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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for California
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List of Active Alerts by County
Antelope Valley
special weather statement
wind advisory
Apple, Lucerne Valleys
wind advisory
Burney Basin, Eastern Shasta Co
special weather statement
CAZ528 (?)
special weather statement
Carquinez Strait, Delta
special weather statement
Catalina Island
special weather statement
Central Sacramento Valley
special weather statement
Central Siskiyou County
special weather statement
Clear Lake, Southern Lake County
special weather statement
Coachella Valley
wind advisory
Cuyama Valley
special weather statement
East Bay Hills, the Diablo Ra
special weather statement
East Bay Interior Valleys
special weather statement
East,Central San Joaquin Valley
special weather statement
Eastern Sierra Slopes of Inyo Co
high wind warning
Imperial County And Eastern Riverside County
fire weather watch
Indian Wells Valley
special weather statement
Joshua Tree National Park
fire weather watch
Kern County Mountains
special weather statement
Los Angeles County Coast includi
special weather statement
Los Angeles County Mountains exc
special weather statement
Los Angeles County Valleys
special weather statement
Lower Colorado River Valley CA
fire weather watch
Mariposa Madera, Fresno Count
special weather statement
Modoc County
special weather statement
Motherlode
special weather statement
Mountains Of San Benito County A
special weather statement
Mountains Southwestern Shasta Co
special weather statement
North Bay Interior Valleys
special weather statement
North Bay Mountains
special weather statement
North Central, Southeast Sisk
special weather statement
Northeast Foothills, Sacramento V
special weather statement
Northeast Siskiyou, Northwest
special weather statement
Northern Sacramento Valley
special weather statement
Northern San Joaquin Valley
special weather statement
Owens Valley
wind advisory
Riverside County Mountains
wind advisory
San Bernardino County Mountains
wind advisory
San Diego County Deserts
wind advisory
San Diego County Mountains
wind advisory
San Francisco Bay Shoreline
special weather statement
San Luis Obispo County Central C
special weather statement
San Luis Obispo County Interior
special weather statement
San Luis Obispo County Mountains
special weather statement
Santa Barbara County Central Coa
special weather statement
Santa Barbara County Mountains
special weather statement
Santa Barbara County South Coast
special weather statement
Santa Clara Valley Including San
special weather statement
Santa Clarita Valley
special weather statement
Santa Cruz Mountains
special weather statement
Santa Lucia Mountains, Los Pa
special weather statement
Santa Monica Mountains Recreatio
special weather statement
Santa Ynez Valley
special weather statement
Shasta Lake Area, Northern Shas
special weather statement
South Central Siskiyou County
special weather statement
Southeastern Kern County Desert
special weather statement
Southeastern San Joaquin Valley
special weather statement
Southern Sacramento Valley
special weather statement
Southern Salinas Valley, Arroyo S
special weather statement
Southwestern San Joaquin Valley
special weather statement
Tulare County Foothills
special weather statement
Ventura County Coastal Valleys
special weather statement
Ventura County Coast
special weather statement
Ventura County Interior Valleys
special weather statement
Ventura County Mountains
special weather statement
West Slope Northern Sierra Nevad
special weather statement
West,Central San Joaquin Valley
special weather statement
Western Mojave Desert
wind advisory
Western Plumas County, Lassen Par
special weather statement
Western Siskiyou County
special weather statement
Special Weather Statement
Shasta Lake Area, Northern Shas (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-121230- SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK- WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...SUMMER LIKE TEMPERATURES IN STORE FOR LATER THIS WEEK... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE WEST COAST BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. TEMPERATURES OVER THE CENTRAL VALLEY WILL WARM INTO THE 90S BY WEDNESDAY WITH A FEW OF THE WARMER LOCATIONS APPROACHING 100 DEGREES. AS THE HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE REGION TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 103 DEGREES FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO PUSH TO THE EAST BY SATURDAY BRINGING COOLER BUT STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE INTERIOR. FURTHER COOLING IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. EVEN THOUGH THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOT LATER THIS WEEK...RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE COLD. PEOPLE WADING...RAFTING OR FISHING IN THESE WATERS BECOME VICTIMS OF THE COLD EVERY YEAR IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE COLD WATER CAN BRING ON A SUDDEN LOSS OF BODY TEMPERATURE. THIS IS CALLED HYPOTHERMIA AND IT CAN BE FATAL. IN ADDITION...PERSONS WORKING OUTDOORS OR PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING...TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS FROM THE SUN AND DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS ALONE IN AN UNATTENDED VEHICLE. $$ BARUFFALDIIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Burney Basin, Eastern Shasta Co (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-121230- SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK- WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...SUMMER LIKE TEMPERATURES IN STORE FOR LATER THIS WEEK... