In early March, a moderate offshore flow pattern produced strong and gusty north to northeast winds across the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties.
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The episode as NWS LOX wrote it up.
In early March, a moderate offshore flow pattern produced strong and gusty north to northeast winds across the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties.
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 Mar 2, 9:25 PM PST, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 925 PM PST FRI MAR 2 2007 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-MON)...GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN NOTED ACROSS THE SBA S COAST AROUND MONTECITO THIS EVENING AND ALSO OVER THE SMO MTNS AND PORTIONS OF THE L.A. MTNS. AS THE OFFSHORE GRADIENTS INCREASE OVERNIGHT IT LOOKS LIKE WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME QUITE STRONG AND GUSTY OVER THE VALLEYS AND MTNS OF VTU/L.A. COUNTIES. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MTNS OF VTU/L.A. COUNTIES INCLUDING THE SMO MTNS...AND WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE VALLEYS FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THRU EARLY SAT AFTERNOON. PLEASE SEE LAXNPWLOX FOR DETAILS. OTHERWISE...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WITH JUST A FEW HI CLOUDS AT TIMES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE DISTRICT TONIGHT. UPPER RIDGE OFF THE CA COAST TONIGHT WILL MOVE E AND INTO THE STATE ON SAT. THE RIDGE WILL MOVE E INTO THE GREAT BASIN FOR SUN WITH A BROAD SW FLOW ALOFT OVER SRN CA. IT LOOKS LIKE THE SW FLOW ALOFT WILL PERSIST INTO MON WITH A WEAK UPPER TROF MOVING TO THE COAST BY LATE IN THE DAY. DRY AND WARMER WEATHER IS FORECAST THRU THE WEEKEND WITH SOME VALLEY AREAS OVER VTU/L.A. COUNTIES REACHING INTO THE LOWER 80S ON SUN. THE OFFSHORE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH SAT AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE AGAIN SAT NIGHT AND SUN MORNING BUT SHOULD NOT BE AS STRONG AS TONIGHT. FAIR WEATHER WITH SOME HI CLOUDS CAN BE EXPECTED MON WITH TEMPS INLAND A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND NEAR NORMAL ALONG THE COAST AS ONSHORE FLOW BEGINS TO INCREASE SOME. ...FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... .LONG TERM (TUE-FRI)...ONSHORE FLOW SEEMS TO REALLY TAKE AHOLD OF THE AREA ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF A PACIFIC COLD FRONT. FORECAST SPREADS LOW CLOUDS AND FOG IN CONSERVATIVELY AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BUT WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY COULD BE A CLOUDY PERIOD NEXT WEEK. BOTH MODELS ARE WEAKENING THE FRONT SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION. WITH LITTLE CONFIDENCE MODELING OF STORM SYSTEM...FORECAST TAKES CONSERVATIVE APPROACH. && .AVIATION... 03/0516Z NO CEILING OR VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AT THE TAF SITES THRU THE DAY SAT. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR AT KSBA THROUGH THIS EVENING. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR IS ALSO EXPECTED FOR KBUR AND KVNY AS WELL OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING AS THE FOCUS FOR STRONG WINDS SHIFTS FROM SANTA BARBARA COUNTY TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY. KLAX WILL HAVE LIGHT WINDS THIS EVENING. LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL AFFECT THE AIRPORT BUT REMAIN BELOW 10 KT. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING (SEE LAXNPWLOX). WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX). SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXCWFLOX). PUBLIC...SIRARD/HALL AVIATION...SIRARD/SWEET WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1152 AM PST FRI MAR 2 2007 CAZ034>041-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-031400- 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- 1152 AM PST FRI MAR 2 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRENGTHENING OFFSHORE FLOW OVER THE AREA WILL BRING WINDY TO VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. IN THE VALLEYS...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IN THE MOUNTAINS...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 70 MPH WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK NEAR SUNRISE SATURDAY. DRIVERS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH POTENTIALLY STRONG CROSSWINDS...AND MAY WISH TO DELAY TRAVEL ALTOGETHER. * HIGH WIND WARNING..........SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA. IN THE VALLEYS...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON. IN THE MOUNTAINS...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 70 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK AFTER SUNRISE AND IN THE MORNING HOURS SATURDAY. DRIVERS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH POTENTIALLY STRONG CROSSWINDS...AND MAY WISH TO DELAY TRAVEL ALTOGETHER. * 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. HALL
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Various RAWS sensors in the mountains reported north to northeast wind gusts of 58 MPH or greater.
Various RAWS sensors in the mountains reported north to northeast wind gusts of 58 MPH or greater.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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