1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 29, 3:57 AM PST, 8 hours 58 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 357 AM PST WED MAR 29 2006 .SHORT TERM...BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS WHICH DEVELOPED ACROSS L.A. COUNTY VERY EARLY THIS MORNING HAS WKND...WITH SHOWERS NOW CONFINED TO EXTREME EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. THIS BAND OF SHOWERS GAVE A FEW LOCATIONS AROUND ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IN ABOUT AN HOUR...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR THE HARVARD BURN AREA. OTHERWISE... PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACRS THE AREA ATTM. ANOTHER BAND OF SHOWERS WAS APCHG THE CENTRAL CST EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS BAND WAS ASSOCD WITH A STRONG VORT WRAPPING AROUND THE SRN SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW WHICH WAS SLOWLY MOVING INTO NRN CA. YET ANOTHER STRONG VORT WAS CAUSING ADDITONAL SHOWERS BEHIND THE BAND OFF THE CENTRAL CST. THESE IMPULSES WILL PUSH ACRS THE AREA TODAY...PROVIDING DECENT LIFT...WHICH WILL WORK ON THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE ACRS THE FCST AREA TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS TODAY. DO NOT XPCT AN ALL DAY STEADY RAIN LIKE THAT WHICH OCCURRED ON TUE...AND IN FACT...MUCH OF THE DAY MAY WELL BE DRY IN MANY AREAS. HOWEVER...THE UMBRELLA SHOULD BE KEPT HANDY AS THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF SHOWERS JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE TODAY. SNOW LEVELS HAVE FINALLY LOWERED...DOWN TO BETWEEN 4500 AND 5500 FEET...AND MANY LOCATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL PROBABLY RECEIVE A FEW INCHES OF NEW SNOW TODAY. IT WILL BE ANOTHER COOL DAY TODAY...A GENERAL THEME IN WHAT HAS BEEN AN EXCEPTIONALLY COOL MARCH. HIGHS WILL LIKELY HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING MUCH PAST THE LOWER 60S IN THE WARMEST LOCATIONS. THERE COULD BE A FEW SHOWERS ACRS THE AREA THIS EVENING...SO WILL LEAVE 20 PERCENT CHANCE IN ALL AREAS. OTHERWISE...JUST PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT. WEAK FLAT RIDGING WILL BUILD BRIEFLY INTO THE AREA ON THU...SO XPCT PARTLY CLDY SKIES AND DRY CONDS. MAX TEMPS WILL LIKELY BE UP A FEW DEGREES ON THU...BUT WILL STILL BE BELOW NORMAL. THE FORECAST GETS MORE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT AFTER THU. THE MODELS CONT TO CHANGE THEIR SOLUTIONS REGARDING THE NEXT SYSTEM WHICH WILL BE MOVING THRU THE ERN PAC. THE 00Z AND 06Z RUNS WERE FASTER AND WKR WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM...AND BOTH THE GFS AND NAM SHOW A BROAD TROUGH APCH THE W CST THU NIGHT AND FRI. THE GFS ACTUALLY HAS RAIN REACHING THE CENTRAL CST THU NIGHT...WITH LIGHT RAIN PUSHING ACRS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA FRI. THE NAM IS SLOWER... ALTHOUGH IT DOES SHOW SOME RAIN DEVELOPING GRAZING AREAS N OF PT CONCEPTIO....AND THE MTNS OF L.A. AND VTU COUNTIES ON FRI. AT THIS TIME...HAVE KEPT THU NIGHT DRY...WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN FRI ACRS SLO AND SBA COUNTIES...AND INCREASING CLOUDS ELSEWHERE. LATER SHIFTS MAY HAVE TO ADD POPS TO THE CENTRAL CST THU NIGHT...AND TO L.A. AND VTU COUNTIES FOR FRI. .LONG TERM...THE LATEST MODELS ARE QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT THAN PREVIOUS RUNS...NOW SHOWING A WEAKER SYSTEM MOVING THRU FRI NIGHT AND SAT. THE 06Z GFS SHOWS A FAIRLY GOOD TROUGH APCHG THE W CST SUNDAY...WITH A DECENT SLUG OF RAIN MOVING THRU THE AREA LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. SINCE THIS IS ALL RATHER DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS RUNS...AND SINCE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE NOT IN GOOD AGREEMENT...CONFIDENCE IN THE FCST FOR SAT THRU MON IS BELOW AVERAGE. THEREFORE...HAVE MADE LITTLE IN THE WAY OF CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...IF THE GFS IS RIGHT...POPS WILL HAVE TO BE ADDED TO THE ENTIRE ARE SUN NIGHT INTO MON. && AVIATION...MOST OF THE ENERGY HAS MOVED ACROSS LA COUNTY THIS MORNING. SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT ANOTHER SHORT WAVE WILL BEGIN TO WORK ITS WAY DOWN THROUGH THE SLO AND SBA COUNTIES LATER THIS MORNING BRINGING SOME SHOWERS TO THE AREA. MODELS INDICATE DECENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LINGERING THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY IN ALL LOCATIONS. EXPECT MVFR CIGS WITH LOCAL IFR CIGS WHERE SHOWERS ARE OCCURRING. BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL BE IN THE MORNING HOURS OVER SL0 AND NRN SBA COUNTIES. THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO DETERIORATE AS IT MOVES ACROSS POINT CONCEPTION. LIGHT SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE S OF POINT CONCEPTION LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD NOT BE PROBLEMATIC TODAY...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WITH SUSTAINED W WINDS TO 25 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. KLAX WILL EXPERIENCE LIGHT WINDS THROUGH 17Z BECOMING W TO 15 KT IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SKIES SHOULD BEGIN TO CLEAR OUT OVERNIGHT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RADIATION FOG POSSIBLE IN THE SALINAS VALLEY AND ISOLATED VALLEY LOCATIONS IN THE LA AND VTU COUNTIES. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXCWFLOX). HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK (SEE LAXSRFLOX). && PUBLIC...BRUNO AVIATION...KAPLAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 600 AM PST WED MAR 29 2006 CAZ034>041-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-301400- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 600 AM PST WED MAR 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY THERE IS A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK ON ALL AREA BEACHES TODAY. * HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY 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. BRUNO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak tornado touched down in the community of Lompoc. The small tornado touched down in a parking lot of strip mall along North H street. No significant damage was reported.
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