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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 703 PM PST FRI NOV 13 2015 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547>550-141800- 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 AND SANTA BARBARA ISLANDS- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- SAN MIGUEL AND SANTA ROSA ISLANDS-SANTA CRUZ AND ANACAPA ISLANDS- 703 PM PST FRI NOV 13 2015

...COLD FRONT WILL BRING LIGHT PRECIPITATION SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...

STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...POSSIBLY INTO TUESDAY...

A WEAK COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. THIS COLD FRONT WILL BRING LIGHT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS TO THE AREA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...IT WILL BRING GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. LIGHT RAIN WILL MOVE INTO SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY SUNDAY MORNING THEN GRADUALLY WORK ITS WAY SOUTH TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A BIG RAIN PRODUCER WITH AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO BE ONE QUARTER INCH OR LESS. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION. DESPITE THE EXPECTED LACK OF RAINFALL...THIS FRONT WILL BRING A COLD AIR MASS TO THE AREA. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO AROUND 6000 FEET DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. HOWEVER BEHIND THE FRONT...COLD AIR WILL DROP SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO BETWEEN 3500 AND 4000 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. DUE TO THE NORTHERLY FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS NORTH-FACING SLOPES SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING...INCLUDING THE GRAPEVINE AREA. IN FACT THE COMBINATION OF SNOW SHOWERS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING DUST COULD RESULT IN VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE. AS FOR THE WINDS...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. IN THE MOUNTAINS...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WHILE WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS IN THE VALLEY AREAS. WITH SUCH STRONG WINDS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES WILL BE SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL HAZARDS. BY MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR A MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT ACROSS SECTIONS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. THIS WILL BE A DYNAMIC WEATHER PATTERN FOR THE AREA...AND THE FORECAST DETAILS COULD CHANGE. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS.