Strong and gusty northerly winds developed across the Santa Ynez Range in southern Santa Barbara County. The RAWS sensor at Montecito reported sustained winds between 40 and 50 MPH with gusts between 58 and 67 MPH.
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The episode as NWS LOX wrote it up.
Strong and gusty northerly winds developed across the Santa Ynez Range in southern Santa Barbara County. The RAWS sensor at Montecito reported sustained winds between 40 and 50 MPH with gusts between 58 and 67 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 Apr 15, 7:15 PM PST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 815 PM PDT FRI APR 15 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING WARMER TEMPERATURES SATURDAY. IT WILL BE BREEZY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. A SERIES OF WEAK COLD FRONTS WILL COOL TEMPERATURES STARTING SUNDAY THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-MON)...UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTH-SOUTH PRESSURE GRADIENTS TO BRING WARMING TREND TO THE SOUTHLAND AS ADVERTISED. MOST COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS CLIMBED WELL INTO THE 80S TODAY. WITH AIR MASS STARTING OFF WARMER ON SATURDAY...AND A CONTINUED STRONG NORTH-SOUTH PRESSURE GRADIENT...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO NUDGE UPWARD 3 TO 5 DEGREES FOR MOST AREAS SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION...WITH SOME LOCATIONS EXPECTED TO APPROACH OR EXCEED RECORD LEVELS. WARMEST LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SOAR INTO THE MID 90S! OTHER SHORT TERM CONCERN WILL BE NORTHERLY WINDS TONIGHT. LAX-BAKERSFIELD GRADIENT ALREADY AT AN IMPRESSIVE -6.5 MB OFFSHORE THIS EVENING...AND IS EXPECTED TO REACH -8.0 MB OR GREATER BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS INCREASING NORTH-SOUTH PRESSURE GRADIENT COMBINED WITH INCREASED COLD AIR ADVECTION IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS ACROSS FAVORED NORTH-SOUTH PASSES AND CANYONS. STRONGEST WINDS TONIGHT EXPECTED THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR IN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS THE PASSES AND CANYONS NEAR MONTECITO HILLS IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. THE MOST FAVORED LOCATIONS COULD SEE WIND GUSTS EXCEED 60 MPH...AND MAY NEED TO BE UPGRADED TO HIGH WIND WARNINGS AT SOME POINT TONIGHT. THE NORTHERLY WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT ACROSS THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AND SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS. IN EVENING UPDATE...HAVE ADDED THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY TO THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS MAY APPROACH ADVISORY LEVELS AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE SAME AREAS BUT SHOULD BE AT LEAST A NOTCH LOWER THAN TONIGHT. *** FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION *** A TROF MOVING INTO THE ERN PACIFIC SUNDAY WILL FLATTEN THE RIDGE AND BRING A RETURN TO ONSHORE FLOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BEING A TRANSITION DAY IT WILL MAKE FOR A TRICKY TEMPERATURE FORECAST, BUT OVERALL COAST AND VALLEY HIGHS SHOULD BE DOWN A GOOD 10-15 DEGREES FROM SATURDAY, POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 20 NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. A RAPIDLY DEEPENING MARINE LYR SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WILL SPREAD CLOUDS AND FOG WELL INLAND WITH SOME DRIZZLE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE FOOTHILLS. ONLY PARTIAL CLEARING EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AS WHATS LEFT OF THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. LEFT POPS ALONE, GENERALLY AROUND 10 PERCENT. COULD BE SOME SPRINKLES IN THE AFTERNOON, MAINLY NORTH OF PT CONCEPTION, BUT HARD TO SEE THIS SYSTEM ACTUALLY GENERATING MEASURABLE RAIN THIS FAR SOUTH, HENCE THE LOWER POPS. IN ANY CASE, ANOTHER BIG DROP IN HIGHS MONDAY WITH TEMPS MAINLY IN THE 60S AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. STRONG ONSHORE FLOW IN THE AFTERNOON ALONG WITH THE WEAK FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL GENERATE SOME GUSTY WINDS, POSSIBLY ADVISORY LEVEL, ESPECIALLY IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. .LONG TERM (TUE-FRI)...COOL AND BREEZY THROUGH AT LEAST THU AS A SERIES OF WEAK AND DYING COLD FRONTS PASS THROUGH THE AREA. DEEP MARINE LYR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE BUT NOT REAL CONFIDENT HOW FAR NORTH IT WILL EXTEND BEYOND MONDAY AS THE INVERSION WILL BE WEAKER NORTH OF PT CONCEPTION. WINDS MAY APPROACH ADVISORY LEVELS EACH DAY THROUGH THU IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY, WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS ALSO IN THE MOUNTAINS, CENTRAL COAST, AND SRN SBA COUNTY. ALL VERY TYPICAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. BY FRIDAY MODELS INDICATE A LITTLE RIDGE STARTING TO DEVELOP WHICH SHOULD BRING AT LEAST SOME WARMING TO THE AREA WITH EARLIER MARINE LYR CLEARING. && .AVIATION...15/2335Z. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT ALL AIRFIELDS THROUGH PERIOD AS DRY NORTHERLY FLOW PREVAILS. EXPECTING NORTHERLY WINDS TO INCREASE ACROSS FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS TONIGHT...WITH LLWS CONCERNS AT KSBA...KBUR...AND KVNY. KLAX...VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH PERIOD. EXPECT WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO A MORE NORTHERLY DIRECTION LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS BETWEEN 16/05-16/17Z. KBUR...VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH PERIOD. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS AND ASSOCIATED LLWS CONCERNS EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH NIGHT...WITH WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 KNOTS POSSIBLE. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX). GALE WARNING (SEE LAXMWWLOX). SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXMWWLOX). && PUBLIC...GOMBERG AVIATION...GOMBERG SYNOPSIS...BARTLING WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 955 PM PDT FRI APR 15 2011 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-161300- 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- 955 PM PDT FRI APR 15 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WITH THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR AND SANTA YNEZ RANGE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO DAMAGING WINDS. ACROSS THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS...GALE FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 KNOTS. * 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 THE GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING. * 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. GOMBERG
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The RAWS sensor at Montecito reported northerly winds with sustained speeds between 40 and 50 MPH with gusts between 58 and 67 MPH.
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