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE WEST COAST BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. TEMPERATURES OVER THE CENTRAL VALLEY WILL WARM INTO THE 90S BY WEDNESDAY WITH A FEW OF THE WARMER LOCATIONS APPROACHING 100 DEGREES. AS THE HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE REGION TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 103 DEGREES FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO PUSH TO THE EAST BY SATURDAY BRINGING COOLER BUT STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE INTERIOR. FURTHER COOLING IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. EVEN THOUGH THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOT LATER THIS WEEK...RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE COLD. PEOPLE WADING...RAFTING OR FISHING IN THESE WATERS BECOME VICTIMS OF THE COLD EVERY YEAR IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE COLD WATER CAN BRING ON A SUDDEN LOSS OF BODY TEMPERATURE. THIS IS CALLED HYPOTHERMIA AND IT CAN BE FATAL. IN ADDITION...PERSONS WORKING OUTDOORS OR PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING...TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS FROM THE SUN AND DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS ALONE IN AN UNATTENDED VEHICLE. $$ BARUFFALDIIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Northern Sacramento Valley (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-121230- SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK- WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...SUMMER LIKE TEMPERATURES IN STORE FOR LATER THIS WEEK... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE WEST COAST BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. TEMPERATURES OVER THE CENTRAL VALLEY WILL WARM INTO THE 90S BY WEDNESDAY WITH A FEW OF THE WARMER LOCATIONS APPROACHING 100 DEGREES. AS THE HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE REGION TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 103 DEGREES FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO PUSH TO THE EAST BY SATURDAY BRINGING COOLER BUT STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE INTERIOR. FURTHER COOLING IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. EVEN THOUGH THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOT LATER THIS WEEK...RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE COLD. PEOPLE WADING...RAFTING OR FISHING IN THESE WATERS BECOME VICTIMS OF THE COLD EVERY YEAR IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE COLD WATER CAN BRING ON A SUDDEN LOSS OF BODY TEMPERATURE. THIS IS CALLED HYPOTHERMIA AND IT CAN BE FATAL. IN ADDITION...PERSONS WORKING OUTDOORS OR PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING...TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS FROM THE SUN AND DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS ALONE IN AN UNATTENDED VEHICLE. $$ BARUFFALDIIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Central Sacramento Valley (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-121230- SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK- WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...SUMMER LIKE TEMPERATURES IN STORE FOR LATER THIS WEEK... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE WEST COAST BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. TEMPERATURES OVER THE CENTRAL VALLEY WILL WARM INTO THE 90S BY WEDNESDAY WITH A FEW OF THE WARMER LOCATIONS APPROACHING 100 DEGREES. AS THE HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE REGION TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 103 DEGREES FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO PUSH TO THE EAST BY SATURDAY BRINGING COOLER BUT STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE INTERIOR. FURTHER COOLING IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. EVEN THOUGH THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOT LATER THIS WEEK...RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE COLD. PEOPLE WADING...RAFTING OR FISHING IN THESE WATERS BECOME VICTIMS OF THE COLD EVERY YEAR IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE COLD WATER CAN BRING ON A SUDDEN LOSS OF BODY TEMPERATURE. THIS IS CALLED HYPOTHERMIA AND IT CAN BE FATAL. IN ADDITION...PERSONS WORKING OUTDOORS OR PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING...TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS FROM THE SUN AND DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS ALONE IN AN UNATTENDED VEHICLE. $$ BARUFFALDIIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Southern Sacramento Valley (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-121230- SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK- WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...SUMMER LIKE TEMPERATURES IN STORE FOR LATER THIS WEEK... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE WEST COAST BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. TEMPERATURES OVER THE CENTRAL VALLEY WILL WARM INTO THE 90S BY WEDNESDAY WITH A FEW OF THE WARMER LOCATIONS APPROACHING 100 DEGREES. AS THE HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE REGION TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 103 DEGREES FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO PUSH TO THE EAST BY SATURDAY BRINGING COOLER BUT STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE INTERIOR. FURTHER COOLING IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. EVEN THOUGH THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOT LATER THIS WEEK...RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE COLD. PEOPLE WADING...RAFTING OR FISHING IN THESE WATERS BECOME VICTIMS OF THE COLD EVERY YEAR IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE COLD WATER CAN BRING ON A SUDDEN LOSS OF BODY TEMPERATURE. THIS IS CALLED HYPOTHERMIA AND IT CAN BE FATAL. IN ADDITION...PERSONS WORKING OUTDOORS OR PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING...TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS FROM THE SUN AND DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS ALONE IN AN UNATTENDED VEHICLE. $$ BARUFFALDIIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Carquinez Strait, Delta (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-121230- SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK- WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...SUMMER LIKE TEMPERATURES IN STORE FOR LATER THIS WEEK... