A strong northerly pressure gradient generated gusty Sundowner winds across southern sections of Santa Barbara county. The strongest winds were reported around the community of Montecito.
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The episode as NWS LOX wrote it up.
A strong northerly pressure gradient generated gusty Sundowner winds across southern sections of Santa Barbara county. The strongest winds were reported around the community of Montecito.
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 9, 10:00 PM PST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1000 PM PST THU JAN 9 2014 ...UPDATE FOR NEW AVIATION DISCUSSION... .SYNOPSIS... A CLEARING TREND AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS FOR PARTS OF THE AREA ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. WARMER AND MOSTLY SUNNY WEATHER WILL FOLLOW TOMORROW AS WINDS TURN SLIGHTLY OFFSHORE. ANOTHER FAST MOVING TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY NORTH WINDS. DRY CONDITIONS AND WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE GREAT BASIN AND WINDS TURN OFFSHORE ONCE AGAIN. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-SUN)...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE THIS EVENING FOR THE L.A./VTU COUNTY MTNS...THE SANTA CLARITA VLY...SAN FERNANDO VLY AND SBA S COAST AND MTNS. WINDS HAVE FALLEN JUST SHORT OF ADVISORY LEVELS THUS FAR THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF THE AREA EXCEPT ALONG THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR WHERE SOME ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED...AND OVER PORTIONS OF THE SANTA YNEZ MTNS WHERE A RECENT GUST TO 55 MPH WAS REPORTED AT THE MONTECITO HILLS RAWS STATION. IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAY AT THIS TIME IF ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL BE REACHED FOR THE BALANCE OF THE REGION THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...WILL KEEP THE ADVISORIES GOING UNTIL MIDNIGHT...EXCEPT THRU 9 AM FOR THE SBA S COAST AND MTNS. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST NON-PRECIPITATION WEATHER MESSAGE (LAXNPWLOX) FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THE WIND ADVISORIES. FAIR SKIES WILL COVER THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH SOME HI CLOUDS AT TIMES. IT ALSO LOOKS LIKE SOME LOW CLOUDS WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN SLO COUNTY...CUYAMA VLY AND THE N MTN SLOPES OVERNIGHT FROM THE SRN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY THANKS TO A PERSISTENT N TO NE FLOW OVER THE AREA. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OFF THE CA COAST WILL BUILD TOWARD THE AREA THRU FRI. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL WEAKEN SOME FRI NIGHT...WITH A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL TROF AND DISSIPATING SURFACE COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO CENTRAL AND SRN CA SAT INTO SAT EVENING. IT LOOKS LIKE A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROF WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE E PAC ON SUN. DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FORECAST AREA THRU SUN. A FEW HI CLOUDS SHOULD MOVE OVER THE AREA AT TIMES DURING THE PERIOD...AND THERE MAY BE A FEW LOW CLOUDS REDEVELOPING ALONG THE L.A. COUNTY COAST SAT NIGHT INTO EARLY SUN. OTHERWISE...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES SHOULD PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION THRU THE WEEKEND. WEAKER OFFSHORE FLOW SHOULD LINGER THRU FRI NIGHT...WITH AN INCREASE IN THE ONSHORE FLOW ON SAT. THE FLOW WILL QUICKLY TURN NW TO N AGAIN SAT NIGHT WITH ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS POSSIBLE IN THE MTNS AND THE SBA S COAST. GUSTY NE WINDS POSSIBLY TO ADVISORY LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS ON SUN AS THE OFFSHORE GRADIENTS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. TEMPS ARE FORECAST TO TURN WARMER ON FRI TO SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...THEN REMAIN A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR MANY AREAS SAT AND SUN. ***FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION*** .LONG TERM (MON-THU)...AS THE COLD AIR FROM THE AFOREMENTIONED TROUGH SETTLES INTO THE GREAT BASIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...THE STAGE IS SET FOR A MODERATE-TO-POSSIBLY-STRONG SANTA ANA EVENT. THERE IS GOOD AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SURFACE PATTERN PROJECTION OF THE GFS AND THE ECMWF...AND PEAK GUSTS IN THE 50S AND 60S ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE CORRESPONDINGLY...WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S OVER INLAND COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS LIKELY FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. TEMPERATURE RECORDS ARE RATHER HIGH FOR THESE DAYS AND LOOK SAFE...