND HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE SAN DIEGO COAST STARTING AT 2 PM. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN THE OUTER WATERS DUE TO SWELL AND WIND. WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AND HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TO 2 AM PST FRIDAY FOR THE SAN DIEGO COAST. .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. MACKECHNIE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust of 63 mph was observed by the Burns Canyon RAWS.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2006
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: 5490699.