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE WEST COAST BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. TEMPERATURES OVER THE CENTRAL VALLEY WILL WARM INTO THE 90S BY WEDNESDAY WITH A FEW OF THE WARMER LOCATIONS APPROACHING 100 DEGREES. AS THE HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE REGION TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 103 DEGREES FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO PUSH TO THE EAST BY SATURDAY BRINGING COOLER BUT STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE INTERIOR. FURTHER COOLING IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. EVEN THOUGH THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOT LATER THIS WEEK...RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE COLD. PEOPLE WADING...RAFTING OR FISHING IN THESE WATERS BECOME VICTIMS OF THE COLD EVERY YEAR IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE COLD WATER CAN BRING ON A SUDDEN LOSS OF BODY TEMPERATURE. THIS IS CALLED HYPOTHERMIA AND IT CAN BE FATAL. IN ADDITION...PERSONS WORKING OUTDOORS OR PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING...TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS FROM THE SUN AND DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS ALONE IN AN UNATTENDED VEHICLE. $$ BARUFFALDIIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Northern San Joaquin Valley (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-121230- SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK- WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...SUMMER LIKE TEMPERATURES IN STORE FOR LATER THIS WEEK... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE WEST COAST BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. TEMPERATURES OVER THE CENTRAL VALLEY WILL WARM INTO THE 90S BY WEDNESDAY WITH A FEW OF THE WARMER LOCATIONS APPROACHING 100 DEGREES. AS THE HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE REGION TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 103 DEGREES FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO PUSH TO THE EAST BY SATURDAY BRINGING COOLER BUT STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE INTERIOR. FURTHER COOLING IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. EVEN THOUGH THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOT LATER THIS WEEK...RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE COLD. PEOPLE WADING...RAFTING OR FISHING IN THESE WATERS BECOME VICTIMS OF THE COLD EVERY YEAR IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE COLD WATER CAN BRING ON A SUDDEN LOSS OF BODY TEMPERATURE. THIS IS CALLED HYPOTHERMIA AND IT CAN BE FATAL. IN ADDITION...PERSONS WORKING OUTDOORS OR PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING...TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS FROM THE SUN AND DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS ALONE IN AN UNATTENDED VEHICLE. $$ BARUFFALDIIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
San Luis Obispo County Central C (California)
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ssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Santa Barbara County Central Coa (California)
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ssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Santa Ynez Valley (California)
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ssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
San Luis Obispo County Interior (California)
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ssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Cuyama Valley (California)
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ssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Santa Barbara County South Coast (California)
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ssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Ventura County Coast (California)
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ssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Los Angeles County Coast includi (California)
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ssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Ventura County Interior Valleys (California)
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ssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Ventura County Coastal Valleys (California)
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ssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Santa Monica Mountains Recreatio (California)
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ssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Los Angeles County Valleys (California)
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ssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
San Luis Obispo County Mountains (California)
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ssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Santa Barbara County Mountains (California)
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ssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Ventura County Mountains (California)
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ssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Los Angeles County Mountains exc (California)
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ssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
