Another round of gusty northwest to north winds developed across the mountains of Southern California with the strongest winds reported across the Santa Ynez range and through the Interstate 5 corridor. Sustained winds between 41 and 48 MPH were reported along with gusts between 66 and 87 MPH.
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The episode as NWS LOX wrote it up.
Another round of gusty northwest to north winds developed across the mountains of Southern California with the strongest winds reported across the Santa Ynez range and through the Interstate 5 corridor. Sustained winds between 41 and 48 MPH were reported along with gusts between 66 and 87 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 May 28, 9:45 PM PST, 29 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1045 PM PDT FRI MAY 28 2010 ...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION... .SYNOPSIS... A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING OFFSHORE FLOW AND SIGNIFICANT WARMING THIS WEEKEND TO THE REGION. INITIALLY...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY...WITH MODERATE WINDS BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. SOME COOLING EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST DURING THE WEEK AS LOW CLOUDS AND FOG RETURN...HOWEVER INLAND AREAS WILL REMAIN WARM THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-MON)...CLEAR SKIES COVERED THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. SOME CLOUDS WILL FORM ALONG THE N MTN SLOPES OVERNIGHT...OTHERWISE GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES SHOULD CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL TROF THAT WAS STARTING TO MOVE E OF THE REGION HAS HELPED TO INCREASE THE NORTHERLY GRADIENT OVER THE DISTRICT. THIS HAS RESULTED IN STRONG AND GUSTY NW TO N WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL TURN MORE N TO NE LATER TONIGHT. HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE MTNS OF SBA/VTU/L.A. COUNTIES...AND WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT OR WILL SOON BE IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL COAST...SBA S COAST...THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...SAN FERNANDO VALLEY...SANTA MONICA MTNS AND VTU COUNTY VALLEYS. PLEASE SEE LAXNPWLOX FOR FULL DETAILS ON THE HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BUILD OFF THE CA COAST ON SAT...WITH WEAK UPPER RIDGING MOVING INTO SRN CA ON SUN. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE MAINLY INTO CENTRAL AND NRN CA ON MON...WITH A BROAD WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER SRN CA. DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION THRU THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THE OFFSHORE FLOW WILL WEAKEN BY SAT AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASE AGAIN SAT NIGHT INTO SUN MORNING...BUT CANYON WINDS SHOULD REMAIN GENERALLY BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED BY MON AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST AND IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. CLOUDINESS ON THE NORTH MTN SLOPES WILL DISSIPATE BY SAT AFTERNOON...AND SOME MARINE LAYER LOW CLOUDS SHOULD RETURN SUN NIGHT INTO MON MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL COAST AND THE L.A. COUNTY COAST...OTHERWISE SKIES OVER THE DISTRICT WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR SAT THRU MON. TEMPS WILL WARM UP SIGNIFICANTLY ON SAT AND SUN TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS FOR MOST AREAS...THEN COOL SOME FOR MON BUT STILL REMAIN A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AWAY FROM THE COASTAL PLAIN. ...FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... .LONG TERM (TUE-FRI)...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSES TO OUR NORTH ON TUESDAY...WHICH SHOULD HELP PROMOTE A SLIGHTLY STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW PATTERN AND SOME INCREASE IN COASTAL LOW CLOUDS AND FOG. WITH THIS IN MIND...HAVE TRENDED TEMPERATURES DOWN A FEW DEGREES FOR TUESDAY. THIS WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS THE REMAINDER OF EXTENDED PERIOD IS EXPECTED TO HAVE GRADUAL WARMING TREND ACROSS INLAND AREAS AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REBUILDS ACROSS THE REGION. BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK...COULD SEE INLAND AREAS RETURN TO ABOVE 90 DEGREES AS THICKNESS VALUES REACH AN IMPRESSIVE 580 DM. NEAR THE COAST...THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH ONSHORE FLOW AND MARINE LAYER INFLUENCE TO KEEP LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES. && .AVIATION... 29/0600Z CLEAR SKIES WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...EXCEPT WESTERN SBA COUNTY WHERE SOME IFR CIGS AND MVFR VIS ARE POSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE MTN PASSES WILL CREATE LLWS AND TURBC IN AND AROUND THE HIER TRRN THROUGH 12Z. KLAX...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN TAF. A 8 TO 12 KT CROSS WIND IS POSSIBLE FROM 08Z-13Z. KBUR...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN TAF. STRONG MTN WINDS WILL CREATE PERIODS OF LLWS AND LGT-MDT TURBC THROUGH 17Z. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING (SEE LAXNPWLOX). WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX). GALE WARNING (SEE LAXMWWLOX). SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXMWWLOX). && PUBLIC...SIRARD/GOMBERG AVIATION...ASR SYNOPSIS...GOMBERG WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 600 AM PDT FRI MAY 28 2010 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-291300- 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- 600 AM PDT FRI MAY 28 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...THE CENTRAL COAST...THE SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST...AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE I-5 CORRIDOR. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS. * HIGH WIND WARNING..........SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * GALE WARNING...............SEE WHUS76 KLOX - MWWLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY AND LOCALLY INTO THE VALLEYS. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY SATURDAY ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS. VALLEY TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH 90 DEGREES SATURDAY AND THURSDAY. * HIGH WIND WARNING..........SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * GALE WARNING...............SEE WHUS76 KLOX - MWWLOX FOR DETAILS * .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. RORKE
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Gusty northwest to north winds developed across the Santa Ynez range in southern Santa Barbara county. The Montecito RAWS sensor reported sustained winds up to 47 MPH and wind gusts between 58 and 69 MPH.
Gusty northwest to north winds developed across the mountains of Los Angeles county through the Interstate 5 corridor. The Whitaker Peak RAWS sensor reported sustained winds between 41 and 48 MPH and wind gusts between 66 and 87 MPH. In addition, sustained winds between 40 and 48 MPH were reported by the RAWS sensors at Chilao and Camp Nine.
Gusty northwest to north winds developed across the mountains of Ventura county through the Interstate 5 corridor. In the area, sustained winds between 40 and 48 MPH were reported along with wind gusts between 66 and 87 MPH.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in California, May 2010
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: 224440, 224442, 224444.