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HIGH WIND ADVISORY/SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

//HIGH WIND ADVISORY//

...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING SOUTHERLY WINDS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY OVER THE MOUNTAINS... ...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL COAST AND INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...

- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANTA MARIA...LOMPOC... VANDENBERG...SANTA YNEZ...SOLVANG

WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...THEN PEAK IN STRENGTH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BEFORE DIMINISHING THURSDAY NIGHT. *

IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES TOWING TRAILERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN DRIVING...USE EXTRA CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN GUSTY CROSS WINDS.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY- CUYAMA VALLEY- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 832 AM PST WED DEC 10 2014

//WINTER STORM ADVISORY//

...POWERFUL WINTER STORM EXPECTED FOR SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY... A POWERFUL WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG WINDS...MOUNTAIN SNOW...AND HIGH SURF TO THE REGION LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.

THE INITIAL COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING A 4 TO 6 HOUR PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE CENTRAL COAST THURSDAY EVENING...A COLD AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THE THREAT OF SHOWERS INTO FRIDAY EVENING...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. RAINFALL TOTALS WITH THIS SYSTEM FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES FOR COASTAL AND VALLEY LOCATIONS AND 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS.

THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL ALSO BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION...WHERE THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF HIGH INTENSITY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS.

RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE HALF AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE COLD FRONT AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

THESE PROJECTED RAINFALL RATES ARE HIGHER THAN LAST WEEK`S STORM. DUE TO THE INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM... CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS.

THIS PACIFIC STORM IS ALSO EXPECTED TO PACK POWERFUL WINDS. HIGH WIND WATCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN POSTED FOR THE MOUNTAINS...WHERE THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER 70 MPH POSSIBLE.

ELSEWHERE...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 50 MPH ACROSS MANY COASTAL AND VALLEY LOCATIONS...AND ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH ACROSS FOOTHILL LOCATIONS. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...AND CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED.

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