San Bernardino County Mountains (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 233 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN WILL STRENGTHEN THE ONSHORE FLOW ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-122100- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0070.080512T1900Z-080513T0500Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 233 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. AREAS OF WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. IN THE MOUNTAINS...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AT THE RIDGETOPS AND ON DESERT SLOPES. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. IN THE DESERTS...THE WINDS WILL GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MARTINIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Riverside County Mountains (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 233 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN WILL STRENGTHEN THE ONSHORE FLOW ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-122100- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0070.080512T1900Z-080513T0500Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 233 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. AREAS OF WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. IN THE MOUNTAINS...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AT THE RIDGETOPS AND ON DESERT SLOPES. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. IN THE DESERTS...THE WINDS WILL GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MARTINIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
San Diego County Mountains (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 233 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN WILL STRENGTHEN THE ONSHORE FLOW ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-122100- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0070.080512T1900Z-080513T0500Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 233 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. AREAS OF WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. IN THE MOUNTAINS...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AT THE RIDGETOPS AND ON DESERT SLOPES. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. IN THE DESERTS...THE WINDS WILL GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MARTINIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Antelope Valley (California)
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ssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Antelope Valley (California)
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ssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Apple, Lucerne Valleys (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 233 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN WILL STRENGTHEN THE ONSHORE FLOW ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-122100- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0070.080512T1900Z-080513T0500Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 233 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. AREAS OF WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. IN THE MOUNTAINS...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AT THE RIDGETOPS AND ON DESERT SLOPES. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. IN THE DESERTS...THE WINDS WILL GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MARTINIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Coachella Valley (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 233 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN WILL STRENGTHEN THE ONSHORE FLOW ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-122100- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0070.080512T1900Z-080513T0500Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 233 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. AREAS OF WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. IN THE MOUNTAINS...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AT THE RIDGETOPS AND ON DESERT SLOPES. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. IN THE DESERTS...THE WINDS WILL GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MARTINIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
San Diego County Deserts (California)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 233 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN WILL STRENGTHEN THE ONSHORE FLOW ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-122100- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0070.080512T1900Z-080513T0500Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 233 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. AREAS OF WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. IN THE MOUNTAINS...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AT THE RIDGETOPS AND ON DESERT SLOPES. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. IN THE DESERTS...THE WINDS WILL GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MARTINIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Mountains Southwestern Shasta Co (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-121230- SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK- WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...SUMMER LIKE TEMPERATURES IN STORE FOR LATER THIS WEEK... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE WEST COAST BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. TEMPERATURES OVER THE CENTRAL VALLEY WILL WARM INTO THE 90S BY WEDNESDAY WITH A FEW OF THE WARMER LOCATIONS APPROACHING 100 DEGREES. AS THE HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE REGION TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 103 DEGREES FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO PUSH TO THE EAST BY SATURDAY BRINGING COOLER BUT STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE INTERIOR. FURTHER COOLING IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. EVEN THOUGH THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOT LATER THIS WEEK...RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE COLD. PEOPLE WADING...RAFTING OR FISHING IN THESE WATERS BECOME VICTIMS OF THE COLD EVERY YEAR IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE COLD WATER CAN BRING ON A SUDDEN LOSS OF BODY TEMPERATURE. THIS IS CALLED HYPOTHERMIA AND IT CAN BE FATAL. IN ADDITION...PERSONS WORKING OUTDOORS OR PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING...TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS FROM THE SUN AND DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS ALONE IN AN UNATTENDED VEHICLE. $$ BARUFFALDIIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Clear Lake, Southern Lake County (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-121230- SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK- WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...SUMMER LIKE TEMPERATURES IN STORE FOR LATER THIS WEEK... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE WEST COAST BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. TEMPERATURES OVER THE CENTRAL VALLEY WILL WARM INTO THE 90S BY WEDNESDAY WITH A FEW OF THE WARMER LOCATIONS APPROACHING 100 DEGREES. AS THE HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE REGION TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 103 DEGREES FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO PUSH TO THE EAST BY SATURDAY BRINGING COOLER BUT STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE INTERIOR. FURTHER COOLING IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. EVEN THOUGH THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOT LATER THIS WEEK...RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE COLD. PEOPLE WADING...RAFTING OR FISHING IN THESE WATERS BECOME VICTIMS OF THE COLD EVERY YEAR IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE COLD WATER CAN BRING ON A SUDDEN LOSS OF BODY TEMPERATURE. THIS IS CALLED HYPOTHERMIA AND IT CAN BE FATAL. IN ADDITION...PERSONS WORKING OUTDOORS OR PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING...TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS FROM THE SUN AND DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS ALONE IN AN UNATTENDED VEHICLE. $$ BARUFFALDIIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Northeast Foothills, Sacramento V (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-121230- SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK- WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...SUMMER LIKE TEMPERATURES IN STORE FOR LATER THIS WEEK... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE WEST COAST BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. TEMPERATURES OVER THE CENTRAL VALLEY WILL WARM INTO THE 90S BY WEDNESDAY WITH A FEW OF THE WARMER LOCATIONS APPROACHING 100 DEGREES. AS THE HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE REGION TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 103 DEGREES FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO PUSH TO THE EAST BY SATURDAY BRINGING COOLER BUT STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE INTERIOR. FURTHER COOLING IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. EVEN THOUGH THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOT LATER THIS WEEK...RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE COLD. PEOPLE WADING...RAFTING OR FISHING IN THESE WATERS BECOME VICTIMS OF THE COLD EVERY YEAR IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE COLD WATER CAN BRING ON A SUDDEN LOSS OF BODY TEMPERATURE. THIS IS CALLED HYPOTHERMIA AND IT CAN BE FATAL. IN ADDITION...PERSONS WORKING OUTDOORS OR PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING...TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS FROM THE SUN AND DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS ALONE IN AN UNATTENDED VEHICLE. $$ BARUFFALDIIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Motherlode (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-121230- SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK- WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...SUMMER LIKE TEMPERATURES IN STORE FOR LATER THIS WEEK... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE WEST COAST BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. TEMPERATURES OVER THE CENTRAL VALLEY WILL WARM INTO THE 90S BY WEDNESDAY WITH A FEW OF THE WARMER LOCATIONS APPROACHING 100 DEGREES. AS THE HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE REGION TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 103 DEGREES FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO PUSH TO THE EAST BY SATURDAY BRINGING COOLER BUT STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE INTERIOR. FURTHER COOLING IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. EVEN THOUGH THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOT LATER THIS WEEK...RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE COLD. PEOPLE WADING...RAFTING OR FISHING IN THESE WATERS BECOME VICTIMS OF THE COLD EVERY YEAR IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE COLD WATER CAN BRING ON A SUDDEN LOSS OF BODY TEMPERATURE. THIS IS CALLED HYPOTHERMIA AND IT CAN BE FATAL. IN ADDITION...PERSONS WORKING OUTDOORS OR PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING...TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS FROM THE SUN AND DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS ALONE IN AN UNATTENDED VEHICLE. $$ BARUFFALDIIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Western Plumas County, Lassen Par (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-121230- SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK- WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...SUMMER LIKE TEMPERATURES IN STORE FOR LATER THIS WEEK... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE WEST COAST BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. TEMPERATURES OVER THE CENTRAL VALLEY WILL WARM INTO THE 90S BY WEDNESDAY WITH A FEW OF THE WARMER LOCATIONS APPROACHING 100 DEGREES. AS THE HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE REGION TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 103 DEGREES FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO PUSH TO THE EAST BY SATURDAY BRINGING COOLER BUT STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE INTERIOR. FURTHER COOLING IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. EVEN THOUGH THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOT LATER THIS WEEK...RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE COLD. PEOPLE WADING...RAFTING OR FISHING IN THESE WATERS BECOME VICTIMS OF THE COLD EVERY YEAR IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE COLD WATER CAN BRING ON A SUDDEN LOSS OF BODY TEMPERATURE. THIS IS CALLED HYPOTHERMIA AND IT CAN BE FATAL. IN ADDITION...PERSONS WORKING OUTDOORS OR PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING...TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS FROM THE SUN AND DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS ALONE IN AN UNATTENDED VEHICLE. $$ BARUFFALDIIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
