COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT
Issue Date: 926 PM PST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 300 AM PST WED DEC 23 2009

...ABOVE NORMAL SURF EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...
A MODERATE WEST SWELL COMBINED WITH GALE FORCE WINDS WILL
GENERATE HIGH SURF AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS OVER THE
EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES BEGINNING LATE TUESDAY MORNING. SURF
BETWEEN 3 AND 6 FEET WITH MAX SETS TO 8 FEET ARE EXPECTED...AT
VERY SHORT INTERVALS. THIS SURF MAY ALSO COMBINE WITH HIGH TIDES
AROUND NOON ON TUESDAY TO CREATE LOCAL BEACH EROSION.
$$

HIGH WIND WARNING
Issue Date: 917 PM PST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 1000 PM PST TUE DEC 22 2009

...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHLAND...
.A MOSTLY DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...BRINGING A THREAT OF LIGHT SHOWERS. MORE
IMPORTANTLY IT WILL BRING IN VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT. THE MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY WILL SEE THE
STRONG WINDS FIRST TUESDAY MORNING...THEN WILL SPREAD INTO LOWER
ELEVATIONS LATER IN THE DAY. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH
WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. MANY OTHER AREAS WILL BE
WINDY AS WELL AND WIND ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR GUSTS
BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH.
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ANTELOPE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANCASTER...PALMDALE
917 PM PST MON DEC 21 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM PST
TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY TUESDAY
  MORNING...THEN PEAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH DAMAGING GUSTS
  TO 60 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
  WESTERN PORTIONS.
* IMPACTS: THE GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES. THE WINDS MAY ALSO CREATE CLOUDS OF BLOWING
  DUST OR SAND WITH SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS TO ONE
  QUARTER MILE OR LESS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.
&&
$$

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 457 PM PST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 600 AM PST TUE DEC 22 2009

...STRONG WINDS LIKELY FOR THE SOUTHLAND TUESDAY...
...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHLAND
TUESDAY NIGHT...
A COLD AND VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
DIG SOUTHWARD ACROSS INTERIOR CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA OVERNIGHT INTO
TUESDAY. DUE TO THE EXPECTED INLAND TRACK...THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY
HAVE LIMITED MOISTURE. A WEAK COLD FRONT IS BRINGING SCATTERED LIGHT
SHOWERS TO SAN LUIS OBISPO AND NORTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES
LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATER THIS
EVENING INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING FOR AREAS SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION.
ANY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO BE FAIRLY
LIGHT...GENERALLY UNDER A TENTH OF AN INCH...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LOCAL
AMOUNTS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY.
SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER RAPIDLY ON TUESDAY...GENERALLY
FALLING TO BETWEEN 3500 AND 4500 FEET...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE
NORTH SLOPES WHICH COULD SEE SNOW DOWN TO AROUND 3000 FEET. BY
TUESDAY NIGHT...VERY COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE
AREA...WITH SNOW LEVELS POTENTIALLY FALLING AS LOW AS 2000 FEET. AT
THIS POINT...ANY THREAT OF SNOW SHOWERS IS EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED
TO THE NORTH SLOPES NEAR THE KERN COUNTY LINE...BUT THE EXPECTED
COLD TEMPERATURES COULD BRING A THREAT OF BLACK ICE TO INTERIOR
PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. A FEW INCHES OF NEW SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTH FACING SLOPES...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW
POSSIBLE ALONG INTERSTATE 5 NEAR THE GRAPEVINE.
IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND LOW SNOW
LEVELS...THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING POWERFUL WINDS ACROSS SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...STRONG AND WIDESPREAD
NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION LATE TUESDAY MORNING
INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH WINDS BECOMING MORE NORTHERLY BY TUESDAY
EVENING. THIS SYSTEM HAS STRONG UPPER LEVEL WIND SUPPORT...AND
COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH ACROSS
THE MOUNTAINS...ANTELOPE VALLEY...SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST...
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...AND SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. A HIGH WIND
WATCH HAS ALREADY BEEN POSTED FOR THESE AREAS. MANY OTHER PORTIONS
OF THE SOUTHLAND WILL LIKELY REQUIRE WIND ADVISORIES...WITH WIND
GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 50 MPH BEING COMMON.
THE INFLUX OF MUCH COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT WILL
ALSO BRING THE RISK OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES TO WIND SHELTERED
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. PORTIONS OF THE ANTELOPE
VALLEY...CUYAMA VALLEY...AND INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
COUNTY ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE MINIMUM TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOWER
TO MID 20S...BUT THESE AREAS HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED TWO HARD FREEZES
THIS SEASON. OTHER WIND PROTECTED LOCATIONS WILL LIKELY HAVE MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S...WITH FROST
ADVISORIES POSSIBLY BEING ISSUED.
RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS FOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
$$
GOMBERG/ASR

HIGH WIND WATCH
Issue Date: 224 PM PST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 400 AM PST WED DEC 23 2009

...WINDY CONDITIONS ON TAP FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON...EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT...
.A MOSTLY DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY
MORNING AND BRING WITH IT JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. MORE
IMPORTANTLY IT WILL BRING IN VERY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS. THE
MOUNTAINS OF SANTA VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY AS WELL AS THE
ANTELOPE VALLEY WILL SEE THE WINDS FIRST TUESDAY AFTERNOON. BY
LATE AFTERNOON...THE WINDS WILL LIKELY REACH THE SANTA BARBARA
MOUNTAINS AND THE SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST AS WELL AS THE SANTA
CLARITA VALLEY AND THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. THE WIND GUSTS IN
THESE AREAS COULD POSSIBLY REACH DAMAGING LEVELS OF 60 TO 70 MPH
AND AS A RESULT THEY ARE UNDER THIS HIGH WIND WATCH. MANY OTHER
AREAS WILL BE WINDY AS WELL AND WIND ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE
NEEDED FOR GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
CAZ088-547-220800-
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SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANTA CLARITA...NEWHALL...VALENCIA...
WOODLAND HILLS...NORTHRIDGE...BURBANK...UNIVERSAL CITY
224 PM PST MON DEC 21 2009
...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING: TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT.
* WINDS: NORTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
WINDS STRONGEST BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS.
* IMPACTS: THE GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 424 AM PST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 600 AM PST TUE DEC 22 2009

Expires:200912221400;;
FLUS46 KLOX 211216
HWOLOX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
600 AM PST MON DEC 21 2009
CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-221400-
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 MON DEC 21 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.
.DAY ONE... TODAY
AN ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK WILL POSE HAZARDS FOR BEACHGOERS TODAY.
* HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS *
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE A MULTITUDE OF HAZARDS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
DESERTS AS WELL AS THE SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST...THE SANTA CLARITA
VALLEY AND THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL CREATE
HAZARDS FOR BOATERS IN BOTH THE INNER AND OUTER WATERS.
IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
ACROSS THE GRAPEVINE TUESDAY MORNING.
* HIGH WIND WATCH............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *
* GALE WATCH...............SEE WHUS76 KLOX - MWWLOX FOR DETAILS *
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS *
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
$$