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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for California
Issued by the National Weather Service
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List of Active Alerts by County
Antelope Valley
special weather statement
CAZ528 (?)
excessive heat warning
Cadiz Basin
excessive heat warning
Carquinez Strait, Delta
heat advisory
Catalina Island
special weather statement
Central Sacramento Valley including Glenn, Colusa, Yuba, Northern Sutter, Butte County Below 1000 Ft
red flag warning
Central Sacramento Valley
heat advisory
Clear Lake, Southern Lake County
excessive heat warning
Cuyama Valley
special weather statement
Death Valley National Park
excessive heat warning
E Mendocino NF
red flag warning
East Bay Hills, the Diablo Ra
excessive heat warning
red flag warning
East Bay Interior Valleys
excessive heat warning
East,Central San Joaquin Valley, Mariposa Madera, Fresno Count, Sierra Nevada from Yosemite to K
air quality alert
East,Central San Joaquin Valley
heat advisory
Eastern Delta
red flag warning
Eastern Mojave Desert Including
excessive heat warning
Eastern Portion of Shasta, Trinity NF
red flag warning
Hupa
red flag warning
Interior Mendocino
red flag warning
Kern County Mountains
heat advisory
Lake County Portion of Lake,Nappa,Sonoma RU
red flag warning
Los Angeles County Mountains exc
excessive heat warning
excessive heat watch
special weather statement
Los Angeles County Valleys
special weather statement
Lower Middle Klamath
red flag warning
Mariposa Madera, Fresno Count, Sierra Nevada from Yosemite to K
air quality alert
Mariposa Madera, Fresno Count
heat advisory
Mendocino Coast
air quality alert
Mendocino Interior
air quality alert
Morongo Basin
excessive heat warning
Motherlode
excessive heat warning
Mountains Of San Benito County A
excessive heat warning
red flag warning
Mountains Southwestern Shasta Co
excessive heat warning
North Bay Interior Valleys
excessive heat warning
North Bay Mountains
excessive heat warning
red flag warning
North Coast Interior
air quality alert
Northeast Foothills, Sacramento V
excessive heat warning
Northern Sacramento Valley to Southern Tehama County Line Below 1000 Ft
red flag warning
Northern Sacramento Valley
excessive heat warning
Northern San Joaquin Valley in San Joaquin, Stanislaus Counties Below 1000 ft, Excludes the Delt
red flag warning
Northern San Joaquin Valley, Motherlode, West Slope Northern Sierra Nevad, Sierra Nevada from Yosemite to K
air quality alert
Northern San Joaquin Valley
heat advisory
Northern Sierra Foothills from 1000 to 3000 Ft. Includes Nevada,Yuba,Placer RU, Anador,Eldorado R
red flag warning
Northern Sierra Including Lassen NP, Plumas, Lassen NF, S West of the Sierra Crest, West of Ev
red flag warning
San Bernardino County,Upper Colo
excessive heat warning
San Francisco Bay Shoreline
heat advisory
San Francisco
heat advisory
San Luis Obispo County Interior
special weather statement
San Luis Obispo County Mountains
excessive heat warning
excessive heat watch
special weather statement
Santa Barbara County Mountains
excessive heat warning
excessive heat watch
special weather statement
Santa Clara Valley Including San
excessive heat warning
Santa Clarita Valley
special weather statement
Santa Cruz Mountains
excessive heat warning
red flag warning
Santa Lucia Mountains, Los Pa
excessive heat warning
red flag warning
Santa Monica Mountains Recreatio
special weather statement
Santa Ynez Valley
special weather statement
Shasta Lake Area, Northern Shas
excessive heat warning
Southeastern San Joaquin Valley, Tulare County Foothills, Tulare County Mountains
air quality alert
Southeastern San Joaquin Valley
heat advisory
Southern Sacramento Valley In Yolo, Sacramento, Far Western Placer, Southern Sutter, Solano County B
red flag warning
Southern Sacramento Valley
heat advisory
Southern Salinas Valley, Arroyo S
excessive heat warning
Southern, Eastern Mendocino NF, Southeast Edge Shasta, Trinity NF, Western Portions of Tahima, Gl
red flag warning
Southwestern San Joaquin Valley, Southeastern San Joaquin Valley, Kern County Mountains, Indian Wells Valley, Southeastern Kern County Desert
air quality alert
Southwestern San Joaquin Valley
air quality alert
heat advisory
Trinity
red flag warning
Tulare County Foothills
heat advisory
Upper Smith
red flag warning
Upper Trinity River
air quality alert
Van Duzen, Mad River
red flag warning
Ventura County Coastal Valleys
special weather statement
Ventura County Interior Valleys
special weather statement
Ventura County Mountains
excessive heat warning
excessive heat watch
special weather statement
W Mendocino NF, E Mendocino Unit
red flag warning
West,Central San Joaquin Valley, East,Central San Joaquin Valley, Mariposa Madera, Fresno Count, Sierra Nevada from Yosemite to K
air quality alert
West,Central San Joaquin Valley, East,Central San Joaquin Valley
air quality alert
West,Central San Joaquin Valley
heat advisory
Western Klamath National Forest
red flag warning
Western Mojave Desert
excessive heat warning
Air Quality Alert
West,Central San Joaquin Valley, East,Central San Joaquin Valley, Mariposa Madera, Fresno Count, Sierra Nevada from Yosemite to K (California)
CAC019-029-031-039-043-047-107-109-091900- AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA 117 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...TUOLUMNE COUNTY...MARIPOSA COUNTY AND KERN COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS HAVE ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO SMOKE IMPACTS FROM FIRES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. WINDS ARE TRANSPORTING SMOKE FROM FIRES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA INTO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...PROMPTING LOCAL AIR POLLUTION OFFICIALS TO ISSUE A HEALTH CAUTIONARY STATEMENT. SMOKE MAY AFFECT TUOLUMNE...MARIPOSA...MERCED...MADERA... FRESNO...KINGS...TULARE AND KERN COUNTIES...AIR DISTRICT FORECASTERS SAID. LOCALIZED AIR QUALITY COULD FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON SMOKE IMPACTS. EXPOSURE TO PARTICLE POLLUTION CAN CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS...AGGRAVATE LUNG DISEASE...CAUSE ASTHMA ATTACKS AND ACUTE BRONCHITIS...AND INCREASE RISK OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. PEOPLE WITH HEART OR LUNG DISEASES SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR DOCTORS ADVICE FOR DEALING WITH EPISODES OF UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY. ADDITIONALLY...OLDER ADULTS AND CHILDREN SHOULD AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE...STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES OR HEAVY EXERTION...AS CONDITIONS DICTATE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...CALL YOUR LOCAL AIR DISTRICT... SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR DISTRICT OFFICES...FRESNO 559.230.6000... BAKERSFIELD 661.326.6900...MODESTO 209.557.6400 KERN COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...661.862.5250 MARIPOSA COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...209.966.2220 TUOLUMNE COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...209.533.5693 $$ JMBIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Air Quality Alert
Southwestern San Joaquin Valley, Southeastern San Joaquin Valley, Kern County Mountains, Indian Wells Valley, Southeastern Kern County Desert (California)
CAC019-029-031-039-043-047-107-109-091900- AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA 117 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...TUOLUMNE COUNTY...MARIPOSA COUNTY AND KERN COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS HAVE ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO SMOKE IMPACTS FROM FIRES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. WINDS ARE TRANSPORTING SMOKE FROM FIRES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA INTO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...PROMPTING LOCAL AIR POLLUTION OFFICIALS TO ISSUE A HEALTH CAUTIONARY STATEMENT. SMOKE MAY AFFECT TUOLUMNE...MARIPOSA...MERCED...MADERA... FRESNO...KINGS...TULARE AND KERN COUNTIES...AIR DISTRICT FORECASTERS SAID. LOCALIZED AIR QUALITY COULD FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON SMOKE IMPACTS. EXPOSURE TO PARTICLE POLLUTION CAN CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS...AGGRAVATE LUNG DISEASE...CAUSE ASTHMA ATTACKS AND ACUTE BRONCHITIS...AND INCREASE RISK OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. PEOPLE WITH HEART OR LUNG DISEASES SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR DOCTORS ADVICE FOR DEALING WITH EPISODES OF UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY. ADDITIONALLY...OLDER ADULTS AND CHILDREN SHOULD AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE...STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES OR HEAVY EXERTION...AS CONDITIONS DICTATE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...CALL YOUR LOCAL AIR DISTRICT... SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR DISTRICT OFFICES...FRESNO 559.230.6000... BAKERSFIELD 661.326.6900...MODESTO 209.557.6400 KERN COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...661.862.5250 MARIPOSA COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...209.966.2220 TUOLUMNE COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...209.533.5693 $$ JMBIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Air Quality Alert
Southwestern San Joaquin Valley (California)
CAC019-029-031-039-043-047-107-109-091900- AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA 117 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...TUOLUMNE COUNTY...MARIPOSA COUNTY AND KERN COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS HAVE ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO SMOKE IMPACTS FROM FIRES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. WINDS ARE TRANSPORTING SMOKE FROM FIRES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA INTO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...PROMPTING LOCAL AIR POLLUTION OFFICIALS TO ISSUE A HEALTH CAUTIONARY STATEMENT. SMOKE MAY AFFECT TUOLUMNE...MARIPOSA...MERCED...MADERA... FRESNO...KINGS...TULARE AND KERN COUNTIES...AIR DISTRICT FORECASTERS SAID. LOCALIZED AIR QUALITY COULD FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON SMOKE IMPACTS. EXPOSURE TO PARTICLE POLLUTION CAN CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS...AGGRAVATE LUNG DISEASE...CAUSE ASTHMA ATTACKS AND ACUTE BRONCHITIS...AND INCREASE RISK OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. PEOPLE WITH HEART OR LUNG DISEASES SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR DOCTORS ADVICE FOR DEALING WITH EPISODES OF UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY. ADDITIONALLY...OLDER ADULTS AND CHILDREN SHOULD AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE...STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES OR HEAVY EXERTION...AS CONDITIONS DICTATE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...CALL YOUR LOCAL AIR DISTRICT... SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR DISTRICT OFFICES...FRESNO 559.230.6000... BAKERSFIELD 661.326.6900...MODESTO 209.557.6400 KERN COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...661.862.5250 MARIPOSA COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...209.966.2220 TUOLUMNE COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...209.533.5693 $$ JMBIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Air Quality Alert
East,Central San Joaquin Valley, Mariposa Madera, Fresno Count, Sierra Nevada from Yosemite to K (California)