West Slope Northern Sierra Nevad (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-121230- SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK- WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 257 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...SUMMER LIKE TEMPERATURES IN STORE FOR LATER THIS WEEK... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE WEST COAST BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. TEMPERATURES OVER THE CENTRAL VALLEY WILL WARM INTO THE 90S BY WEDNESDAY WITH A FEW OF THE WARMER LOCATIONS APPROACHING 100 DEGREES. AS THE HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE REGION TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 103 DEGREES FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO PUSH TO THE EAST BY SATURDAY BRINGING COOLER BUT STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE INTERIOR. FURTHER COOLING IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. EVEN THOUGH THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOT LATER THIS WEEK...RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE COLD. PEOPLE WADING...RAFTING OR FISHING IN THESE WATERS BECOME VICTIMS OF THE COLD EVERY YEAR IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE COLD WATER CAN BRING ON A SUDDEN LOSS OF BODY TEMPERATURE. THIS IS CALLED HYPOTHERMIA AND IT CAN BE FATAL. IN ADDITION...PERSONS WORKING OUTDOORS OR PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING...TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS FROM THE SUN AND DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS ALONE IN AN UNATTENDED VEHICLE. $$ BARUFFALDIIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Western Siskiyou County (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 207 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 CAZ080>085-ORZ023>031-121115- WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW...YREKA... WEED...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD...TENNANT...TULELAKE... DORRIS...ALTURAS...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN...GREEN...GRANTS PASS... STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS...MEDFORD...ASHLAND...CRATER LAKE... CRESCENT LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE... SISKIYOU SUMMIT...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY...BLY... CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 207 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...UNSEASONABLY HOT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE REGION BEGINNING THURSDAY... AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE CENTER OF THE HIGH WILL MOVE CLOSER TO OREGON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS IT STRENGTHENS FURTHER. SIGNIFICANT WARMING WILL BEGIN AROUND MOST OF THE REGION WEDNESDAY...THEN RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE CURRENT RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR MEDFORD AND KLAMATH FALLS... THURSDAY MAY 15TH...MEDFORD 96 2006 KLAMATH FALLS 84 2006 FRIDAY MAY 16TH.....MEDFORD 93 1973 KLAMATH FALLS 87 2006 SATURDAY MAY 17TH...MEDFORD 97 2006 KLAMATH FALLS 87 2006 THE LATEST LONG RANGE FORECAST MODELS DO SHOW THE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN SUNDAY...SO THE SPELL OF HOT WEATHER SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED. $$ HOLTZIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Central Siskiyou County (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 207 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 CAZ080>085-ORZ023>031-121115- WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW...YREKA... WEED...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD...TENNANT...TULELAKE... DORRIS...ALTURAS...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN...GREEN...GRANTS PASS... STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS...MEDFORD...ASHLAND...CRATER LAKE... CRESCENT LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE... SISKIYOU SUMMIT...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY...BLY... CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 207 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...UNSEASONABLY HOT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE REGION BEGINNING THURSDAY... AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE CENTER OF THE HIGH WILL MOVE CLOSER TO OREGON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS IT STRENGTHENS FURTHER. SIGNIFICANT WARMING WILL BEGIN AROUND MOST OF THE REGION WEDNESDAY...THEN RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE CURRENT RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR MEDFORD AND KLAMATH FALLS... THURSDAY MAY 15TH...MEDFORD 96 2006 KLAMATH FALLS 84 2006 FRIDAY MAY 16TH.....MEDFORD 93 1973 KLAMATH FALLS 87 2006 SATURDAY MAY 17TH...MEDFORD 97 2006 KLAMATH FALLS 87 2006 THE LATEST LONG RANGE FORECAST MODELS DO SHOW THE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN SUNDAY...SO THE SPELL OF HOT WEATHER SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED. $$ HOLTZIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