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL BE 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. WHEN COMBINED WITH THE HISTORICALLY DRY CONDITIONS...THIS ALL ADDS UP TO A BIG FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. EVENTUALLY THE OFFSHORE PATTERN SHOULD LOWER...ALTHOUGH MODELS SEEM TO HOLD ON TO AT LEAST WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP WARM TEMPERATURES GOING. && .FIRE WEATHER...09/2330Z...NORTH WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. THE FOCUS FOR STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE AND SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY AS WELL AS THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...SAN FERNANDO VALLEY...AND SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THESE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS FAVORED MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS. WHILE HUMIDITIES WILL BE FAIRLY HIGH ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD...HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT WILL OCCUR ACROSS DOWNSLOPE LOCATIONS TO GENERATE ELEVATED FIRE DANGER CONCERNS. ON FRIDAY...THE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL TURN BRIEFLY OFFSHORE TO GENERATE SOME WARMING AND DRYING. ON SATURDAY...THE FLOW WILL REVERSE TO ONSHORE FOR SOME COOLING...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPRESSIVE LAX-BAKERSFIELD AND SBA BAKERSFIELD GRADIENTS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS EVENT...CURRENTLY PROJECTED AT -8 MB AND -7 MB RESPECTIVELY. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH ISOLATED GUSTS OF 60 MPH WILL ONCE AGAIN IMPACT THE TYPICAL NORTH-SOUTH WIND PRONE LOCATIONS IN LOS ANGELES AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES. THIS NORTHERLY EVENT IS EXPECTED TO BE SLIGHTLY DRIER THAN TONIGHT'S EVENT...WITH HUMIDITIES BRIEFLY FALLING BELOW 15 PERCENT IN SOME LOCATIONS. AS A RESULT...BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MUCH OF NEXT WEEK...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WEAK TO MODERATE SANTA ANA WINDS WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...BRINGING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HIGH FIRE DANGER TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. STRONGEST OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATER SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...WHERE GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAVORED MOUNTAIN PASSES OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. FROM MONDAY THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK...THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR LONG DURATIONS OF SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AS WE DRAW CLOSER TO THE EVENT. && .AVIATION...10/0555Z...GENERALLY HI CONFIDENCE IN THE 06Z TAFS. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT MOST OF THE AIRFIELDS THRU FRI EVENING. AT KPRB...THERE IS A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF MVFR VSBYS AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT INTO FRI MORNING. FOR KLAX...KLGB AND KBUR...MVFR VSBYS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES TONIGHT TO ABOUT MIDDAY FRI...BUT THERE IS A 20 PERCENT CHANCE THE MVFR VSBYS MAY BE SPORADIC AT TIMES. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR IS EXPECTED AT KSBA THRU 14Z DUE TO GUSTY N CANYON WINDS IN THE VICINITY. AT KVNY AND KBUR...LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR IS EXPECTED THRU ABOUT 12Z-15Z FRI DUE TO STRONG AND GUSTY N WINDS JUST ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. KLAX...GENERALLY HI CONFIDENCE OVERALL IN THE 06Z TAF. MVFR VSBYS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES 08Z-20Z...BUT THERE IS A 20 PERCENT CHANCE THE MVFR VSBYS MAY BE SPORADIC AT BEST. MVFR VSBYS ARE ALSO EXPECTED 08Z-12Z FRI NIGHT. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. KBUR...GENERALLY HI CONFIDENCE IN THE 06Z TAF. MVFR VSBYS ARE EXPECTED THRU ABOUT 21Z FRI...ALTHO THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE THE VSBYS COULD IMPROVE TO VFR BY 18Z. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR IS EXPECTED THRU ABOUT 12Z FRI DUE TO STRONG AND GUSTY N WINDS JUST ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX). GALE WARNING (SEE LAXMWWLOX). && PUBLIC...SIRARD/KITTELL AVIATION...SIRARD FIRE...GOMBERG SYNOPSIS...SUKUP WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 300 PM PST THU JAN 9 2014 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-101400- 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- 300 PM PST THU JAN 9 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 GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...AS WELL AS NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. SIMILAR GALE FORCE WINDS WILL IMPACT THE COASTAL WATERS OFF THE CENTRAL COAST...WITH HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS. * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * GALE WARNING...............SEE WHUS76 KLOX - MWWLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL REFORMED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...IMPACTING SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY AND THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR. A MODERATE TO STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT IS POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WITH HEIGHTEN FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. RK/KAPLAN
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong northerly winds developed across southern Santa Barbara county. The RAWS sensor at Montecito reported sustained winds between 40 and 51 MPH with gusts between 59 and 66 MPH.
Strong northerly winds developed across southern Santa Barbara county. The RAWS sensor at Montecito reported sustained winds between 40 and 51 MPH with gusts between 59 and 66 MPH.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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