CAC019-029-031-039-043-047-107-109-091900- AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA 117 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...TUOLUMNE COUNTY...MARIPOSA COUNTY AND KERN COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS HAVE ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO SMOKE IMPACTS FROM FIRES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. WINDS ARE TRANSPORTING SMOKE FROM FIRES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA INTO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...PROMPTING LOCAL AIR POLLUTION OFFICIALS TO ISSUE A HEALTH CAUTIONARY STATEMENT. SMOKE MAY AFFECT TUOLUMNE...MARIPOSA...MERCED...MADERA... FRESNO...KINGS...TULARE AND KERN COUNTIES...AIR DISTRICT FORECASTERS SAID. LOCALIZED AIR QUALITY COULD FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON SMOKE IMPACTS. EXPOSURE TO PARTICLE POLLUTION CAN CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS...AGGRAVATE LUNG DISEASE...CAUSE ASTHMA ATTACKS AND ACUTE BRONCHITIS...AND INCREASE RISK OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. PEOPLE WITH HEART OR LUNG DISEASES SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR DOCTORS ADVICE FOR DEALING WITH EPISODES OF UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY. ADDITIONALLY...OLDER ADULTS AND CHILDREN SHOULD AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE...STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES OR HEAVY EXERTION...AS CONDITIONS DICTATE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...CALL YOUR LOCAL AIR DISTRICT... SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR DISTRICT OFFICES...FRESNO 559.230.6000... BAKERSFIELD 661.326.6900...MODESTO 209.557.6400 KERN COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...661.862.5250 MARIPOSA COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...209.966.2220 TUOLUMNE COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...209.533.5693 $$ JMBIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Air Quality Alert
Mariposa Madera, Fresno Count, Sierra Nevada from Yosemite to K (California)
CAC019-029-031-039-043-047-107-109-091900- AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA 117 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...TUOLUMNE COUNTY...MARIPOSA COUNTY AND KERN COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS HAVE ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO SMOKE IMPACTS FROM FIRES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. WINDS ARE TRANSPORTING SMOKE FROM FIRES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA INTO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...PROMPTING LOCAL AIR POLLUTION OFFICIALS TO ISSUE A HEALTH CAUTIONARY STATEMENT. SMOKE MAY AFFECT TUOLUMNE...MARIPOSA...MERCED...MADERA... FRESNO...KINGS...TULARE AND KERN COUNTIES...AIR DISTRICT FORECASTERS SAID. LOCALIZED AIR QUALITY COULD FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON SMOKE IMPACTS. EXPOSURE TO PARTICLE POLLUTION CAN CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS...AGGRAVATE LUNG DISEASE...CAUSE ASTHMA ATTACKS AND ACUTE BRONCHITIS...AND INCREASE RISK OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. PEOPLE WITH HEART OR LUNG DISEASES SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR DOCTORS ADVICE FOR DEALING WITH EPISODES OF UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY. ADDITIONALLY...OLDER ADULTS AND CHILDREN SHOULD AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE...STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES OR HEAVY EXERTION...AS CONDITIONS DICTATE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...CALL YOUR LOCAL AIR DISTRICT... SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR DISTRICT OFFICES...FRESNO 559.230.6000... BAKERSFIELD 661.326.6900...MODESTO 209.557.6400 KERN COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...661.862.5250 MARIPOSA COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...209.966.2220 TUOLUMNE COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...209.533.5693 $$ JMBIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Air Quality Alert
West,Central San Joaquin Valley, East,Central San Joaquin Valley (California)
CAC019-029-031-039-043-047-107-109-091900- AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA 117 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...TUOLUMNE COUNTY...MARIPOSA COUNTY AND KERN COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS HAVE ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO SMOKE IMPACTS FROM FIRES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. WINDS ARE TRANSPORTING SMOKE FROM FIRES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA INTO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...PROMPTING LOCAL AIR POLLUTION OFFICIALS TO ISSUE A HEALTH CAUTIONARY STATEMENT. SMOKE MAY AFFECT TUOLUMNE...MARIPOSA...MERCED...MADERA... FRESNO...KINGS...TULARE AND KERN COUNTIES...AIR DISTRICT FORECASTERS SAID. LOCALIZED AIR QUALITY COULD FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON SMOKE IMPACTS. EXPOSURE TO PARTICLE POLLUTION CAN CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS...AGGRAVATE LUNG DISEASE...CAUSE ASTHMA ATTACKS AND ACUTE BRONCHITIS...AND INCREASE RISK OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. PEOPLE WITH HEART OR LUNG DISEASES SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR DOCTORS ADVICE FOR DEALING WITH EPISODES OF UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY. ADDITIONALLY...OLDER ADULTS AND CHILDREN SHOULD AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE...STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES OR HEAVY EXERTION...AS CONDITIONS DICTATE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...CALL YOUR LOCAL AIR DISTRICT... SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR DISTRICT OFFICES...FRESNO 559.230.6000... BAKERSFIELD 661.326.6900...MODESTO 209.557.6400 KERN COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...661.862.5250 MARIPOSA COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...209.966.2220 TUOLUMNE COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...209.533.5693 $$ JMBIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Air Quality Alert
Southeastern San Joaquin Valley, Tulare County Foothills, Tulare County Mountains (California)
CAC019-029-031-039-043-047-107-109-091900- AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA 117 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...TUOLUMNE COUNTY...MARIPOSA COUNTY AND KERN COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS HAVE ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO SMOKE IMPACTS FROM FIRES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. WINDS ARE TRANSPORTING SMOKE FROM FIRES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA INTO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...PROMPTING LOCAL AIR POLLUTION OFFICIALS TO ISSUE A HEALTH CAUTIONARY STATEMENT. SMOKE MAY AFFECT TUOLUMNE...MARIPOSA...MERCED...MADERA... FRESNO...KINGS...TULARE AND KERN COUNTIES...AIR DISTRICT FORECASTERS SAID. LOCALIZED AIR QUALITY COULD FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON SMOKE IMPACTS. EXPOSURE TO PARTICLE POLLUTION CAN CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS...AGGRAVATE LUNG DISEASE...CAUSE ASTHMA ATTACKS AND ACUTE BRONCHITIS...AND INCREASE RISK OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. PEOPLE WITH HEART OR LUNG DISEASES SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR DOCTORS ADVICE FOR DEALING WITH EPISODES OF UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY. ADDITIONALLY...OLDER ADULTS AND CHILDREN SHOULD AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE...STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES OR HEAVY EXERTION...AS CONDITIONS DICTATE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...CALL YOUR LOCAL AIR DISTRICT... SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR DISTRICT OFFICES...FRESNO 559.230.6000... BAKERSFIELD 661.326.6900...MODESTO 209.557.6400 KERN COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...661.862.5250 MARIPOSA COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...209.966.2220 TUOLUMNE COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...209.533.5693 $$ JMBIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Air Quality Alert
Northern San Joaquin Valley, Motherlode, West Slope Northern Sierra Nevad, Sierra Nevada from Yosemite to K (California)
CAC019-029-031-039-043-047-107-109-091900- AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA 117 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...TUOLUMNE COUNTY...MARIPOSA COUNTY AND KERN COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS HAVE ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO SMOKE IMPACTS FROM FIRES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. WINDS ARE TRANSPORTING SMOKE FROM FIRES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA INTO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...PROMPTING LOCAL AIR POLLUTION OFFICIALS TO ISSUE A HEALTH CAUTIONARY STATEMENT. SMOKE MAY AFFECT TUOLUMNE...MARIPOSA...MERCED...MADERA... FRESNO...KINGS...TULARE AND KERN COUNTIES...AIR DISTRICT FORECASTERS SAID. LOCALIZED AIR QUALITY COULD FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON SMOKE IMPACTS. EXPOSURE TO PARTICLE POLLUTION CAN CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS...AGGRAVATE LUNG DISEASE...CAUSE ASTHMA ATTACKS AND ACUTE BRONCHITIS...AND INCREASE RISK OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. PEOPLE WITH HEART OR LUNG DISEASES SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR DOCTORS ADVICE FOR DEALING WITH EPISODES OF UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY. ADDITIONALLY...OLDER ADULTS AND CHILDREN SHOULD AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE...STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES OR HEAVY EXERTION...AS CONDITIONS DICTATE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...CALL YOUR LOCAL AIR DISTRICT... SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR DISTRICT OFFICES...FRESNO 559.230.6000... BAKERSFIELD 661.326.6900...MODESTO 209.557.6400 KERN COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...661.862.5250 MARIPOSA COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...209.966.2220 TUOLUMNE COUNTY AIR DISTRICT OFFICE...209.533.5693 $$ JMBIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Air Quality Alert
Mendocino Coast (California)
CAZ002>004-076-091830- MENDOCINO COAST-NORTH COAST INTERIOR-UPPER TRINITY RIVER- MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 1123 AM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 THE MENDOCINO AND NORTH COAST UNIFIED AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS HAVE ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO HEAVY SMOKE IMPACTS FROM FIRES THROUGHOUT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. LOCAL AIR QUALITY COULD FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON FIRE ACTIVITY AND WEATHER. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO SMOKE CAN CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS...AGGRAVATE LUNG DISEASE...CAUSE ASTHMA ATTACKS AND ACUTE BRONCHITIS...AND INCREASE THE RISK OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS. ALL RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. PERSONS WITH HEART OR LUNG DISEASE SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR DOCTORS ADVICE FOR DEALING WITH EPISODES OF UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY. FOR PERSONS IN DEL NORTE...HUMBOLDT AND TRINITY COUNTIES PLEASE VISIT THE NORTH COAST UNIFIED AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WEBSITE AT WWW.NCUAQMD.ORG TO ACCESS THE CURRENT AIR QUALITY ALERT. FOR PERSONS IN MENDOCINO COUNTY...PLEASE VISIT THE MENDOCINO AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS WEBSITE AT WWW.CO.MENDOCINO.CA.US/AQMD (LOWER CASE) TO ACCESS THE CURRENT AIR QUALITY ALERT. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Air Quality Alert
North Coast Interior (California)
CAZ002>004-076-091830- MENDOCINO COAST-NORTH COAST INTERIOR-UPPER TRINITY RIVER- MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 1123 AM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 THE MENDOCINO AND NORTH COAST UNIFIED AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS HAVE ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO HEAVY SMOKE IMPACTS FROM FIRES THROUGHOUT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. LOCAL AIR QUALITY COULD FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON FIRE ACTIVITY AND WEATHER. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO SMOKE CAN CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS...AGGRAVATE LUNG DISEASE...CAUSE ASTHMA ATTACKS AND ACUTE BRONCHITIS...AND INCREASE THE RISK OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS. ALL RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. PERSONS WITH HEART OR LUNG DISEASE SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR DOCTORS ADVICE FOR DEALING WITH EPISODES OF UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY. FOR PERSONS IN DEL NORTE...HUMBOLDT AND TRINITY COUNTIES PLEASE VISIT THE NORTH COAST UNIFIED AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WEBSITE AT WWW.NCUAQMD.ORG TO ACCESS THE CURRENT AIR QUALITY ALERT. FOR PERSONS IN MENDOCINO COUNTY...PLEASE VISIT THE MENDOCINO AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS WEBSITE AT WWW.CO.MENDOCINO.CA.US/AQMD (LOWER CASE) TO ACCESS THE CURRENT AIR QUALITY ALERT. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Air Quality Alert
