A strong northerly pressure gradient generated strong northerly Sundowner winds across southern sections of Santa Barbara county. Sustained winds between 40 and 49 MPH were reported by several sensors in the area.
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The episode as NWS LOX wrote it up.
A strong northerly pressure gradient generated strong northerly Sundowner winds across southern sections of Santa Barbara county. Sustained winds between 40 and 49 MPH were reported by several sensors in the area.
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 Jun 4, 9:30 PM PST, 30 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1030 PM PDT MON JUN 4 2012 UPDATED AVIATION SECTION .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING BRINGING GUSTY NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS TO SOME LOCATIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING CLEAR SKIES AND WARMER WEATHER FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. COOLER WEATHER AND CLOUDS NEAR THE COAST LIKELY RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK AS ONSHORE FLOW REDEVELOPS. && .UPDATE... A NORTHERLY GRADIENT IS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT BEHIND A WEAK COLD FRONT. KLAX-KBFL AND KSBA-KBFL ARE TRENDING MORE STRONGLY OFFSHORE...WITH GUSTY WINDS STARTING TO IMPACT SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY THIS EVENING AS KSBA-KSMX GRADIENTS EXCEED -4 MB. WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE ANTELOPE VALLEY....AND CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. WINDS HEADLINES ARE AGREEABLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH COULD OCCUR IN WINDIER SPOTS SUCH AS LAS FLORES CANYON..GAVIOTA...AND WHITAKER PEAK TONIGHT. CLOUD COVER WILL BE PROBLEMATIC TONIGHT AND UPDATE MAY BE ISSUED LATER. SOME PATCHES OF MARINE LAYER ON THE FOG PRODUCT COULD SEND THE FORECAST IN DISARRAY. MODEL SOLUTIONS SUGGEST MOST OF THE MARINE LAYER COVERAGE REMAINING SOUTH OF KNTD TONIGHT. MUCH WILL DEPEND ON HOW FAST THE NORTHERLY GRADIENT TAKES HOLD OF THE AREA. THE NORTHERLY GRADIENT WILL STRENGTHEN AND TIGHTEN FURTHER ON TUESDAY NIGHT. POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND WINDS GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS AREAS OF THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM...GRADIENTS SHIFT TO OFFSHORE WEDNESDAY, THOUGH I'M HIGHLY SKEPTICAL OF THE -3.6MB LAX-DAG GRADIENT INDICATED ON THE NAM FOR 12Z WED. WHILE NOT UNCOMMON IN THE FALL THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL FOR JUNE AND I SUSPECT ULTIMATELY IT WILL END UP CLOSER TO HALF THAT LEVEL. IN ANY CASE, A WARMER AND DRIER PATTERN EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY WITH SOME LOCALLY BREEZY NORTHEAST WINDS IN THE USUAL FAVORED LOCATIONS. VALLEY HIGHS SHOULD BE GETTING CLOSE TO OR LOCALLY TOPPING 90 WITH EVEN MOST BEACHES SOUTH OF SBA WELL INTO THE 70S. LESS OFFSHORE FLOW BUT STILL WARM AND DRY THURSDAY WITH NO MARINE LYR EXPECTED. SHOULD SEE A LITTLE COASTAL COOLING AS OFFSHORE FLOW WEAKENS BUT INLAND AREAS, ESPECIALLY MTNS AND AV WILL CONTINUE THE WARMING TREND. LONG TERM...GRADIENTS TURN NOTICEABLY ONSHORE FRIDAY AS A TROF MOVES INTO THE PAC NW. SO LOOK FOR COOLING MOST AREAS, ESPECIALLY COAST AND VALLEYS, WITH SOME MARINE LYR RETURNING TO THE COAST. FURTHER COOLING AND A DEEPER MARINE LYR EXPECTED SATURDAY, THEN LEVELING OFF OR PERHAPS A SLIGHT WARMING TREND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION...05/0530Z. CIGS WDSPRD ACROSS L.A. AND ERN VTU COUNTIES AND PATCHY N OF PT CONCEPTION. CIGS WERE MOSTLY IN THE MVFR CATEGORY...EXCEPT IFR TO LIFR IN THE MTNS AND HIGHER VLYS. EXPECT SKIES TO CLEAR IN MOST AREAS BY LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUE AS NLY FLOW TAKES OVER AND INVERSION WEAKENS. MAIN STORY WILL BE THE DEVELOPING WINDS. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONT IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND THRU AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS OF THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE THROUGH TUE EVENING. THERE WILL BE SOME LLWS NEAR KSBA. GUST NLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE SANTA CLARITA AND SAN FERNANDO VLY LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY TUE...AND WDSPRD GUSTY W TO NW WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS BY AFTERNOON. THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME LLWS AND UDDFS NEAR MANY AIRPORTS TUE AND TUE NIGHT. KLAX...MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN 06Z TAF. THERE IS A 20 PERCENT CHANCE THAT CIGS WILL LINGER THROUGH AS LATE AS 15Z. THERE IS A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF IFR CONDS BETWEEN 06Z AND 12Z. THERE IS A PERCENT CHANCE OF NORTHERLY CROSS WINDS BETWEEN 12Z AND 20Z...WITH GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS OR GREATER POSSIBLE. THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE OF THIS OCCURRING TUE NIGHT. KBUR...MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN 06Z TAF. THERE IS A 20 PERCENT CHANCE THAT CIGS WILL LINGER THROUGH 12Z. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WATCH (SEE LAXNPWLOX). WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX). GALE WARNING (SEE LAXMWWLOX). SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXMWWLOX). HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK (SEE LAXSRFLOX). && PUBLIC...HALL AVIATION...SMITH SYNOPSIS...SUKUP WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1245 PM PDT MON JUN 4 2012 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-051300- 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- 1245 PM PDT MON JUN 4 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE ALL MANOR OF HAZARDS TODAY. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL CREATE OCEAN HAZARDS FOR MARINERS ON THE OUTER WATERS. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY...THE I-5 CORRIDOR...AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE ANTELOPE VALLEY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL PLAGUE ALL LOCAL BEACHES. * 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 * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL AFFECT THE DESERT BETWEEN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. PERIODS OF GUSTY AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS ACROSS SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY...AND THROUGH INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR BETWEEN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL ALSO BE GALE FORCE WINDS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS AND ALONG WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. * HIGH WIND WATCH............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. WOFFORD
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong northerly winds were reported across southern Santa Barbara county. The sensor at Gaviota reported sustained winds between 45 and 49 MPH. The sensor at Las Flores Canyon reported sustained winds of 41 MPH.
Strong northerly winds were reported across southern Santa Barbara county. The sensor at Gaviota reported sustained winds between 45 and 49 MPH. The sensor at Las Flores Canyon reported sustained winds of 41 MPH.
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