NWS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE. ...GUSTY NORTHWEST SUNDOWNER WINDS
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
1132 AM PDT SUN JUL 14 2013
...GUSTY NORTHWEST SUNDOWNER WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SANTA BARBARA MOUNTAINS AND SOUTH COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING..
.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL FLOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND THROUGH THE PASSES OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WINDS WILL BE QUITE GUSTY AND WARM AS THEY REACH THE SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST AND TEMPERATURES IN GAVIOTA.. SANTA BARBARA.. AND MONTECITO ARE EXPECTED TO WARM NOTICEABLY THIS EVENING BEFORE THE WINDS DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.
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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANTA BARBARA...MONTECITO...CARPINTERIA
1132 AM PDT SUN JUL 14 2013
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING..
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG HIGHWAY 101 THROUGH GAVIOTA PASS AND ALONG HIGHWAY 154 THROUGH THE SAN MARCOS PASS.
* TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME STRONGER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.. PEAK DURING THE EVENING HOURS... AND DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.
* IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE SHARPLY INTO THE 90S IN MANY AREAS BY THIS EVENING. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH PASSES AND WHERE CROSSWINDS EXIST. THE WARMING WINDS WILL REDUCE LOCAL HUMIDITIES TO FIRE CRITICAL LEVELS AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS..
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. TRAVELERS.. ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.. SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TURBULENT PASSES AND STRONG CROSSWINDS. EVERYONE SHOULD BE WATCHFUL OF ANY FIRE STARTS AND CALL THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES IF SOMETHING IS NOTICED.
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