Upper Trinity River (California)
CAZ002>004-076-091830- MENDOCINO COAST-NORTH COAST INTERIOR-UPPER TRINITY RIVER- MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 1123 AM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 THE MENDOCINO AND NORTH COAST UNIFIED AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS HAVE ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO HEAVY SMOKE IMPACTS FROM FIRES THROUGHOUT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. LOCAL AIR QUALITY COULD FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON FIRE ACTIVITY AND WEATHER. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO SMOKE CAN CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS...AGGRAVATE LUNG DISEASE...CAUSE ASTHMA ATTACKS AND ACUTE BRONCHITIS...AND INCREASE THE RISK OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS. ALL RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. PERSONS WITH HEART OR LUNG DISEASE SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR DOCTORS ADVICE FOR DEALING WITH EPISODES OF UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY. FOR PERSONS IN DEL NORTE...HUMBOLDT AND TRINITY COUNTIES PLEASE VISIT THE NORTH COAST UNIFIED AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WEBSITE AT WWW.NCUAQMD.ORG TO ACCESS THE CURRENT AIR QUALITY ALERT. FOR PERSONS IN MENDOCINO COUNTY...PLEASE VISIT THE MENDOCINO AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS WEBSITE AT WWW.CO.MENDOCINO.CA.US/AQMD (LOWER CASE) TO ACCESS THE CURRENT AIR QUALITY ALERT. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Heat Advisory
San Francisco (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 243 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...RECORD TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE FOR MANY INTERIOR SECTIONS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... VERY HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE SAN FRANCISCO AND MONTEREY BAY REGIONS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING DUE TO A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE. CAZ006-091400- /O.UPG.KMTR.EH.A.0003.080709T1900Z-080711T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMTR.HT.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080711T1800Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- 243 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... VERY WARM WEATHER IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO EFFECT SAN FRANCISCO THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING OF THIS WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE CITY ARE EXPECTED TO WARM A FEW DEGREES FROM TODAY WHICH WOULD PRODUCE HIGHS WELL INTO THE 80S IN MANY NEIGHBORHOODS AND TO NEAR 90 IN SOME OF THE WARMEST PARTS OF THE CITY NEAR THE DOWNTOWN. SOME RELIEF IS EXPECTED BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS SLIGHTLY COOLER WEATHER RETURNS TO THE AREA. AS A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVERHEAD HOT WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY. HIGHS IN MANY AREAS FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL BE IN THE UPPER 80S TO UPPER 90S WHILE OVERNIGHT LOWS IN MANY PLACES WILL ONLY COOL OFF TO BETWEEN 65 AND 70 DEGREES. THE COMBINATION OF THE VERY HOT DAYTIME TEMPERATURES AND WARM CONDITIONS AT NIGHT WILL MAKE FOR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. SOME RELIEF IS EXPECTED BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS SLIGHTLY COOLER WEATHER RETURNS TO THE AREA. THIS HEAT ADVISORY IS BEING ISSUED UTILIZING A NEW HEAT HEALTH WARNING SYSTEM. IT IS SPECIFIC TO THE AREAS INCLUDED. IT IS TARGETED AT THE ELDERLY... OR INFIRMED... WHO MIGHT BE MUCH MORE SENSITIVE TO HEAT AND THUS AT GREATER RISK. INDIVIDUALS WHO FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL BY DRINKING PLENTY OF WATER... REDUCING OUTDOOR EXPOSURE... STAYING OUT OF THE SUN... SEEKING A COOLER LOCATION FOR THE DAY IF NO AIR CONDITIONING IS AVAILABLE IN THE LIVING QUARTERS... AND/OR ASKING A FRIEND OR RELATIVE TO CHECK ON YOU FREQUENTLY. FOR MORE PREPAREDNESS TIPS VISIT HTTP://WWW.OES.CA.GOV $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Excessive Heat Warning
Shasta Lake Area, Northern Shas (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 150 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT WEATHER THIS WEEK FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING RECORD TO NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...SMOKE FROM LOCAL AREA FIRES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE POOR AIR QUALITY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN THURSDAY HOWEVER TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY INTO FRIDAY. SOME COOLING IS FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND. CAZ013-015-063-064-066-067-091230- /O.EXT.KSTO.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080711T1800Z/ SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- 150 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INLAND WILL RESULT IN RECORD TO NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...GUSTY DOWNSLOPE NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. THE WIND WILL HELP REDUCE SMOKE AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WARMING. AS A RESULT...HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY ARE FORECAST TO REACH BETWEEN 110 AND 116 DEGREES IN THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND SHASTA LAKE AREA WITH UPPER 90S TO 110 IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ELEVATIONS BELOW 5000 FEET. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY WARM WITH MANY AREAS REMAINING IN THE 80S OVERNIGHT. HIGH TEMPERATURES FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED BE SLIGHTLY COOLER...BETWEEN 105 TO 110 IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. EXTENDED PERIODS OF HEAT CAN CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF NON ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. FOR ADDITIONAL HEALTH TIPS ON DEALING WITH THE HEAT VISIT HTTP://WWW.OES.CA.GOV. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Excessive Heat Warning
Northern Sacramento Valley (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 150 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT WEATHER THIS WEEK FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING RECORD TO NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...SMOKE FROM LOCAL AREA FIRES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE POOR AIR QUALITY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN THURSDAY HOWEVER TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY INTO FRIDAY. SOME COOLING IS FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND. CAZ013-015-063-064-066-067-091230- /O.EXT.KSTO.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080711T1800Z/ SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- 150 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INLAND WILL RESULT IN RECORD TO NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...GUSTY DOWNSLOPE NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. THE WIND WILL HELP REDUCE SMOKE AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WARMING. AS A RESULT...HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY ARE FORECAST TO REACH BETWEEN 110 AND 116 DEGREES IN THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND SHASTA LAKE AREA WITH UPPER 90S TO 110 IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ELEVATIONS BELOW 5000 FEET. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY WARM WITH MANY AREAS REMAINING IN THE 80S OVERNIGHT. HIGH TEMPERATURES FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED BE SLIGHTLY COOLER...BETWEEN 105 TO 110 IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. EXTENDED PERIODS OF HEAT CAN CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF NON ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. FOR ADDITIONAL HEALTH TIPS ON DEALING WITH THE HEAT VISIT HTTP://WWW.OES.CA.GOV. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Heat Advisory
Central Sacramento Valley (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 150 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT WEATHER THIS WEEK FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING RECORD TO NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...SMOKE FROM LOCAL AREA FIRES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE POOR AIR QUALITY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN THURSDAY HOWEVER TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY INTO FRIDAY. SOME COOLING IS FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND. CAZ016>019-091230- /O.NEW.KSTO.HT.Y.0001.080708T2050Z-080711T0000Z/ CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- 150 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY...DELTA AREA AND NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING RECORD TO NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT IN MOST AREAS WHICH WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED SMOKEY CONDITIONS FROM AREA FIRES. THE SMOKE WILL HELP SLOW DAYTIME HEATING BUT ALSO KEEP NIGHTTIME MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WARMER. AS A RESULT...HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY...NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...AND THE DELTA AREA. OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE UPPER 60S NEAR THE DELTA WITH MOSTLY 70S IN THE VALLEY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE SLIGHTLY COOLER FRIDAY WITH 90S NEAR THE DELTA AND 100 TO 108 INLAND. MORE SIGNIFICANT COOLING WITH IMPROVING AIR QUALITY IS FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. EXTENDED PERIODS OF HEAT CAN CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE HEAT AND SMOKEY AIR... ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS...AND THOSE MORE SENSITIVE TO HEAT SUCH AS THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG CHILDREN. FOR ADDITIONAL HEALTH TIPS ON DEALING WITH THE HEAT AND SMOKE VISIT HTTP://WWW.OES.CA.GOV. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Heat Advisory
Southern Sacramento Valley (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 150 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT WEATHER THIS WEEK FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING RECORD TO NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...SMOKE FROM LOCAL AREA FIRES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE POOR AIR QUALITY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN THURSDAY HOWEVER TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY INTO FRIDAY. SOME COOLING IS FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND. CAZ016>019-091230- /O.NEW.KSTO.HT.Y.0001.080708T2050Z-080711T0000Z/ CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- 150 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY...DELTA AREA AND NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING RECORD TO NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT IN MOST AREAS WHICH WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED SMOKEY CONDITIONS FROM AREA FIRES. THE SMOKE WILL HELP SLOW DAYTIME HEATING BUT ALSO KEEP NIGHTTIME MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WARMER. AS A RESULT...HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY...NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...AND THE DELTA AREA. OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE UPPER 60S NEAR THE DELTA WITH MOSTLY 70S IN THE VALLEY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE SLIGHTLY COOLER FRIDAY WITH 90S NEAR THE DELTA AND 100 TO 108 INLAND. MORE SIGNIFICANT COOLING WITH IMPROVING AIR QUALITY IS FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. EXTENDED PERIODS OF HEAT CAN CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE HEAT AND SMOKEY AIR... ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS...AND THOSE MORE SENSITIVE TO HEAT SUCH AS THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG CHILDREN. FOR ADDITIONAL HEALTH TIPS ON DEALING WITH THE HEAT AND SMOKE VISIT HTTP://WWW.OES.CA.GOV. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Heat Advisory
