High Wind in California, November 13 to 14, 2006

Name: High Wind in California, November 13 to 14, 2006
Start: 2006-11-13T06:00
End: 2006-11-14T14:00
Location: California

November 13 to 14, 2006 · NWS HNX · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Strong pressure gradients in the wake of a Pacific storm system brought gusty westerly winds to the Kern County Mountains and Desert.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 happened

The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.

Strong pressure gradients in the wake of a Pacific storm system brought gusty westerly winds to the Kern County Mountains and Desert.

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 13, 3:19 AM PST, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 3:19 AM PST, 2 hours 41 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
319 AM PST MON NOV 13 2006

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
INITIAL SURGE OF MOISTURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING
THEN A BREAK BEFORE ANOTHER SURGE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. MODELS ARE
NOT HANDLING THE INTENSITY OF THE INITIAL SURGE VERY WELL WITH
RAINFALL REPORTED IN MERCED AND MADERA. THE LINE OF SHOWERS IS
WEAKENING AS IT MOVES SOUTH, BUT MAY HOLD TOGETHER ENOUGH FOR SOME
TRACE AMOUNTS ACROSS THE VALLEY AND INTO THE FOOTHILLS TODAY. THE
BIGGEST CHANGE IS HOW THE WRF IS KEEPING MOISTURE IN HERE ALL THE
WAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NO POPS ARE MENTION FOR MONDAY NIGHT
BUT DEPENDING ON THE NEXT RUN OF THE MODELS WE MAY HAVE TO ADJUST
FOR THIS AS WELL. TEMPS LOOK GOOD AND ARE ON TRACK BASED ON
CURRENT TRENDS. WINDS WILL GET STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH THE
TEHACHAPI PASSES AND KERN COUNTY DESERTS BUT REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA.

.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...
MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE PERIOD.
THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL FEATURES BEING A FLAT RIDGE OVER THE
SOUTHWESTERN CONUS AND AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA.
THE RIDGE WILL FLATTEN AS AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE BRINGS A COLD
FRONT INTO NORTH CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE
DYNAMICS WITH THE SHORT WAVES MAY REMAIN NORTH OF CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA BUT WILL BRING SOME HIGH CLOUDS TO OUR NORTHERN AREAS
THROUGH FRIDAY. OTHERWISE SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR WITH THE ONLY
WEATHER PROBLEM BEING HOW PREVALENT LATE NIGHT AND MORNING FOG
WILL BE IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. AREAS OF
DIURNALLY DENSE FOG ARE LIKELY DURING THIS PERIOD...BUT IT SHOULD
BURN OFF BY NOON EACH DAY AS THE FOG WILL BE FAIRLY SHALLOW SINCE
THE VALLEY HAS BEEN FAIRLY DRY RECENTLY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS THROUGH THE PERIOD GIVEN THE PROGGED UPPER
HEIGHT PATTERN OVER CENTRAL CA.

&&

.AVIATION....LCL MVFR CEILINGS IN RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW IN
THE SIERRA THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY. STRONG WINDS AND MOUNTAIN
OBSCURATION OVER THE TEHACHAPIS POSSIBLE FROM 00Z-12Z TUESDAY.
FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO TAFS FOR KMCE...KFAT AND KBFL
AND TWEB ROUTES 421 AND 423.

&&

.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

JDB/VASQUEZ

Event by event

3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Kern Cty Mtns

When: November 13, 6:00 AM PST to November 14, 2:00 PM PST
Where: Kern Cty Mtns forecast zone
Measured: 58 kt (67 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind, Indian Wells Vly

When: November 13, 6:00 AM PST to November 14, 2:00 PM PST
Where: Indian Wells Vly forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind, Se Kern Cty Desert

When: November 13, 6:00 AM PST to November 14, 2:00 PM PST
Where: Se Kern Cty Desert forecast zone
Measured: 40 kt (46 mph) measured sustained
Reported by: Mesonet

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in California in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in California, November 2006

Sources

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: 5192, 5193, 5194.