Yet another round of gusty Santa Ana winds affected sections of Southern California. Gusty north to northeast winds affected the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties as well as the Santa Clarita Valley.
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The episode as NWS LOX wrote it up.
Yet another round of gusty Santa Ana winds affected sections of Southern California. Gusty north to northeast winds affected the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties as well as the Santa Clarita Valley.
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 Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 26, 3:25 PM PST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 325 PM PST WED DEC 26 2007 .SHORT TERM... IMPRESSIVE WIND EVENT FROM PT. CONCEPTION SOUTHWARD SHAPING UP FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY. UPPER TROF HAS PASSED TO THE EAST AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO BUILD INTO NORTHERN CA AND THE GREAT BASIN. THIS SYNOPTIC PATTERN ALONG WITH A GOOD NORTHERLY 125 KT JET...GOOD COLD ADVECTION...GOOD PRESSURE GRADIENTS...AND IMPRESSIVE SUBSIDENCE...ALL POINT TO WIND GUSTS TO AS MUCH AS 80 MPH IN WIND FAVORED LOCATIONS. HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES ALREADY IN PLACE THROUGH 3 PM THURSDAY. SAT PIXS SHOW COLD ADVECTION CLOUDS PILING UP ON NORTHERN SLOPES WITH EVEN A FEW SNOW SHOWERS REPORTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN VENTURA COUNTY. WILL INCLUDE THIS SMALL CHANCE IN LA/VTU MOUNTAIN ZONES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WITH LITTLE OR NO MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION. GRADIENTS RELAX...UPPER JET MOVES OFF TO THE EAST...AND GREAT BASIN SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EASTWARD THURSDAY NIGHT AS OUR NEXT WEAK TROUGH APPROACHES THE CALIFORNIA COAST. THIS NEXT TROUGH WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA ON FRIDAY. 12Z MODELS STILL SUPPORT CHANCE POPS IN ALL AREAS ON FRIDAY WITH LOW QPF. THIS SHOULD BE OUR LAST POTENTIAL RAIN EVENT OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. .LONG TERM... THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND THEN OK AGREEMENT FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE WEEKEND LOOK GOOD AS A SMALL RIDGE BUILDS IN. GFS IS A BIT STRONGER WITH THE RIDGE BUT IN ANY CASE SKIES SHOULD BE SUNNY AND TEMPS SHOULD WARM TO NEAR NORMAL. MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE ANOTHER STRONG OFFSHORE EVENT MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS A 1043 MB SURFACE HIGH BUILDS OVER THE GREAT BASIN. ADDED WINDY TO THE FORECASTS. && .AVIATION... 26/2300...SKIES WILL BE CLEAR...EXCEPT FOR BKN-OVC CIGS ALONG N FACING SLOPES OVER THE AREA UNTIL AROUND 08Z. N WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE AREA...AND SHOULD BRING GUSTY WINDS AND LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR TO KBUR AND KVNY. AROUND KWJF AND KPMD...STRONG WINDS WITH BLOWING DUST AND SAND WILL REDUCE VSBYS TO LESS THAN 2SM FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON THROUGH AROUND 04Z. FOR KLAX...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN CLEAR SKIES THROUGH PERIOD. CROSS WINDS 10 TO 12 KT ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING BUT 20 TO 25 KT IS POSSIBLE. FOR KBUR...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN CLEAR SKIES THROUGH THE PERIOD. NLY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD...STRONGEST BETWEEN 06-12Z WITH GUSTS OVER 20 KTS LIKELY. MDT ISOLD SVR TURBULENCE LIKELY FROM SFC-070 THROUGH EARLY MORNING. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING (SEE LAXNPWLOX). WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX). GALE WARNING (SEE LAXCWFLOX). SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXCWFLOX). HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK (SEE LAXSRFLOX). && MORRIS WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 237 PM PST WED DEC 26 2007 CAZ034>041-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-271400- 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- 237 PM PST WED DEC 26 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY STRONG WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICAS AND OUT OVER THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. THESE WINDS WILL SPREAD DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS AND POSE HAZARDS TO MOTORISTS AND COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DEBRIS. AT BEACHES HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR. HAZARDOUS GALE FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE OUTER WATERS. * HIGH WIND WARNING..........SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * GALE WARNING...............SEE FZUS56 KLOX - CWFLOX FOR DETAILS * * HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICAS. HAZARDOUS WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE VALLEYS OF L.A. AND VENTURA COUNTY AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS ALONG THE L.A. COUNTY COAST. THESE WINDS WILL POSE HAZARDS TO MOTORISTS AND COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DEBRIS. FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SHOULD BE HAZARD FREE...WHILE HAZARDOUS OFFSHORE WINDS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. * HIGH WIND WARNING..........SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. TRM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Saugus RAWS sensor reported northerly wind gusts to 64 mph.
The Warm Springs RAWS sensor reported northerly wind gusts to 68 mph.
Gusty north to northeast winds were reported across the mountains of Ventura county.
The Chilao RAWS sensor reported northerly wind gusts to 62 mph.
The Camp 9 RAWS sensor reported northerly wind gusts to 58 mph.
The Newhall Pass RAWS sensor reported northerly wind gusts to 61 mph.
The Malibu Hills RAWS sensor reported northerly wind gusts around 59 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 2007
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: 65833, 65836, 65837, 65835, 65834, 65832, 65831.