Weather Advisories issued - LA, Ventura, Santa Barbara and SLO Counties -

[pinto]

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 456 AM PDT MON OCT 12 2009

...HIGH WIND WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA....A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN PACIFIC LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...SETTING UP A SHARP PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER CALIFORNIA. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY AND MOST OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY...AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.

IN THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND DAMAGING GUSTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THERE.

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH
TUESDAY WITH DAMAGING GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SLOWLY LATE TUESDAY EVENING.

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.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 321 PM PDT SUN OCT 11 2009

...PACIFIC STORM EXPECTED TO BRING FIRST WIDESPREAD RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...

A DEEPENING MARINE LAYER COMBINED WITH STRENGTHENING ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING COOLER WEATHER TO THE REGION TONIGHT AND MONDAY. DURING THIS TIME...THERE WILL LIKELY BE AREAS OF DRIZZLE OR EVEN
SOME MEASURABLE LIGHT RAIN...MAINLY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND COASTAL SLOPES.

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY FOR OCTOBER...WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ON MONDAY NIGHT. CONSIDERABLE REMNANT MOISTURE FROM FORMER WESTERN PACIFIC TYPHOON MELOR IS EXPECTED TO BE PULLED INTO THIS SYSTEM. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THIS STORM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TO THE AREA ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS ACROSS RECENT BURN AREAS.

OVER SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. PRELIMINARY RAINFALL ESTIMATES FOR THESE AREAS RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER
COASTAL AREAS TO 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER FOOTHILL AND MOUNTAIN AREAS. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER FAVORED SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES.

OVER VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS WILL BE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL
AREAS OVER VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PRELIMINARY RAINFALL ESTIMATES FOR THESE AREAS RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER COASTAL AREAS TO 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAIN AREAS.

ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH LIKELY IN SOME AREAS.
COASTAL AREAS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 45 MPH IN SOME SPOTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES.

WITH THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA... THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS NEAR RECENT BURN AREAS. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES FOR THE BURN AREAS MAY BE
ISSUED WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IN ADDITION...MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE FIRST RAIN OF THE SEASON ALSO BRINGS VERY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS TO LOCAL ROADWAYS DUE TO THE BUILDUP OF OIL
OVER THE SUMMER.

RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH PROPERTY OR INTERESTS IN AND AROUND THE RECENT BURN AREAS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS AS THIS PACIFIC STORM DRAWS CLOSER TO THE REGION.

[JuniperLea]

1. Got a link? I need to add this to my Earthquake obsessing...

One tab for California EQ's, one tab for world EQ's (keeping an eye on the South Pacific), and now another for So Cal Severe Weather... my boss was evacuated during the La Canada area fires, now he's got flood/mudslide control barriers up in the neighborhood.

[pinto]

2. Forgot a link, I got it from local paper. Here's one though. And remember - "An Ounce of prevention

outweighs a Pound of cure."

I didn't mean to be an alarmist. I just happened to follow up on the Advisory because I expect to lose power at some point. So it's restock the candles day. :hi:

http://www.weather.com/newscenter/alerts/region/severeWxAlertsSWUS.html

[JuniperLea]

3. Thanks!

I was just thinking of buying a bunch of pop-top canned goods that wouldn't taste too horrible to eat cold. :hi:

I don't consider myself an alarmist either... just well-informed and prepared for potential catastrophes.

I grew up in So Cal... and have survived so far;)

:)

[xxqqqzme]

4. The weather channel

said 'La Can-a-da' this morning. The weather channel!!! I trust they've heard & corrected it by now.

[ronnykmarshall]

5. My step-mom in Atascadero ...

Has no power and her cell phone won't work.