A deepening surface low west of Big Sur brought gusty winds to the Monterey Bay region. Wind gusts at KSNS topped 40 mph.
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A deepening surface low west of Big Sur brought gusty winds to the Monterey Bay region. Wind gusts at KSNS topped 40 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 San Francisco Bay Area, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 15, 10:00 AM PST, 0 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Mesonet station at Moss Landing measured wind gusts generally around 50 mph during this time with a peak gust of 70 mph in the late afternoon.
ASOS at Salinas Airport measured wind gusts over 40 mph peaking at 43 mph.
Hastings RAWS measured wind gusts of 41 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 2019
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 797476, 797474, 797475.