Full Notification

...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR VERY STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS FRIDAY... STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND BECOME VERY STRONG ON FRIDAY. PEAK GUSTS WILL EXCEED 70 MPH IN THE WIND FAVORED AREAS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILL. GUSTS IN SOME OF THE POPULATED METRO AREAS WILL EXCEED 50 MPH...PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHERN INLAND EMPIRE AND IN ORANGE COUNTY. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WILL AFFECT COASTAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY ON FRIDAY WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN SOME AREAS. ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM PST SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 75 MPH IN THE WIND PRONE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. ON SATURDAY THE WINDS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS STRONG...ESPECIALLY IN THE COASTAL AND VALLEY ZONES. THE STRONGEST WINDS SATURDAY WILL BE IN THE RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS ON I-15 THROUGH THE CAJON PASS...ON I-10 THROUGH THE SAN GORGONIO PASS...AND I-8 THROUGH THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND OTHER DEBRIS.

* OUTLOOK...LIGHTER OFFSHORE WINDS SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL ... ORANGE COUNTY INLAND ... RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS ... SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS ... SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS -THE INLAND EMPIRE ... SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS ... SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS ... SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING ... SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS

Instructions:

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.