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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
959 PM PDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...GUSTY WINDS OVER THE ANTELOPE VALLEY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...
...SUNDOWNER WINDS FOR THE SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST SUNDAY
NIGHT...

.A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT AND DOWNSLOPING WIND FLOW WILL
GENERATE GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SUNDOWNER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE WESTERN END OF THE SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST AS OFFSHORE FLOW
INCREASES SUNDAY EVENING.

STRONGER WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AND
MOST MOUNTAIN AREAS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL WIND
ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR THIS DEVELOPING EVENT.

CAZ059-261300-
/O.CON.KLOX.WI.Y.0046.130526T1900Z-130527T1000Z/
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANCASTER...PALMDALE
959 PM PDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 3 AM PDT
MONDAY...

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND REMAIN
  GUSTY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES ALONG
  HIGHWAYS 14 AND 138 AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND THOSE
  PULLING TRAILERS WILL BE EXPOSED TO CROSS WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
931 PM PDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...GUSTY WEST WINDS THROUGH AND BELOW THE SAN GORGONIO PASS
TONIGHT...

GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AND BELOW THE SAN GORGONIO
PASS AND ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

CAZ061-261000-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0050.000000T0000Z-130526T1000Z/
COACHELLA VALLEY-
931 PM PDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT SUNDAY...

* WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50
  MPH.

* LOCATION...THROUGH AND BELOW THE BANNING PASS AS WELL AS AREAS
  ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10.

* VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED IN BLOWING SAND AND BLOWING DUST.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULTY IN DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS
  WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

* OUTLOOK...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON
  THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

MOEDE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
900 PM PDT SAT MAY 25 2013

CAZ095-099-261200-
/O.CON.KHNX.WI.Y.0039.130526T2300Z-130529T0400Z/
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
900 PM PDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 9 PM PDT
TUESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 9 PM PDT
TUESDAY FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHEASTERN KERN
COUNTY DESERT.

* WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER50
  MPH. STRONGEST WINDS BELOW PASSES AND THROUGH CANYONS.

* TIMING: WINDS INCREASING SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING
  WITH STRONGEST WINDS LIKELY ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY
  AFTERNOONS.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ROSAMOND...EDWARDS AFB...MOJAVE...
  TEHACHAPI...HIGHWAYS 14...58...178 AND 395.

* IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING
  CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...INCLUDING MOTOR
  HOMES... TRUCKS AND TRAVEL TRAILERS. IN ADDITION BLOWING
  DUST AND SAND WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT
  HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=HNX.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

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