Strong surface high pressure across the Great Basin generated strong and gusty Santa Ana winds across the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Northeast winds gusting to 59 MPH were reported.
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The episode as NWS LOX wrote it up.
Strong surface high pressure across the Great Basin generated strong and gusty Santa Ana winds across the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Northeast winds gusting to 59 MPH were reported.
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 Jan 16, 9:40 AM PST, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 940 AM PST WED JAN 16 2013 .SYNOPSIS... SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR FOR THE NEXT WEEK. THERE WILL BE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS PERSISTING AT TIMES INTO THE WEEKEND. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL RISE SEVERAL DEGREES TODAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY...WITH ABOVE NORMAL DAYTIME TEMPERATURES CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. IT WILL STILL BE CHILLY AT NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN WIND SHELTERED AREAS...BUT NOT NEARLY AS COLD AS IT HAS BEEN IN RECENT DAYS. && .SHORT TERM (TODAY-FRI)... .MID-MORNING DISCUSSION UPDATE... EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES WERE WARMER THIS MORNING AND FIT WITH THE OVERALL TREND OF WARMING INTO THE WEEKEND. THE FROST ADVISORY FOR SLO AND SBA COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND THE ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR TOMORROW MORNING MAY BE DROPPED WITH THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE. WINDS ARE THE OTHER STORY OF NOTE THIS MORNING. THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN LESS THAN EXPECTED AND THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW HAS ALREADY BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A BIT STRONGER TOMORROW IN COMPARISON TO TODAY AND THOUGH AN ADVISORY SHOULD BE WARRANTED FOR THE FOREMENTIONED MOUNTAINS IT MAY NOT BE NEEDED FOR SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS CURRENTLY SERVED BY WIND ADVISORIES. WILL BE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE. ONCE THIS WIND EVENT IS OVER THE OVERALL TREND FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR SO LOOKS TO BE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEATHER... WARM... DRY... SUNNY... AND STILL (LITTLE WIND). .EARLY MORNING DISCUSSION... CLEAR SKIES ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. GUSTY WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE MTNS OF L.A. AND VTU COUNTIES AND HAVE SPREAD INTO SOME OF THE VALLEYS. EXPECT WINDS TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD IN THE VALLEYS AROUND SUNRISE. AT THIS POINT...IT LOOKS LIKE MARGINAL WIND ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS TODAY IN THE VALLEYS. IN THE MTNS...WIND GUSTS COULD REACH HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA THIS MORNING...BUT WINDS WILL PROBABLY BE AT ADVISORY LEVELS IN MOST AREAS. OFFSHORE GRADIENTS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...AS DO WINDS ALOFT AND SUBSIDENCE...WITH 850 MB WINDS FORECAST TO REACH 55 KNOTS IN THE MTNS OF L.A. AND VTU COUNTIES. RATHER THAN LOWER THE WARNING TO AN ADVISORY FOR TODAY...HAVE DECIDED TO JUST SIMPLIFY THE FORECAST AND EXTEND THE HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND JUST INDICATE THAT WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AND MOST WIDESPREAD TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. MAX TEMPS WILL BE UP SEVERAL DEGREES IN MOST AREAS TODAY...BUT SHOULD STILL BE A TOUCH BELOW NORMAL. IT WILL BE ANOTHER CHILLY NIGHT IN WIND SHELTERED AREAS TONIGHT... BUT ANY WIDESPREAD FROST SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE CENTRAL COAST...WITH ONLY LOCAL FROST EXPECTED ON THE S COAST OF SBA COUNTY AND POSSIBLY IN THE OJAI VALLEY. FROST ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED AGAIN FOR TONIGHT FOR THE CENTRAL COAST. HAVE LEFT THE SANTA YNEZ VALLEY OUT OF THE ADVISORY SINCE AT LEAST TWO NIGHTS OF HARD FREEZES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED THERE. WINDS WILL LIKELY BE STRONGEST IN THE VALLEYS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...WITH SOLID ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS EXPECTED...SO WIND ADVISORIES REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY. LATER SHIFTS WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO ISSUE WIND ADVISORIES FOR THURSDAY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND COASTAL SECTIONS OF L.A. COUNTY BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD. MAX TEMPS WILL BE UP 6 TO 10 DEGREES W OF THE MTNS ON THU...WITH HIGHS RISING INTO THE 70S IN MOST COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS. IT WILL BE CLEAR THU NIGHT AND FRI...WITH GUSTY NE WINDS IN THE MTNS AND VALLEYS OF L.A. AND VTU COUNTIES AND ACROSS THE VTU COUNTY COASTAL PLAIN. WINDS WILL PROBABLY BE MOSTLY BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS...BUT COULD BE JUST ABOVE THRESHOLDS IN THE MTNS. MAX TEMPS MAY BE UP A COUPLE OF DEGREES IN SOME AREAS ON FRI. .LONG TERM (SAT-TUE)...VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE PATTERN THROUGH THE PERIOD AS AN UPPER HIGH REMAINS PARKED OVER THE WEST COAST. EXPECT CLEAR SKIES THRU THE PERIOD. GRADIENTS WILL REMAIN OFFSHORE THROUGH TUE...SO EXPECT LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES THROUGH THE PERIOD. MAX TEMPS WILL REMAIN A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL IN MOST AREAS...MOSTLY IN THE 70S IN COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS. && .AVIATION...16/1800Z. MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA WILL PERSIST. UPPER LEVEL LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT SOUTHWEST AFTER 17/05Z WHILE MID LEVEL MODERATE NORTHEAST WINDS BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE EAST AFTER 17/07Z. FREEZING LEVEL WAS NEAR 13KFT THIS MORNING AND WILL CHANGE LITTLE. MIXED WEAK ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE PRESSURE GRADIENT THROUGH 17/07Z AND AFTER 17/19Z...OTHERWISE MODERATE OFFSHORE GRADIENT 17/09-17/17Z. KLAX...VIRTUALLY CERTAIN CURRENT SKY/VSBY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. CHANCE LOW LEVEL WINDS ABOVE 1.5KFT APPROXIMATELY 05013KT BETWEEN 17/04-17/13Z. KBUR...VIRTUALLY CERTAIN CURRENT SKY/VSBY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. CHANCE LOW LEVEL WINDS ABOVE 1.9KFT APPROXIMATELY 05016KT BETWEEN 17/04-17/13Z. VIRTUALLY CERTAIN - 95-100% VERY LIKELY - 80-95% LIKELY - 60-80% CHANCE - 30-60% VERY UNLIKELY - 20% OR LESS && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX). FROST ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX). && PUBLIC...KJ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 600 AM PST WED JAN 16 2013 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-171400- 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 PST WED JAN 16 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES TODAY AND TONIGHT. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES IN THE MOUNTAINS. AREAS OF FROST AND SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING ON THE CENTRAL COAST...THE SOUTH COAST OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY AND IN THE SANTA YNEZ AND OJAI VALLEYS. AREAS OF FROST WILL DEVELOP ON THE CENTRAL COAST LATE TONIGHT. * HIGH WIND WARNING..........SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * FROST ADVISORY.............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THURSDAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY ALSO SPREAD INTO THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND INTO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COASTAL PLAIN BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR INCREASING FIRE DANGER INTO THE WEEKEND. AREAS OF FROST WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL COAST THROUGH MID MORNING THURSDAY. * HIGH WIND WARNING..........SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * FROST ADVISORY.............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. DB
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The RAWS sensor at Chilao reported northeast winds gusting to 59 MPH.
Gusty northeasterly winds in excess of 58 MPH were reported across the mountains of Ventura county.
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