Carquinez Strait, Delta (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 150 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT WEATHER THIS WEEK FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING RECORD TO NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...SMOKE FROM LOCAL AREA FIRES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE POOR AIR QUALITY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN THURSDAY HOWEVER TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY INTO FRIDAY. SOME COOLING IS FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND. CAZ016>019-091230- /O.NEW.KSTO.HT.Y.0001.080708T2050Z-080711T0000Z/ CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- 150 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY...DELTA AREA AND NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING RECORD TO NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT IN MOST AREAS WHICH WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED SMOKEY CONDITIONS FROM AREA FIRES. THE SMOKE WILL HELP SLOW DAYTIME HEATING BUT ALSO KEEP NIGHTTIME MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WARMER. AS A RESULT...HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY...NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...AND THE DELTA AREA. OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE UPPER 60S NEAR THE DELTA WITH MOSTLY 70S IN THE VALLEY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE SLIGHTLY COOLER FRIDAY WITH 90S NEAR THE DELTA AND 100 TO 108 INLAND. MORE SIGNIFICANT COOLING WITH IMPROVING AIR QUALITY IS FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. EXTENDED PERIODS OF HEAT CAN CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE HEAT AND SMOKEY AIR... ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS...AND THOSE MORE SENSITIVE TO HEAT SUCH AS THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG CHILDREN. FOR ADDITIONAL HEALTH TIPS ON DEALING WITH THE HEAT AND SMOKE VISIT HTTP://WWW.OES.CA.GOV. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Heat Advisory
Northern San Joaquin Valley (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 150 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT WEATHER THIS WEEK FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING RECORD TO NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...SMOKE FROM LOCAL AREA FIRES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE POOR AIR QUALITY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN THURSDAY HOWEVER TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY INTO FRIDAY. SOME COOLING IS FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND. CAZ016>019-091230- /O.NEW.KSTO.HT.Y.0001.080708T2050Z-080711T0000Z/ CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- 150 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY...DELTA AREA AND NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING RECORD TO NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT IN MOST AREAS WHICH WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED SMOKEY CONDITIONS FROM AREA FIRES. THE SMOKE WILL HELP SLOW DAYTIME HEATING BUT ALSO KEEP NIGHTTIME MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WARMER. AS A RESULT...HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY...NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...AND THE DELTA AREA. OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE UPPER 60S NEAR THE DELTA WITH MOSTLY 70S IN THE VALLEY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE SLIGHTLY COOLER FRIDAY WITH 90S NEAR THE DELTA AND 100 TO 108 INLAND. MORE SIGNIFICANT COOLING WITH IMPROVING AIR QUALITY IS FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. EXTENDED PERIODS OF HEAT CAN CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE HEAT AND SMOKEY AIR... ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS...AND THOSE MORE SENSITIVE TO HEAT SUCH AS THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG CHILDREN. FOR ADDITIONAL HEALTH TIPS ON DEALING WITH THE HEAT AND SMOKE VISIT HTTP://WWW.OES.CA.GOV. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Santa Ynez Valley (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 CAZ036>038-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-091200- SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- CUYAMA VALLEY-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HOT CONDITIONS OVER THE INTERIOR PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN IN THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...THE MOUNTAINS...AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE RECORD LEVELS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...WHILE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WILL BE AROUND 110 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL LIKELY EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...MOUNTAINS...AND DESERT. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THE MARINE LAYER REMAINS DEEP ENOUGH TO ALLOW LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TO RETURN TO THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT...WHICH WILL LIKELY KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S TO AROUND 100 ON WEDNESDAY. ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S AT THE BEACHES TO THE 80S INLAND...EXCEPT INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S IN THE FOOTHILLS. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW VERY HOT CONDITIONS POSSIBLY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. SOME WARMING MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THURSDAY AS THE MARINE INFLUENCE COULD DECREASE...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE HOTTEST LOCATIONS RISING ABOVE 100 DEGREES. A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION DURING THE WEEKEND AND THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR ANIMALS IN PARKED VEHICLES EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS CRACKED...DEATH WILL LIKELY RESULT. CONTINUE TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE WEATHER...LOG ON TO OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES...OR TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ HALLIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
San Luis Obispo County Interior (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 CAZ036>038-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-091200- SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- CUYAMA VALLEY-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HOT CONDITIONS OVER THE INTERIOR PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN IN THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...THE MOUNTAINS...AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE RECORD LEVELS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...WHILE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WILL BE AROUND 110 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL LIKELY EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...MOUNTAINS...AND DESERT. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THE MARINE LAYER REMAINS DEEP ENOUGH TO ALLOW LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TO RETURN TO THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT...WHICH WILL LIKELY KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S TO AROUND 100 ON WEDNESDAY. ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S AT THE BEACHES TO THE 80S INLAND...EXCEPT INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S IN THE FOOTHILLS. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW VERY HOT CONDITIONS POSSIBLY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. SOME WARMING MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THURSDAY AS THE MARINE INFLUENCE COULD DECREASE...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE HOTTEST LOCATIONS RISING ABOVE 100 DEGREES. A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION DURING THE WEEKEND AND THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR ANIMALS IN PARKED VEHICLES EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS CRACKED...DEATH WILL LIKELY RESULT. CONTINUE TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE WEATHER...LOG ON TO OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES...OR TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ HALLIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Cuyama Valley (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 CAZ036>038-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-091200- SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- CUYAMA VALLEY-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HOT CONDITIONS OVER THE INTERIOR PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN IN THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...THE MOUNTAINS...AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE RECORD LEVELS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...WHILE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WILL BE AROUND 110 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL LIKELY EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...MOUNTAINS...AND DESERT. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THE MARINE LAYER REMAINS DEEP ENOUGH TO ALLOW LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TO RETURN TO THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT...WHICH WILL LIKELY KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S TO AROUND 100 ON WEDNESDAY. ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S AT THE BEACHES TO THE 80S INLAND...EXCEPT INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S IN THE FOOTHILLS. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW VERY HOT CONDITIONS POSSIBLY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. SOME WARMING MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THURSDAY AS THE MARINE INFLUENCE COULD DECREASE...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE HOTTEST LOCATIONS RISING ABOVE 100 DEGREES. A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION DURING THE WEEKEND AND THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR ANIMALS IN PARKED VEHICLES EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS CRACKED...DEATH WILL LIKELY RESULT. CONTINUE TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE WEATHER...LOG ON TO OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES...OR TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ HALLIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Ventura County Interior Valleys (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 CAZ036>038-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-091200- SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- CUYAMA VALLEY-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HOT CONDITIONS OVER THE INTERIOR PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN IN THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...THE MOUNTAINS...AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE RECORD LEVELS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...WHILE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WILL BE AROUND 110 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL LIKELY EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...MOUNTAINS...AND DESERT. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THE MARINE LAYER REMAINS DEEP ENOUGH TO ALLOW LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TO RETURN TO THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT...WHICH WILL LIKELY KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S TO AROUND 100 ON WEDNESDAY. ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S AT THE BEACHES TO THE 80S INLAND...EXCEPT INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S IN THE FOOTHILLS. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW VERY HOT CONDITIONS POSSIBLY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. SOME WARMING MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THURSDAY AS THE MARINE INFLUENCE COULD DECREASE...