A strong northerly pressure gradient generated gusty northerly winds across sections of Southern California. The usual north wind-prone areas such as the Santa Ynez mountains and the Interstate 5 corridor through the Los Angeles county experienced wind gusts as high as 77 MPH.
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The episode as NWS LOX wrote it up.
A strong northerly pressure gradient generated gusty northerly winds across sections of Southern California. The usual north wind-prone areas such as the Santa Ynez mountains and the Interstate 5 corridor through the Los Angeles county experienced wind gusts as high as 77 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 Feb 19, 9:45 PM PST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 945 PM PST WED FEB 19 2014 NEW AVIATION DISCUSSION .SYNOPSIS... A HIGH TO THE NORTH WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL WEAKEN AND SHIFT NORTHEASTERLY ON THURSDAY WITH TEMPERATURES TO PEAK ON THURSDAY. THE ONSHORE FLOW WILL RETURN LATE FRIDAY TO INCREASE THE MARINE LAYER AND BRING A COOLING TREND INTO NEXT WEEK...WITH TEMPERATURES DOWN TO NEAR NORMAL BY WEDNESDAY. A LOW SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE BY WEDNESDAY FOR POSSIBLE PRECIPITATION FROM LOMPOC AND NORTHWARD. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-SAT)...STRONG NORTHERLY GRADIENTS AT 03Z THIS EVENING INCLUDE -8.4 MB LAX-SFO...-5.1 MB LAX-BFL...-4.2 MB SBA-SMX AND -3.8 MB SBA-BFL. THIS HAS RESULTED IN GUSTY NORTH WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MTNS AND S COAST...THE L.A./VTU COUNTY MTNS ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-5 CORRIDOR...AND IN THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SBA S COAST AND MTNS AS WELL AS THE L.A./VTU COUNTY MTNS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. HOWEVER...THE STRONGEST WINDS MAY NOT OCCUR UNTIL BETWEEN 05Z AND 09Z. HIGHEST WIND GUSTS THIS EVENING THUS FAR HAVE BEEN 54 MPH AT WHITAKER PEAK RAWS...AND 47 MPH AT THE SAUGUS RAWS. FOR THE SBA S COAST AND MTNS...WINDS WERE INCREASING WITH THE HIGHEST GUST THUS FAR OF 33 MPH AT THE MONTECITO HILLS RAWS. THE 00Z NAM WAS INDICATING 950 MB WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 40 KT OVER SBA COUNTY BY 09Z...WITH 850 MB WINDS UP TO 45 KT FOR THE L.A. COUNTY MTNS NEAR THE I-5 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING. WILL KEEP THE HIGH WIND WARNINGS GOING UNTIL 3 AM THU FOR THESE AREAS BUT IT LOOKS LIKE ANY GUSTS TO 60 MPH MAY BE MORE LOCALIZED. WIND ADVISORIES WILL CONTINUE FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY UNTIL 10 AM THU. THERE ARE ALSO WIND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT FOR THE VTU COUNTY VLYS...THE SAN FERNANDO VLY AND SANTA MONICA MTNS UNTIL 10 AM THU...BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS MAY NOT DEVELOP UNTIL LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THU MORNING. THE 00Z NAM WAS PREDICTING 950 MB WINDS TO INCREASE OVER SERN VTU COUNTY AND THE W PORTION OF THE SANTA MONICA RANGE UP TO 40 KT BETWEEN 12Z AND 15Z. SOME WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH OR MORE CANNOT BE RULED OUT BY EARLY THU FOR THE SANTA MONICA MTNS ESPECIALLY AROUND LAGUNA PEAK. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST NON-PRECIPITATION WEATHER MESSAGE (LAXNPWLOX) FOR THE LATEST DETAILS ON THE HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES. ELSEWHERE...OFFSHORE BREEZES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO FRI MORNING. A FEW LOW CLOUDS WILL AFFECT THE N SLOPES...FAR SERN SLO COUNTY AND THE CUYAMA VALLEY FOR A WHILE OVERNIGHT. OTHERWISE... MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WITH A FEW HI CLOUDS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE FORECAST AREA THRU THE NIGHT. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING JUST OFF THE SWRN CA COAST WILL KEEP A BROAD NW FLOW ALOFT OVER THE FORECAST AREA THRU THU. A BROAD WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WITH SLOWLY LOWERING 500 MB HEIGHTS CAN BE EXPECTED THU NIGHT AND FRI. WEAK BUT BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROFFINESS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON SAT. THE NORTHEAST OFFSHORE FLOW WITH GUSTY WINDS IN SOME AREAS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON THU. LINGERING BUT WEAKER OFFSHORE FLOW CAN BE EXPECTED THU NIGHT INTO FRI MORNING... AND AGAIN LATER FRI NIGHT INTO SAT MORNING...WITH GRADUALLY INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW IN THE AFTERNOON. MORE HI CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION LATER THU AND THU NIGHT WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. ADDITIONAL MID AND HI LEVEL CLOUDS ARE FORECAST TO PUSH IN FOR LATER FRI NIGHT AND SAT AS WELL. AS FAR AS THE MARINE LAYER...IT APPEARS AN EDDY WILL FORM FRI NIGHT INTO SAT MORNING... WITH SOME LOW CLOUDS POSSIBLE ALONG THE L.A. COUNTY COAST. TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR MOST AREAS ON THU AND FRI...THEN TURN COOLER ON SAT BUT STILL REMAIN SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. ***FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION*** .LONG TERM (SUN-WED)...A WEAK TROF IS EXPECTED TO DROP THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY. WE SHOULD SEE A RAPIDLY EXPANDING MARINE LYR SOUTH OF PT CONCEPTION SATURDAY NIGHT PUSHING WELL INTO THE VALLEYS BY SUNDAY MORNING. BEHIND THE TROF A LITTLE NORTHERLY PUSH SETS UP SUNDAY EVENING POSSIBLY GENERATING SOME GUSTY WINDS THROUGH SRN SBA COUNTY. BETWEEN THAT AND THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDING FOR MONDAY THE MARINE LYR SHOULD CONTRACT AND LOWER IN DEPTH. SO MONDAY WE MAY ACTUALLY SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN TEMPERATURES. THEN COOLING AGAIN FOR TUE/WED AS CLOUDS (HIGH LEVEL AND MARINE LYR) START INCREASING AHEAD OF A SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE ERN PACIFIC. THE MID TO LATE WEEK FORECAST REMAINS ONE OF VERY LOW CONFIDENCE. 