Gusty Santa Ana winds devloped in the wake of a departing cold front. The strongest wind occurred in the Santa Ana Mountains and in portions of the Inland Empire.
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Gusty Santa Ana winds devloped in the wake of a departing cold front. The strongest wind occurred in the Santa Ana Mountains and in portions of the Inland Empire. There were no reports of serious damage.
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 Jan 1, 9:30 PM PST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 930 PM PST MON JAN 1 2007 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE INTERIOR AND NORTHERLY WINDS ALOFT WILL CAUSE LOCAL STRONG GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS...MAINLY THROUGH AND BELOW MOUNTAINS CANYONS AND PASSES THROUGH TUE. FAIR AND WARMER WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY UNDER HIGH PRESSURE. UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING MORE CLOUDS AND COOLING WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. DRY OFFSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP AGAIN LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-THURSDAY)...CLEAR SKIES THIS EVENING EXCEPT FOR PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG NEAR THE SAN DIEGO COAST. THE 00Z NKX SOUNDING HAD WEAK NE WINDS IN THE LOW LEVELS AND STRONG NLY WINDS ALOFT. OFFSHORE GRADIENTS AND TRENDS WITH ABOUT -11 MB SAN-TPH AND THERE WERE LOCAL STRONG GUSTY WINDS THIS EVENING IN THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...INLAND EMPIRE AND SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS. GOOD GRADIENT...THERMAL AND UPPER SUPPORT WILL CONTINUE INTO TUE FOR LOCAL STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE TUE MORNING...MAINLY BELOW THE CAJON PASS AND IN THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS. THERE WILL BE LOCAL STRONG WINDS IN THE OTHER MOUNTAIN AND FOOTHILL AREAS AND LOCALLY IN THE DESERTS AS WELL. THE OFFSHORE WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE TUE AND THE CURRENT WIND WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES LOOK OK. THE DRY OFFSHORE WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE THE FIRE WEATHER HAZARD TUE. FLAT RIDGING WILL KEEP THE WEATHER FAIR THROUGH THU WITH VARIABLE HIGH CLOUDINESS. WARMER DAYS...ESPECIALLY W OF THE MOUNTAINS TUE AND WED THEN A LITTLE COOLER THU WITH DECREASING HEIGHTS AND INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW. .LONG RANGE (FRIDAY-MONDAY)...PROGS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH FRI FOR COOLER AND BREEZY WEATHER WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE THU NIGHT INTO FRI. OFFSHORE FLOW...POSSIBLY STRONG...WILL DEVELOP SAT AND THEN SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH SUN. WARMER W OF THE MOUNTAINS SAT AND SUN BUT COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL LIMIT WARMING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW AND UPPER RIDGING OFF THE COAST SHOULD BRING FAIR AND MILD WEATHER MON. && .AVIATION... OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING VERY STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH AND BELOW MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYONS THROUGH TUE MORNING. THE WINDS WILL ALSO AFFECT VALLEY AND SOME COASTAL AIRPORTS WELL WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS AT TIMES AS WELL. THESE WINDS WILL GENERATE AREAS OF TURBULENCE...MOUNTAIN WAVE/ROTOR ACTIVITY... AND ASSOCIATED MODERATE TO STRONG UP/DOWN DRAFTS AND LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR. OTHERWISE EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS AND UNRESTRICTED VISIBILITIES THROUGH TUE. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH 3 PM TUESDAY FOR THE INLAND EMPIRE... SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND WIND ADVISORY FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS...RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. RED FLAG WARNING 6AM TO 6 PM TUESDAY FOR THE INLAND EMPIRE...SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS...AND ALL MOUNTAINS OF SW CALIFORNIA. && PUBLIC...DVA AVIATION...JAD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 400 PM PST MON JAN 1 2007 CAZ042-043-CAZ048-050-055>058-060>062-PZZ750-775-021200- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- COASTAL WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER AND OUT 30 NM- WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER EXTENDING 30 TO 60 NM OUT INCLUDING SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND- 400 PM PST MON JAN 1 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF TODAY AND TONIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW WILL CAUSE LOCAL STRONG GUSTY WINDS...MAINLY THROUGH AND BELOW MOUNTAIN CANYONS AND PASSES INTO TUESDAY. THERE WILL ALSO BE LOCAL GUSTY WINDS IN THE DESERTS. HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS...THE INLAND EMPIRE AND THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS. SEE LAXNPWSGX FOR DETAILS. WIND ADVISORY FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS...RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. SEE LAXNPWSGX FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS...THE INLAND EMPIRE AND THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS UNTIL 3 PM TUESDAY. SEE LAXNPWSGX FOR DETAILS. WIND ADVISORY FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS...RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS UNTIL 3 PM TUESDAY. SEE LAXNPWSGX FOR DETAILS. THE DRY OFFSHORE WINDS WILL INCREASE THE FIRE WEATHER HAZARD AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND INLAND VALLEYS. SEE LAXNPWSGX AND LAXRFWSGX FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. DVA
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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