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE HOTTEST LOCATIONS RISING ABOVE 100 DEGREES. A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION DURING THE WEEKEND AND THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR ANIMALS IN PARKED VEHICLES EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS CRACKED...DEATH WILL LIKELY RESULT. CONTINUE TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE WEATHER...LOG ON TO OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES...OR TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ HALLIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Ventura County Coastal Valleys (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 CAZ036>038-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-091200- SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- CUYAMA VALLEY-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HOT CONDITIONS OVER THE INTERIOR PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN IN THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...THE MOUNTAINS...AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE RECORD LEVELS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...WHILE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WILL BE AROUND 110 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL LIKELY EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...MOUNTAINS...AND DESERT. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THE MARINE LAYER REMAINS DEEP ENOUGH TO ALLOW LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TO RETURN TO THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT...WHICH WILL LIKELY KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S TO AROUND 100 ON WEDNESDAY. ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S AT THE BEACHES TO THE 80S INLAND...EXCEPT INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S IN THE FOOTHILLS. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW VERY HOT CONDITIONS POSSIBLY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. SOME WARMING MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THURSDAY AS THE MARINE INFLUENCE COULD DECREASE...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE HOTTEST LOCATIONS RISING ABOVE 100 DEGREES. A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION DURING THE WEEKEND AND THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR ANIMALS IN PARKED VEHICLES EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS CRACKED...DEATH WILL LIKELY RESULT. CONTINUE TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE WEATHER...LOG ON TO OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES...OR TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ HALLIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Santa Monica Mountains Recreatio (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 CAZ036>038-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-091200- SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- CUYAMA VALLEY-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HOT CONDITIONS OVER THE INTERIOR PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN IN THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...THE MOUNTAINS...AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE RECORD LEVELS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...WHILE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WILL BE AROUND 110 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL LIKELY EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...MOUNTAINS...AND DESERT. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THE MARINE LAYER REMAINS DEEP ENOUGH TO ALLOW LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TO RETURN TO THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT...WHICH WILL LIKELY KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S TO AROUND 100 ON WEDNESDAY. ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S AT THE BEACHES TO THE 80S INLAND...EXCEPT INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S IN THE FOOTHILLS. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW VERY HOT CONDITIONS POSSIBLY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. SOME WARMING MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THURSDAY AS THE MARINE INFLUENCE COULD DECREASE...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE HOTTEST LOCATIONS RISING ABOVE 100 DEGREES. A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION DURING THE WEEKEND AND THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR ANIMALS IN PARKED VEHICLES EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS CRACKED...DEATH WILL LIKELY RESULT. CONTINUE TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE WEATHER...LOG ON TO OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES...OR TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ HALLIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Los Angeles County Valleys (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 CAZ036>038-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-091200- SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- CUYAMA VALLEY-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HOT CONDITIONS OVER THE INTERIOR PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN IN THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...THE MOUNTAINS...AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE RECORD LEVELS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...WHILE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WILL BE AROUND 110 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL LIKELY EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...MOUNTAINS...AND DESERT. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THE MARINE LAYER REMAINS DEEP ENOUGH TO ALLOW LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TO RETURN TO THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT...WHICH WILL LIKELY KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S TO AROUND 100 ON WEDNESDAY. ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S AT THE BEACHES TO THE 80S INLAND...EXCEPT INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S IN THE FOOTHILLS. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW VERY HOT CONDITIONS POSSIBLY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. SOME WARMING MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THURSDAY AS THE MARINE INFLUENCE COULD DECREASE...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE HOTTEST LOCATIONS RISING ABOVE 100 DEGREES. A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION DURING THE WEEKEND AND THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR ANIMALS IN PARKED VEHICLES EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS CRACKED...DEATH WILL LIKELY RESULT. CONTINUE TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE WEATHER...LOG ON TO OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES...OR TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ HALLIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Excessive Heat Warning
San Luis Obispo County Mountains (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 233 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER EAST-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE THROUGH THURSDAY. VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNTIL THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST STARTING ON FRIDAY. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY DURING THE WEEK. NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BRING MUCH RELIEF WITH SOME FOOTHILL AREAS REMAINING IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S OVERNIGHT. INCREASING MONSOONAL MOISTURE FROM ARIZONA WILL MAKE HUMIDITY LEVELS CREEP UP SLIGHTLY AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. THIS WILL MAKE IT FEEL VERY HOT ACROSS INTERIOR MOUNTAINS...VALLEYS AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED AGAIN FOR THURSDAY. CAZ051>054-090430- /O.EXT.KLOX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080710T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KLOX.EH.A.0002.080710T0300Z-080711T0300Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- 233 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 102 TO 110 DEGREES AT MANY LOWER ELEVATION MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS WILL SLOWLY COOL THIS EVENING... HOWEVER...READINGS WILL APPROACH 105 TO 110 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAT INDEX VALUES...A COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY... WILL REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS ON WEDNESDAY. THEREFORE...THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 8 PM WEDNESDAY. THE HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY... THEREFORE THE EXISTING EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MAY NEED BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS. VERY WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS...WITH MANY AREAS REMAINING IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. $$ BOLDTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Excessive Heat Watch
San Luis Obispo County Mountains (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 233 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER EAST-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE THROUGH THURSDAY. VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNTIL THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST STARTING ON FRIDAY. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY DURING THE WEEK. NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BRING MUCH RELIEF WITH SOME FOOTHILL AREAS REMAINING IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S OVERNIGHT. INCREASING MONSOONAL MOISTURE FROM ARIZONA WILL MAKE HUMIDITY LEVELS CREEP UP SLIGHTLY AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. THIS WILL MAKE IT FEEL VERY HOT ACROSS INTERIOR MOUNTAINS...VALLEYS AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED AGAIN FOR THURSDAY. CAZ051>054-090430- /O.EXT.KLOX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080710T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KLOX.EH.A.0002.080710T0300Z-080711T0300Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- 233 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 102 TO 110 DEGREES AT MANY LOWER ELEVATION MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS WILL SLOWLY COOL THIS EVENING... HOWEVER...READINGS WILL APPROACH 105 TO 110 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAT INDEX VALUES...A COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY... WILL REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS ON WEDNESDAY. THEREFORE...THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 8 PM WEDNESDAY. THE HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY... THEREFORE THE EXISTING EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MAY NEED BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS. VERY WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS...WITH MANY AREAS REMAINING IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. $$ BOLDTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
San Luis Obispo County Mountains (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 CAZ036>038-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-091200- SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- CUYAMA VALLEY-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HOT CONDITIONS OVER THE INTERIOR PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN IN THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...THE MOUNTAINS...AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE RECORD LEVELS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...WHILE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WILL BE AROUND 110 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL LIKELY EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...MOUNTAINS...AND DESERT. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THE MARINE LAYER REMAINS DEEP ENOUGH TO ALLOW LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TO RETURN TO THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT...WHICH WILL LIKELY KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S TO AROUND 100 ON WEDNESDAY. ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S AT THE BEACHES TO THE 80S INLAND...EXCEPT INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S IN THE FOOTHILLS. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW VERY HOT CONDITIONS POSSIBLY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. SOME WARMING MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THURSDAY AS THE MARINE INFLUENCE COULD DECREASE...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE HOTTEST LOCATIONS RISING ABOVE 100 DEGREES. A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION DURING THE WEEKEND AND THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR ANIMALS IN PARKED VEHICLES EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS CRACKED...DEATH WILL LIKELY RESULT. CONTINUE TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE WEATHER...LOG ON TO OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES...OR TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ HALLIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Santa Barbara County Mountains (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 CAZ036>038-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-091200- SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- CUYAMA VALLEY-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HOT CONDITIONS OVER THE INTERIOR PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN IN THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...THE MOUNTAINS...AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE RECORD LEVELS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...WHILE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WILL BE AROUND 110 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL LIKELY EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...MOUNTAINS...AND DESERT. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THE MARINE LAYER REMAINS DEEP ENOUGH TO ALLOW LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TO RETURN TO THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT...WHICH WILL LIKELY KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S TO AROUND 100 ON WEDNESDAY. ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S AT THE BEACHES TO THE 80S INLAND...EXCEPT INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S IN THE FOOTHILLS. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW VERY HOT CONDITIONS POSSIBLY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. SOME WARMING MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THURSDAY AS THE MARINE INFLUENCE COULD DECREASE...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE HOTTEST LOCATIONS RISING ABOVE 100 DEGREES. A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION DURING THE WEEKEND AND THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR ANIMALS IN PARKED VEHICLES EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS CRACKED...DEATH WILL LIKELY RESULT. CONTINUE TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE WEATHER...LOG ON TO OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES...OR TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ HALLIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Excessive Heat Warning
Santa Barbara County Mountains (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 233 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER EAST-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE THROUGH THURSDAY. VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNTIL THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST STARTING ON FRIDAY. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY DURING THE WEEK. NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BRING MUCH RELIEF WITH SOME FOOTHILL AREAS REMAINING IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S OVERNIGHT. INCREASING MONSOONAL MOISTURE FROM ARIZONA WILL MAKE HUMIDITY LEVELS CREEP UP SLIGHTLY AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. THIS WILL MAKE IT FEEL VERY HOT ACROSS INTERIOR MOUNTAINS...VALLEYS AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED AGAIN FOR THURSDAY. CAZ051>054-090430- /O.EXT.KLOX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080710T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KLOX.EH.A.0002.080710T0300Z-080711T0300Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- 233 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 102 TO 110 DEGREES AT MANY LOWER ELEVATION MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS WILL SLOWLY COOL THIS EVENING... HOWEVER...READINGS WILL APPROACH 105 TO 110 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAT INDEX VALUES...A COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY... WILL REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS ON WEDNESDAY. THEREFORE...THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 8 PM WEDNESDAY. THE HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY... THEREFORE THE EXISTING EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MAY NEED BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS. VERY WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS...WITH MANY AREAS REMAINING IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. $$ BOLDTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Excessive Heat Watch
Santa Barbara County Mountains (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 233 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER EAST-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE THROUGH THURSDAY. VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNTIL THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST STARTING ON FRIDAY. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY DURING THE WEEK. NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BRING MUCH RELIEF WITH SOME FOOTHILL AREAS REMAINING IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S OVERNIGHT. INCREASING MONSOONAL MOISTURE FROM ARIZONA WILL MAKE HUMIDITY LEVELS CREEP UP SLIGHTLY AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. THIS WILL MAKE IT FEEL VERY HOT ACROSS INTERIOR MOUNTAINS...VALLEYS AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED AGAIN FOR THURSDAY. CAZ051>054-090430- /O.EXT.KLOX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080710T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KLOX.EH.A.0002.080710T0300Z-080711T0300Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- 233 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 102 TO 110 DEGREES AT MANY LOWER ELEVATION MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS WILL SLOWLY COOL THIS EVENING... HOWEVER...READINGS WILL APPROACH 105 TO 110 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAT INDEX VALUES...A COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY... WILL REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS ON WEDNESDAY. THEREFORE...THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 8 PM WEDNESDAY. THE HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY... THEREFORE THE EXISTING EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MAY NEED BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS. VERY WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS...WITH MANY AREAS REMAINING IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. $$ BOLDTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Ventura County Mountains (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 CAZ036>038-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-091200- SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- CUYAMA VALLEY-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HOT CONDITIONS OVER THE INTERIOR PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN IN THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...THE MOUNTAINS...AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE RECORD LEVELS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...WHILE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WILL BE AROUND 110 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL LIKELY EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...MOUNTAINS...AND DESERT. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THE MARINE LAYER REMAINS DEEP ENOUGH TO ALLOW LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TO RETURN TO THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT...WHICH WILL LIKELY KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S TO AROUND 100 ON WEDNESDAY. ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S AT THE BEACHES TO THE 80S INLAND...EXCEPT INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S IN THE FOOTHILLS. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW VERY HOT CONDITIONS POSSIBLY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. SOME WARMING MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THURSDAY AS THE MARINE INFLUENCE COULD DECREASE...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE HOTTEST LOCATIONS RISING ABOVE 100 DEGREES. A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION DURING THE WEEKEND AND THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR ANIMALS IN PARKED VEHICLES EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS CRACKED...DEATH WILL LIKELY RESULT. CONTINUE TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE WEATHER...LOG ON TO OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES...OR TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ HALLIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Excessive Heat Warning
Ventura County Mountains (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 233 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER EAST-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE THROUGH THURSDAY. VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNTIL THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST STARTING ON FRIDAY. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY DURING THE WEEK. NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BRING MUCH RELIEF WITH SOME FOOTHILL AREAS REMAINING IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S OVERNIGHT. INCREASING MONSOONAL MOISTURE FROM ARIZONA WILL MAKE HUMIDITY LEVELS CREEP UP SLIGHTLY AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. THIS WILL MAKE IT FEEL VERY HOT ACROSS INTERIOR MOUNTAINS...VALLEYS AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED AGAIN FOR THURSDAY. CAZ051>054-090430- /O.EXT.KLOX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080710T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KLOX.EH.A.0002.080710T0300Z-080711T0300Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- 233 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 102 TO 110 DEGREES AT MANY LOWER ELEVATION MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS WILL SLOWLY COOL THIS EVENING... HOWEVER...READINGS WILL APPROACH 105 TO 110 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAT INDEX VALUES...A COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY... WILL REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS ON WEDNESDAY. THEREFORE...THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 8 PM WEDNESDAY. THE HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY... THEREFORE THE EXISTING EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MAY NEED BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS. VERY WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS...WITH MANY AREAS REMAINING IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. $$ BOLDTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Excessive Heat Watch
