Another early-season storm brought winter storm conditions to the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Snowfall totals up to 12 inches were reported along with winds gusting to 55 MPH.
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.
The episode as NWS LOX wrote it up.
Another early-season storm brought winter storm conditions to the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Snowfall totals up to 12 inches were reported along with winds gusting to 55 MPH.
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, 3:30 AM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 330 AM PST FRI DEC 26 2008 .SHORT TERM... THE WEATHER IS SETTLING DOWN NICELY IN THE WAKE OF YDYS STORMS. THE COLD AIR ADVECTION HAS ENDED WHICH KILLED THE WINDS. THE ONLY WEATHER GOING ON AT THE MOMENT IS OVER THE NORTH SLOPES OF THE MTNS WHERE THE NORTH WINDS HAVE SCOOPED UP QUITE A BIT OF MOISTURE AND BANKED UP CLOUDS. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL DROP ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. NORTH WINDS WILL BLOW 25 TO 35 MPH AS WELL. THESE CONDITIONS ARE COVERED IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING...BUT BY NOON THE CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE AND THE WARNING WILL MOST LIKELY END. A FEW SHOWERS ARE STILL OCCURRING OFF OF POINT CONCEPTION AND THE LOMPOC VANDENBERG AREA COULD RECEIVE A BRIEF SHOWER EARLY THIS MORNING. STILL COLD EVERYWHERE TODAY DUE TO 537 DM THKNS OVERHEAD WITH MAX TEMPS DOWN 8 TO 12 DEGREES FROM NORMALS...DESPITE THE BETTER SUNSHINE. COLDEST NIGHT OF THE MONTH ON TAP TONIGHT WITH A COLD CLEAR DRY ATMOSPHERE. FROST ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE CENTRAL COAST...THE SOUTH SBA CST...THE INTERIOR PORTION OF VTA CST...AND THE VENTURA VLYS. THE L.A. VLYS SHOULD REMAIN JUST WARM ENOUGH TO STAVE OFF WIDESPREAD FROST BUT PATCHY FROST WILL BE LIKELY. STANDARD CALIFORNIA WEATHER BEGINS TO RETURN SATURDAY AS A WEAK RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. MAX TEMPS EVERYWHERE WILL JUMP UP 5 TO 6 DEGREE. THE RIDGE IS A LITTLE DIRTY WITH MID TO HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE AND CENTRAL COAST MAY SEE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES...BUT STILL NO BIG DEAL. THE RIDGE FLATTENS OUT SOME SUNDAY. BUT STILL 579DM HGTS WILL BE OVERHEAD. LOOK FOR RATHER BENIGN WEATHER BUT TEMPS WILL STRUGGLE TOWARDS NORMAL RISING ANOTHER 4 TO 5 DEGREES. .LONG TERM... GFS AND EC ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. THE EXTENDED FORECAST LOOKS FAIRLY DULL. BOTH MAX AND MIN TEMPS WILL NOT VARY MUCH FROM DAY TO DAY AND WILL BE WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF THE SEASONAL NORMS. IT WILL BE DRY AS THE STORM TRACK WILL BE FROM THE EUREKA AREA AND NORTHWARD. A FEW MID TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS MAY MAR OTHERWISE CLEAR SKIES. THE ONLY FLY IN THE OINTMENT IS A WEAK WED/THU TROF THAT THE 06Z GFS CONJURES UP BUT IS NOT PRESENT IN THE EC SOLN. && .AVIATION... 26/1200Z GOOD FLYING TODAY...THE ONLY EXCEPTION BEING IFR CONDS THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE TEJON PASS THIS MORNING. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED AND THE TURBULENCE AND LLWS RISKS ARE MUCH DIMINISHED. Z LVL NEAR 4000 FEET. KLAX...GOOD CONFIDENCE IN TAF. KBUR...GOOD CONFIDENCE IN TAF. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING (SEE LAXWSWLOX). FROST ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX). GALE WARNING (SEE LAXMWWLOX). SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXMWWLOX). HIGH SURF ADVISORY (SEE LAXCFWLOX). HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK (SEE LAXSRFLOX). && PUBLIC...RORKE AVIATION...BRUNO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1209 PM PST THU DEC 25 2008 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-261400- 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- 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- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 1209 PM PST THU DEC 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA TODAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER SIGNIFICANTLY...AND SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 5 NEAR THE GRAPEVINE. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE REGION INTO EARLY FRIDAY. * WINTER STORM WARNING.......SEE WWUS46 KLOX - WSWLOX FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * GALE WARNING...............SEE WHUS76 KLOX - MWWLOX FOR DETAILS * * HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS * * MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE FZUS76 KLOX - MWSLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY CLEARING AND DRIER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE ENTIRE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MORRIS
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Another early-season storm brought winter storm conditions to the mountains of Los Angeles county. Snowfall totals between 6 and 12 inches were reported. In addition, wind gusts to around 55 MPH were reported, reducing visibilities to near zero in snow and blowing snow.
Another early-season storm brought winter storm conditions to the mountains of Ventura county. Snowfall totals between 6 and 12 inches were reported. In addition, wind gusts to around 55 MPH were reported, reducing visibilities to near zero in snow and blowing snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 2008
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: 141634, 141635.