California, 2014High Wind in California, March 9, 2014
March 9, 2014 · NWS SGX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
Surface high pressure over the Great Basin brought gusty northeast to east winds near the coastal foothills, strongest in San Diego County. Most wind gusts in that area were 35-55 mph, but a few locations reached gusts up to 63 mph.
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Surface high pressure over the Great Basin brought gusty northeast to east winds near the coastal foothills, strongest in San Diego County. Most wind gusts in that area were 35-55 mph, but a few locations reached gusts up to 63 mph. This was a short-lived event, as flow turned onshore the following day.
What forecasters said that day
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 San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 8, 9:00 PM PST, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 9:00 PM PST, 3 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
900 PM PST SAT MAR 8 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
UNSEASONABLY WARM AND DRY THROUGH SUNDAY. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL
REDEVELOP TONIGHT OVER SAN DIEGO COUNTY. GRADUAL COOLING TREND WILL
BEGIN ON MONDAY AS A TROUGH MOVES INLAND TO OUR NORTH. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY REBUILD OVER THE REGION FOR THE LATTER PART OF
THE WORK WEEK AND NEXT WEEKEND...WITH DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS
PREVAILING. PERIODS OF GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS WILL REDEVELOP FOR TUE
THROUGH THU AND AGAIN LATE SAT THROUGH SUN.
&&
.DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE...
SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTIES...
A FEW HIGH CLOUDS WERE MOVING IN FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING. EAST
WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO PICK UP IN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...WITH
SEVERAL SITES ON THE WEST SLOPES OF THE CUYAMACA AND LAGUNA
MOUNTAINS GUSTING INTO THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY. ISOLATED GUSTS AROUND
55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG FAVORED COASTAL SLOPES. BREEZY CONDITIONS
WILL ALSO DEVELOP ALONG I-10 NEAR THE SAN GORGONIO PASS IN THE
INLAND EMPIRE THROUGH LATE SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS OFFSHORE FLOW WEAKENS. THE WIND
ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR PORTIONS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY FROM
1 AM THROUGH 5 PM SUNDAY. OTHERWISE...SUNDAY WILL BE ANOTHER WARM
AND DRY DAY WITH HIGH TEMPS WITHIN A DEGREE OR TWO OF TODAY...SO GO
ENJOY THAT EXTRA HOUR OF SUNLIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON.
A COOLING TREND WILL BEGIN MONDAY AS A TROUGH MOVES INLAND ACROSS
THE PACIFIC NW AND ONSHORE FLOW RETURNS. THE MARINE LAYER WILL
REDEVELOP MONDAY...REACHING THE COASTAL AREAS SOMETIME MONDAY
EVENING OR MONDAY NIGHT. FOG MAY BRIEFLY BE DENSE FOR A TIME AT THE
AS THE LOW CLOUDS REDEVELOP...BUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE
AS THE MARINE LAYER DEEPENS WITH THE PASSING TROUGH. THE TROUGH WILL
ALSO GENERATE LOCAL GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD OVER THE GREAT BASIN
BEHIND THE DEPARTING TROUGH ON TUESDAY. WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPS
DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. HOWEVER...HEIGHTS/THICKNESSES CONTINUE TO
FALL AS A SECOND WAVE DROPS SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN AND
INTO EASTERN CA...CONTINUING THE COOLING TREND. MODERATE OFFSHORE
FLOW DEVELOPS FOR WEDNESDAY AS GRADIENTS STRENGTHEN. CURRENT MEDIUM
RANGE MODEL SOLUTIONS FORM AN UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHERN NV OR FAR
WESTERN AZ WED AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE TROUGH AXIS EXTENDING
W OVER SOUTHERN CA. IF THIS SOLUTION PANS OUT...OFFSHORE WINDS COULD
BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY DUE TO UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FROM THE LOW.
MODELS TEND TO STRUGGLE WITH THESE SCENARIOS...SO CONFIDENCE IS
FAIRLY LOW CONCERNING THE STRENGTH OF THE MIDWEEK OFFSHORE FLOW
EVENING. IN GENERAL...SHOULD BE WARMER WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS DUE TO
DOWNSLOPING WINDS AND COOLER IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WITH COLD
AIR MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHEAST. OFFSHORE FLOW WEAKENS THURSDAY AND
BECOMES ONSHORE FRIDAY AS ANOTHER WEAK WAVE MOVES BY TO THE
NORTH...BRINGING MINOR COOLING. THE UPPER RIDGE REBUILDS AND MOVES
OVER CA NEXT WEEKEND WITH OFFSHORE FLOW REDEVELOPING FOR WARMER AND
DRIER WEATHER.
&&
.AVIATION...
090400Z...WINDS ARE THE FORECAST PROBLEM TONIGHT. AT MOST OF THE
COASTAL TAF SITES AT THE SURFACE WINDS ARE DROPPING OFF QUICKLY
TONIGHT... HOWEVER ABOVE 2500-3000 FEET ABOVE MSL WINDS ARE GUSTY
OUT OF THE NORTHEAST TO 35 KTS. WINDS THROUGH MTN PASSES AND CANYONS
TO 35 KT CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING 091800Z. MDT UDDFS
AND LLWS WILL CONTINUE OVER AND W OF THE MTNS INTO TOMORROW MORNING.
OTHERWISE... FEW HIGH CLOUDS WITH UNRESTRICTED VIS THROUGH SUN.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS HIGH.
&&
.MARINE...
OFFSHORE FLOW CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY... BUT WILL BE OVERCOME BY
THE SEA BREEZE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SWELL AND SURF WILL CONTINUE TO
DIMINISH...BUT WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS CONTINUING INTO SUN. BY
MONDAY... ONSHORE FLOW WILL BE MORE DOMINATE WITH AN INCREASING NW
SWELL. FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS HIGH.
&&
.SKYWARN...
SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED. HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS.
&&
.SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CA...WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 AM PST TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THE SAN
DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS.
PZ...NONE.
&&
PUBLIC...SS
AVIATION/MARINE...PIERCEHigh Wind, San Diego County Mountains
- When
- March 9, 12:00 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- San Diego County Mountains forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 33.028, -116.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High winds began at the Lucky Five Ranch SDGE mesonet between 2310 and 2320 PST on the 8th and ended between 1030 and 1040 PST on the 9th. During this time, winds were sustained 35 to 45 mph with most gusts over 60 mph. A peak gust of 68 mph was measured between 0750 and 0800 PST on the 9th. |High winds occurred at the Crestwood mesonet site between 0810 and 1030 PST on the 9th. During this time, a peak gust of 63 mph was measured between 0810 and 0820 PST, with a few other gusts of 61 mph measured later.|High winds occurred at the School House Canyon mesonet site between 0830 and 0910 PST on the 9th. During this time, a peak gust of 61 mph was measured between 0850 and 0900 PST.|High winds occurred at the Volcan Mountain mesonet site between 0730 and 0800 PST on the 9th, during which time a peak gust of 58 mph was measured twice.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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