Ventura County Mountains (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 233 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER EAST-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE THROUGH THURSDAY. VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNTIL THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST STARTING ON FRIDAY. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY DURING THE WEEK. NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BRING MUCH RELIEF WITH SOME FOOTHILL AREAS REMAINING IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S OVERNIGHT. INCREASING MONSOONAL MOISTURE FROM ARIZONA WILL MAKE HUMIDITY LEVELS CREEP UP SLIGHTLY AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. THIS WILL MAKE IT FEEL VERY HOT ACROSS INTERIOR MOUNTAINS...VALLEYS AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED AGAIN FOR THURSDAY. CAZ051>054-090430- /O.EXT.KLOX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080710T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KLOX.EH.A.0002.080710T0300Z-080711T0300Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- 233 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 102 TO 110 DEGREES AT MANY LOWER ELEVATION MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS WILL SLOWLY COOL THIS EVENING... HOWEVER...READINGS WILL APPROACH 105 TO 110 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAT INDEX VALUES...A COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY... WILL REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS ON WEDNESDAY. THEREFORE...THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 8 PM WEDNESDAY. THE HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY... THEREFORE THE EXISTING EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MAY NEED BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS. VERY WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS...WITH MANY AREAS REMAINING IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. $$ BOLDTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Los Angeles County Mountains exc (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 CAZ036>038-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-091200- SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- CUYAMA VALLEY-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HOT CONDITIONS OVER THE INTERIOR PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN IN THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...THE MOUNTAINS...AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE RECORD LEVELS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...WHILE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WILL BE AROUND 110 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL LIKELY EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...MOUNTAINS...AND DESERT. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THE MARINE LAYER REMAINS DEEP ENOUGH TO ALLOW LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TO RETURN TO THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT...WHICH WILL LIKELY KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S TO AROUND 100 ON WEDNESDAY. ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S AT THE BEACHES TO THE 80S INLAND...EXCEPT INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S IN THE FOOTHILLS. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW VERY HOT CONDITIONS POSSIBLY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. SOME WARMING MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THURSDAY AS THE MARINE INFLUENCE COULD DECREASE...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE HOTTEST LOCATIONS RISING ABOVE 100 DEGREES. A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION DURING THE WEEKEND AND THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR ANIMALS IN PARKED VEHICLES EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS CRACKED...DEATH WILL LIKELY RESULT. CONTINUE TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE WEATHER...LOG ON TO OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES...OR TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ HALLIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Excessive Heat Warning
Los Angeles County Mountains exc (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 233 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER EAST-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE THROUGH THURSDAY. VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNTIL THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST STARTING ON FRIDAY. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY DURING THE WEEK. NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BRING MUCH RELIEF WITH SOME FOOTHILL AREAS REMAINING IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S OVERNIGHT. INCREASING MONSOONAL MOISTURE FROM ARIZONA WILL MAKE HUMIDITY LEVELS CREEP UP SLIGHTLY AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. THIS WILL MAKE IT FEEL VERY HOT ACROSS INTERIOR MOUNTAINS...VALLEYS AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED AGAIN FOR THURSDAY. CAZ051>054-090430- /O.EXT.KLOX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080710T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KLOX.EH.A.0002.080710T0300Z-080711T0300Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- 233 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 102 TO 110 DEGREES AT MANY LOWER ELEVATION MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS WILL SLOWLY COOL THIS EVENING... HOWEVER...READINGS WILL APPROACH 105 TO 110 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAT INDEX VALUES...A COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY... WILL REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS ON WEDNESDAY. THEREFORE...THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 8 PM WEDNESDAY. THE HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY... THEREFORE THE EXISTING EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MAY NEED BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS. VERY WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS...WITH MANY AREAS REMAINING IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. $$ BOLDTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Excessive Heat Watch
Los Angeles County Mountains exc (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 233 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER EAST-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE THROUGH THURSDAY. VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNTIL THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST STARTING ON FRIDAY. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY DURING THE WEEK. NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BRING MUCH RELIEF WITH SOME FOOTHILL AREAS REMAINING IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S OVERNIGHT. INCREASING MONSOONAL MOISTURE FROM ARIZONA WILL MAKE HUMIDITY LEVELS CREEP UP SLIGHTLY AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. THIS WILL MAKE IT FEEL VERY HOT ACROSS INTERIOR MOUNTAINS...VALLEYS AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED AGAIN FOR THURSDAY. CAZ051>054-090430- /O.EXT.KLOX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080710T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KLOX.EH.A.0002.080710T0300Z-080711T0300Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- 233 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 102 TO 110 DEGREES AT MANY LOWER ELEVATION MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS WILL SLOWLY COOL THIS EVENING... HOWEVER...READINGS WILL APPROACH 105 TO 110 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAT INDEX VALUES...A COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY... WILL REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS ON WEDNESDAY. THEREFORE...THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 8 PM WEDNESDAY. THE HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY... THEREFORE THE EXISTING EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MAY NEED BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS. VERY WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS...WITH MANY AREAS REMAINING IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. $$ BOLDTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Antelope Valley (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 CAZ036>038-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-091200- SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- CUYAMA VALLEY-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HOT CONDITIONS OVER THE INTERIOR PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN IN THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...THE MOUNTAINS...AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE RECORD LEVELS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...WHILE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WILL BE AROUND 110 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL LIKELY EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...MOUNTAINS...AND DESERT. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THE MARINE LAYER REMAINS DEEP ENOUGH TO ALLOW LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TO RETURN TO THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT...WHICH WILL LIKELY KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S TO AROUND 100 ON WEDNESDAY. ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S AT THE BEACHES TO THE 80S INLAND...EXCEPT INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S IN THE FOOTHILLS. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW VERY HOT CONDITIONS POSSIBLY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. SOME WARMING MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THURSDAY AS THE MARINE INFLUENCE COULD DECREASE...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE HOTTEST LOCATIONS RISING ABOVE 100 DEGREES. A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION DURING THE WEEKEND AND THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR ANIMALS IN PARKED VEHICLES EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS CRACKED...DEATH WILL LIKELY RESULT. CONTINUE TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE WEATHER...LOG ON TO OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES...OR TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ HALLIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Excessive Heat Warning
Mountains Southwestern Shasta Co (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 150 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT WEATHER THIS WEEK FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING RECORD TO NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...SMOKE FROM LOCAL AREA FIRES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE POOR AIR QUALITY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN THURSDAY HOWEVER TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY INTO FRIDAY. SOME COOLING IS FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND. CAZ013-015-063-064-066-067-091230- /O.EXT.KSTO.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080711T1800Z/ SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- 150 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INLAND WILL RESULT IN RECORD TO NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...GUSTY DOWNSLOPE NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. THE WIND WILL HELP REDUCE SMOKE AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WARMING. AS A RESULT...HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY ARE FORECAST TO REACH BETWEEN 110 AND 116 DEGREES IN THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND SHASTA LAKE AREA WITH UPPER 90S TO 110 IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ELEVATIONS BELOW 5000 FEET. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY WARM WITH MANY AREAS REMAINING IN THE 80S OVERNIGHT. HIGH TEMPERATURES FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED BE SLIGHTLY COOLER...BETWEEN 105 TO 110 IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. EXTENDED PERIODS OF HEAT CAN CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF NON ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. FOR ADDITIONAL HEALTH TIPS ON DEALING WITH THE HEAT VISIT HTTP://WWW.OES.CA.GOV. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Excessive Heat Warning
