A strong northerly offshore winds developed across the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Wind gusts between 55 and 75 mph were reported in some areas.
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The episode as NWS LOX wrote it up.
A strong northerly offshore winds developed across the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Wind gusts between 55 and 75 mph were reported in some areas.
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 Feb 14, 5:05 AM PST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 505 AM PST THU FEB 14 2008 .SHORT TERM...VERY BIZARRE PATTERN ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE UPPER LOW THAT WAS FCST TO MOVE WELL TO THE E OF THE AREA HAS TAKEN A TRACK FARTHER W...AND A VERY STRONG VORT ROTATING AROUND THE WRN SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW HAS CAUSED ENOUGH LIFT TO PRODUCE SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS WERE ACTUALLY MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY...AND WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE ERN HALF OF L.A. COUNTY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS...WHILE TOTALS ON THE L.A. COUNTY COAST SHOULD BE ONE QUARTER INCH OR LESS. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 3000 FEET...AND LOCAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN THE SAN GABRIELS. STRONG SUBSIDENCE IS FCST TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA BY MID MORNING...AND NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE. THIS SHOULD BRING AN END TO THE SHOWERS BY MID MORNING AND ALLOW SKIES TO CLEAR QUICKLY. THE FARTHER W TRACK OF THE UPPER LOW IS WREAKING HAVOC WITH THE WIND FORECAST AS WELL. THE AFOREMENTIONED STRONG SUBSIDENCE AND INCREASING NELY FLOW AT 850 AND 950 MB SHOULD CAUSE WINDS TO INCREASE ACROSS MOST OF L.A. AND VTU COUNTIES THIS MORNING. WL LEAVE THE HIGH WIND WARNING IN PLACE FOR THE MTNS...BUT CONFIDENCE THAT WINDS WILL REACH HIGH WIND WARNING LEVELS IN THE MOUNTAINS IS SOMEWHAT LOWER THAN IT WAS EARLIER. HAVE PUSHED BACK THE START TIME OF THE WIND ADVISORIES IN THE VALLEYS AND THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS TO 9 AM PST. DEPENDING UPON WHAT UNFOLDS IN THE VLYS THIS MORNING...WIND ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED IN CSTL SXNS OF VTU AND L.A. COUNTIES...BUT FOR NOW...HAVE KEPT WINDS JUST BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS THERE. DESPITE THE OFFSHORE FLOW...THE SIGNIFICANT COLD ADVECTION WILL KEEP TEMPS ON THE COOL SIDE W OF THE MTNS...WHILE IT WILL BE QUITE COLD IN THE MTNS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY. THE UPPER LOW WILL SLOWLY PULL OFF TO THE E TONIGHT AND FRI. THE 06Z RUN OF BOTH THE WRF AND THE GFS INDICATE THAT FLOW THRU THE ATMOSPHERE WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AS THIS OCCURS. THE WRF SHOWS 50 KT WINDS AT 950 MB AND 70 KNOT WINDS AT 850 MB ACROSS L.A. COUNTY LATE TONIGHT. IF THIS IS TRUE...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT/FRI MORNING. HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED INTO FRI ACROSS L.A. AND VTU COUNTIES. WITH SLOWLY RISING HGTS/THICKNESSES ACROSS THE AREA FRI...TEMPS WILL LIKELY BE UP SEVERAL DEGREES IN MOST AREAS. THE UPPER LOW WILL CONT TO MOVE E SAT...ALLOWING RIDGING IN THE PACIFIC TO BUILD INTO THE FCST AREA. OFFSHORE FLOW WILL WEAKEN...BUT THERE WILL STILL BE LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS IN THE MTNS AND VLYS OF L.A. AND VTU COUNTIES. TEMPS SHOULD WARM SEVERAL MORE DEGREES ACROSS THE AREA ON SAT. .LONG TERM...RIDGE WILL HOLD INTO SUNDAY...KEEPING CLEAR SKIES ACROSS THE AREA WITH TEMPS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL IN MOST LOCATIONS. A WEAK UPPER LOW WILL APCH THE AREA ON MONDAY...WHICH SHOULD BRING COOLING AND SOME INCREASE IN CLOUDS. AT THIS POINT...NO RAIN IS EXPECTED. BEHIND THAT WEAK SYSTEM...A VERY WEAK RIDGE IS FCST TO BUILD INTO THE AREA MON NIGHT INTO TUE. HOWEVER...THE MODELS SHOW ANOTHER TROUGH QUICKLY MOVING INTO THE W CST...WITH MUCH MORE IN THE WAY OF MSTR ASSOCD WITH IT. HAVE INTRODUCED SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN FOR TUE NIGHT/WED...BUT IF THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE CORRECT... MODERATE AMOUNTS OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. IT LOOKS LIKE A RETURN TO A WET PATTERN IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY AS THE WESTERLIES SAG SWD. && .AVIATION...14/1200Z...DEEP BUT VERY WEAK MARINE LAYER TO ABOUT 5000 FEET. N OF POINT CONCEPTION...CLOUDS HAVE CLEARED AND SHOULD REMAIN SO THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME LIFR FOG AROUND KSMX UNTIL 16Z. S OF POINT CONCEPTION MUCH TRICKIER. VFR TO MVFR CONDS SHOULD CLEAR BETWEEN 16Z AND 18Z. COASTAL SITES IN LA COUNTY MAY SEE SOME BRIEF SHOWERS BETWEEN 12Z AND 17Z. WINDS SHOULD INCREASE LATE MORNING...WITH WIND SHEAR EXPECTED AT KBUR AND KVNY AFTER 18Z...AND MDT TURBULENCE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. KLAX...VFR TO MVFR CIGS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH AROUND 16Z BUT MAY PERSIST UNTIL 18Z. NE WINDS SHOULD REMAIN 10 KT OR LESS THROUGH 23Z...AFTER WHICH NW WINDS WILL TAKE OVER AROUND 12 KTS. LIGHT RAIN MAY AFFECT THE AIRFIELD BETWEEN 12Z AND 17Z. KBUR...MVFR CIGS SHOULD CLEAR TO VFR AFTER ABOUT 16Z...THOUGH TIMING IS UNCERTAIN. N TO E WINDS EXPECTED BETWEEN 15 AND 20 KTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE AFTER ABOUT 18Z...WITH LLWS EXPECTED AS WELL. .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING (SEE LAXNPWLOX). WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX). SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXCWFLOX). MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT (SEE LAXMWSLOX). && PUBLIC...BRUNO AVIATION...MEIER WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 600 AM PST THU FEB 14 2008 CAZ034>041-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-151400- 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- 600 AM PST THU FEB 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY SCATTERED SHOWERS...LOCALLY HEAVY...WILL AFFECT EASTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY THROUGH MID MORNING. THE RAIN WILL CAUSE LOCAL PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE. IN THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY...THERE WILL BE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ABOVE 3000 FEET. LOCAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES TODAY AND TONIGHT. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO AFFECT THE INNER COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING AVALON HARBOR TODAY. * HIGH WIND WARNING..........SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE FZUS76 KLOX - MWSLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. BRUNO
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An automated sensor at Laguna Peak in the Santa Monica Mountains reported northerly winds gusting to 75 mph.
RAWS sensors at both Camp Nine and Warm Springs reported northerly winds gusting to 63 mph.
In the mountains of Ventura county, northerly winds gusting to 63 mph were reported.
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, February 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: 77893, 77894, 77895.