5 WAVE PATTERN CONTINUES TO SHOW A HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE ALONG THE WEST COAST THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK. IN ADDITION, ALL MODELS MAINTAIN A RIDGE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE COAST AND THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. AT THE SAME TIME HOWEVER, BOTH THE ECMWF AND GFS SHOW A SYSTEM TRYING TO BREAK THROUGH THE RIDGE, BUT OBVIOUSLY STRUGGLING WITH THE TIMING AND STRENGTH AS THE SYSTEM HITS THAT UPPER RIDGE. SO THERE IS SOME HOPE FOR RAIN LATER NEXT WEEK BUT GIVEN THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE ANY CONFIDENCE ON ANY ONE MODEL SOLUTION. && .FIRE...AREAS OF STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL BE FOCUSED OVER THE HIGH COUNTRY FROM SANTA BARBARA TO LOS ANGELES COUNTIES AND ADJACENT COASTAL FACING CANYONS. THE NORTH WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST AND DECREASE THURSDAY MORNING. POOR RECOVERY IS EXPECTED WITHIN THE AREAS OF NORTH WINDS...THE HIGH COUNTRY TONIGHT AND MINIMUM VALUES WILL RANGE IN THE 20S OVER THE PEAKS AND ISOLATED COASTAL SLOPES TO 30-40 PERCENT ELSEWHERE. OTHERWISE AS THE WINDS BECOME NORTHEAST THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL LOWER EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE DRIEST AREAS IN THE WEST PORTION OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS AND THE ADJACENT PORTION OF THE VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS AND WILL RANGE FROM 20-35 PERCENT. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LIKELY LINGER THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON IN THE SANTA CLARITA AREA AND ADJACENT MOUNTAINS WITH GUSTS TO 25-30 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL LIKELY RANGE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO UPPER TEENS IN THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AS WELL AS THE WEST PORTION OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. NORMAL DIURNAL WIND TRENDS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY WITH WEAK ONSHORE WINDS DURING THE DAY AND OFFSHORE OVERNIGHT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RECOVER SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. && .AVIATION... 20/0600Z GOOD CONFIDENCE IN CAVU TAFS WITH ONLY A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF 5SM BR/HZ AT KSMX AND KLGB THROUGH 16Z. LGT OCNL MDT TURBC OVER AND NEAR TO HIER TRRN. KLAX...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN CAVU TAF. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF A 20 KT CROSSWIND. KBUR...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN CAVU TAF. LGT-OCNL MDT TURBC SFC-080 THRU 18Z. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING (SEE LAXNPWLOX). WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX). GALE WARNING (SEE LAXMWWLOX). SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXMWWLOX). HIGH SURF ADVISORY (SEE LAXCFWLOX). && PUBLIC...SIRARD/MW AVIATION...ASR FIRE...30 SYNOPSIS...SETO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 600 AM PST WED FEB 19 2014 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-191400- 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 FEB 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. WFO LOX PLANS TO DISCONTINUE THIS PRODUCT IN 2014. PLEASE DIRECT ANY COMMENTS TO ERIC BOLDT AT 805-988-6623. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT BEACHGOERS WILL FACE MANY HAZARDS IN THE SURFZONE TODAY. THERE WILL BE HIGH SURF AND AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND ALMOST ALL AREA BEACHES. A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHERLY WIND EVENT WILL AFFECT MANY AREAS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. THESE WINDS MAY ALSO INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER. BEACHGOERS WILL FACE MANY HAZARDS IN THE SURFZONE. THERE WILL BE HIGH SURF AND AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND ALMOST ALL AREA BEACHES THROUGH 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 * * HIGH SURF ADVISORY.........SEE WHUS46 KLOX - CFWLOX FOR DETAILS * * HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHERLY WIND EVENT WILL AFFECT MANY AREAS INTO THURSDAY. THESE WINDS MAY ALSO INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER. BEACHGOERS WILL FACE MANY HAZARDS IN THE SURFZONE. THERE WILL BE HIGH SURF AND AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND ALMOST ALL AREA BEACHES THROUGH 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 * * HIGH SURF ADVISORY.........SEE WHUS46 KLOX - CFWLOX FOR DETAILS * * HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS * .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ASR
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong northerly winds developed through and around the Interstate 5 corridor. The RAWS sensor at Whitaker Peak reported gusts as high as 77 MPH while the ASOS at Sandberg reported sustained winds between 40 and 45 MPH.
Strong northerly winds developed through and around the Interstate 5 corridor. The RAWS sensor at Whitaker Peak reported gusts as high as 77 MPH while the ASOS at Sandberg reported sustained winds between 40 and 45 MPH.
Strong northerly winds developed through the Santa Ynez mountains in southern Santa Barbara county. The RAWS sensor at Montecito reported northerly wind gusts as high as 60 MPH.
Strong northerly winds developed through the Santa Ynez mountains in southern Santa Barbara county. The RAWS sensor at Montecito reported northerly wind gusts as high as 60 MPH.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2014
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: 504142, 504145, 504143, 504144.