Clear Lake, Southern Lake County (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 150 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT WEATHER THIS WEEK FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING RECORD TO NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...SMOKE FROM LOCAL AREA FIRES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE POOR AIR QUALITY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN THURSDAY HOWEVER TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY INTO FRIDAY. SOME COOLING IS FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND. CAZ013-015-063-064-066-067-091230- /O.EXT.KSTO.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080711T1800Z/ SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- 150 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INLAND WILL RESULT IN RECORD TO NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...GUSTY DOWNSLOPE NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. THE WIND WILL HELP REDUCE SMOKE AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WARMING. AS A RESULT...HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY ARE FORECAST TO REACH BETWEEN 110 AND 116 DEGREES IN THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND SHASTA LAKE AREA WITH UPPER 90S TO 110 IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ELEVATIONS BELOW 5000 FEET. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY WARM WITH MANY AREAS REMAINING IN THE 80S OVERNIGHT. HIGH TEMPERATURES FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED BE SLIGHTLY COOLER...BETWEEN 105 TO 110 IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. EXTENDED PERIODS OF HEAT CAN CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF NON ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. FOR ADDITIONAL HEALTH TIPS ON DEALING WITH THE HEAT VISIT HTTP://WWW.OES.CA.GOV. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Excessive Heat Warning
Northeast Foothills, Sacramento V (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 150 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT WEATHER THIS WEEK FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING RECORD TO NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...SMOKE FROM LOCAL AREA FIRES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE POOR AIR QUALITY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN THURSDAY HOWEVER TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY INTO FRIDAY. SOME COOLING IS FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND. CAZ013-015-063-064-066-067-091230- /O.EXT.KSTO.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080711T1800Z/ SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- 150 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INLAND WILL RESULT IN RECORD TO NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...GUSTY DOWNSLOPE NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. THE WIND WILL HELP REDUCE SMOKE AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WARMING. AS A RESULT...HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY ARE FORECAST TO REACH BETWEEN 110 AND 116 DEGREES IN THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND SHASTA LAKE AREA WITH UPPER 90S TO 110 IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ELEVATIONS BELOW 5000 FEET. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY WARM WITH MANY AREAS REMAINING IN THE 80S OVERNIGHT. HIGH TEMPERATURES FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED BE SLIGHTLY COOLER...BETWEEN 105 TO 110 IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. EXTENDED PERIODS OF HEAT CAN CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF NON ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. FOR ADDITIONAL HEALTH TIPS ON DEALING WITH THE HEAT VISIT HTTP://WWW.OES.CA.GOV. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Excessive Heat Warning
Motherlode (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 150 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT WEATHER THIS WEEK FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING RECORD TO NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...SMOKE FROM LOCAL AREA FIRES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE POOR AIR QUALITY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN THURSDAY HOWEVER TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY INTO FRIDAY. SOME COOLING IS FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND. CAZ013-015-063-064-066-067-091230- /O.EXT.KSTO.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080711T1800Z/ SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- 150 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INLAND WILL RESULT IN RECORD TO NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...GUSTY DOWNSLOPE NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. THE WIND WILL HELP REDUCE SMOKE AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WARMING. AS A RESULT...HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY ARE FORECAST TO REACH BETWEEN 110 AND 116 DEGREES IN THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND SHASTA LAKE AREA WITH UPPER 90S TO 110 IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ELEVATIONS BELOW 5000 FEET. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY WARM WITH MANY AREAS REMAINING IN THE 80S OVERNIGHT. HIGH TEMPERATURES FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED BE SLIGHTLY COOLER...BETWEEN 105 TO 110 IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. EXTENDED PERIODS OF HEAT CAN CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF NON ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. FOR ADDITIONAL HEALTH TIPS ON DEALING WITH THE HEAT VISIT HTTP://WWW.OES.CA.GOV. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Air Quality Alert
Mendocino Interior (California)
CAZ002>004-076-091830- MENDOCINO COAST-NORTH COAST INTERIOR-UPPER TRINITY RIVER- MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 1123 AM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 THE MENDOCINO AND NORTH COAST UNIFIED AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS HAVE ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO HEAVY SMOKE IMPACTS FROM FIRES THROUGHOUT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. LOCAL AIR QUALITY COULD FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON FIRE ACTIVITY AND WEATHER. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO SMOKE CAN CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS...AGGRAVATE LUNG DISEASE...CAUSE ASTHMA ATTACKS AND ACUTE BRONCHITIS...AND INCREASE THE RISK OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS. ALL RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. PERSONS WITH HEART OR LUNG DISEASE SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR DOCTORS ADVICE FOR DEALING WITH EPISODES OF UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY. FOR PERSONS IN DEL NORTE...HUMBOLDT AND TRINITY COUNTIES PLEASE VISIT THE NORTH COAST UNIFIED AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WEBSITE AT WWW.NCUAQMD.ORG TO ACCESS THE CURRENT AIR QUALITY ALERT. FOR PERSONS IN MENDOCINO COUNTY...PLEASE VISIT THE MENDOCINO AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS WEBSITE AT WWW.CO.MENDOCINO.CA.US/AQMD (LOWER CASE) TO ACCESS THE CURRENT AIR QUALITY ALERT. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Catalina Island (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 CAZ036>038-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-091200- SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- CUYAMA VALLEY-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HOT CONDITIONS OVER THE INTERIOR PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN IN THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...THE MOUNTAINS...AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE RECORD LEVELS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...WHILE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WILL BE AROUND 110 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL LIKELY EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...MOUNTAINS...AND DESERT. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THE MARINE LAYER REMAINS DEEP ENOUGH TO ALLOW LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TO RETURN TO THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT...WHICH WILL LIKELY KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S TO AROUND 100 ON WEDNESDAY. ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S AT THE BEACHES TO THE 80S INLAND...EXCEPT INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S IN THE FOOTHILLS. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW VERY HOT CONDITIONS POSSIBLY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. SOME WARMING MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THURSDAY AS THE MARINE INFLUENCE COULD DECREASE...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE HOTTEST LOCATIONS RISING ABOVE 100 DEGREES. A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION DURING THE WEEKEND AND THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR ANIMALS IN PARKED VEHICLES EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS CRACKED...DEATH WILL LIKELY RESULT. CONTINUE TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE WEATHER...LOG ON TO OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES...OR TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ HALLIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Santa Clarita Valley (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 CAZ036>038-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-091200- SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- CUYAMA VALLEY-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 623 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HOT CONDITIONS OVER THE INTERIOR PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN IN THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...THE MOUNTAINS...AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE RECORD LEVELS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...WHILE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WILL BE AROUND 110 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL LIKELY EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...MOUNTAINS...AND DESERT. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THE MARINE LAYER REMAINS DEEP ENOUGH TO ALLOW LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TO RETURN TO THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT...WHICH WILL LIKELY KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S TO AROUND 100 ON WEDNESDAY. ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S AT THE BEACHES TO THE 80S INLAND...EXCEPT INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S IN THE FOOTHILLS. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW VERY HOT CONDITIONS POSSIBLY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. SOME WARMING MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THURSDAY AS THE MARINE INFLUENCE COULD DECREASE...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE HOTTEST LOCATIONS RISING ABOVE 100 DEGREES. A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION DURING THE WEEKEND AND THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR ANIMALS IN PARKED VEHICLES EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS CRACKED...DEATH WILL LIKELY RESULT. CONTINUE TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE WEATHER...LOG ON TO OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES...OR TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ HALLIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Heat Advisory
West,Central San Joaquin Valley (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 950 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 CAZ089>095-091300- /O.CON.KHNX.HT.Y.0001.080709T2100Z-080711T0300Z/ WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS- TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 950 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS BELOW 3000 FEET... A HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS BELOW 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND THE ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND TEHACHAPI FOOTHILLS WILL BE IN THE 105 TO 112 DEGREE RANGE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S. THE COMBINATION OF THESE NEAR RECORD HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES AS HIGH AS 112 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS IN THE DOWNTOWN METROPOLITAN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE VALLEY AIR DISTRICT HAS ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO SMOKE IMPACTS FROM FIRES THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN A VEHICLE...EVEN FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. TEMPERATURES INSIDE VEHICLES CAN CLIMB RAPIDLY TO LIFE THREATENING LEVELS...EVEN WITH WINDOWS PARTIALLY OPEN. PETS ARE ALSO SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT ILLNESS AND SHOULD BE CARED FOR ACCORDINGLY. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...CHECK