South Central Siskiyou County (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 207 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 CAZ080>085-ORZ023>031-121115- WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW...YREKA... WEED...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD...TENNANT...TULELAKE... DORRIS...ALTURAS...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN...GREEN...GRANTS PASS... STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS...MEDFORD...ASHLAND...CRATER LAKE... CRESCENT LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE... SISKIYOU SUMMIT...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY...BLY... CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 207 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...UNSEASONABLY HOT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE REGION BEGINNING THURSDAY... AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE CENTER OF THE HIGH WILL MOVE CLOSER TO OREGON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS IT STRENGTHENS FURTHER. SIGNIFICANT WARMING WILL BEGIN AROUND MOST OF THE REGION WEDNESDAY...THEN RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE CURRENT RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR MEDFORD AND KLAMATH FALLS... THURSDAY MAY 15TH...MEDFORD 96 2006 KLAMATH FALLS 84 2006 FRIDAY MAY 16TH.....MEDFORD 93 1973 KLAMATH FALLS 87 2006 SATURDAY MAY 17TH...MEDFORD 97 2006 KLAMATH FALLS 87 2006 THE LATEST LONG RANGE FORECAST MODELS DO SHOW THE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN SUNDAY...SO THE SPELL OF HOT WEATHER SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED. $$ HOLTZIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
North Central, Southeast Sisk (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 207 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 CAZ080>085-ORZ023>031-121115- WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW...YREKA... WEED...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD...TENNANT...TULELAKE... DORRIS...ALTURAS...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN...GREEN...GRANTS PASS... STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS...MEDFORD...ASHLAND...CRATER LAKE... CRESCENT LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE... SISKIYOU SUMMIT...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY...BLY... CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 207 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...UNSEASONABLY HOT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE REGION BEGINNING THURSDAY... AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE CENTER OF THE HIGH WILL MOVE CLOSER TO OREGON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS IT STRENGTHENS FURTHER. SIGNIFICANT WARMING WILL BEGIN AROUND MOST OF THE REGION WEDNESDAY...THEN RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE CURRENT RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR MEDFORD AND KLAMATH FALLS... THURSDAY MAY 15TH...MEDFORD 96 2006 KLAMATH FALLS 84 2006 FRIDAY MAY 16TH.....MEDFORD 93 1973 KLAMATH FALLS 87 2006 SATURDAY MAY 17TH...MEDFORD 97 2006 KLAMATH FALLS 87 2006 THE LATEST LONG RANGE FORECAST MODELS DO SHOW THE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN SUNDAY...SO THE SPELL OF HOT WEATHER SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED. $$ HOLTZIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Northeast Siskiyou, Northwest (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 207 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 CAZ080>085-ORZ023>031-121115- WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW...YREKA... WEED...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD...TENNANT...TULELAKE... DORRIS...ALTURAS...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN...GREEN...GRANTS PASS... STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS...MEDFORD...ASHLAND...CRATER LAKE... CRESCENT LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE... SISKIYOU SUMMIT...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY...BLY... CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 207 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...UNSEASONABLY HOT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE REGION BEGINNING THURSDAY... AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE CENTER OF THE HIGH WILL MOVE CLOSER TO OREGON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS IT STRENGTHENS FURTHER. SIGNIFICANT WARMING WILL BEGIN AROUND MOST OF THE REGION WEDNESDAY...THEN RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE CURRENT RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR MEDFORD AND KLAMATH FALLS... THURSDAY MAY 15TH...MEDFORD 96 2006 KLAMATH FALLS 84 2006 FRIDAY MAY 16TH.....MEDFORD 93 1973 KLAMATH FALLS 87 2006 SATURDAY MAY 17TH...MEDFORD 97 2006 KLAMATH FALLS 87 2006 THE LATEST LONG RANGE FORECAST MODELS DO SHOW THE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN SUNDAY...SO THE SPELL OF HOT WEATHER SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED. $$ HOLTZIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Modoc County (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 207 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 CAZ080>085-ORZ023>031-121115- WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW...YREKA... WEED...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD...TENNANT...TULELAKE... DORRIS...ALTURAS...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN...GREEN...GRANTS PASS... STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS...MEDFORD...ASHLAND...CRATER LAKE... CRESCENT LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE... SISKIYOU SUMMIT...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY...BLY... CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 207 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...UNSEASONABLY HOT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE REGION BEGINNING THURSDAY... AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE CENTER OF THE HIGH WILL MOVE CLOSER TO OREGON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS IT STRENGTHENS FURTHER. SIGNIFICANT WARMING WILL BEGIN AROUND MOST OF THE REGION WEDNESDAY...THEN RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE CURRENT RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR MEDFORD AND KLAMATH FALLS... THURSDAY MAY 15TH...MEDFORD 96 2006 KLAMATH FALLS 84 2006 FRIDAY MAY 16TH.....MEDFORD 93 1973 KLAMATH FALLS 87 2006 SATURDAY MAY 17TH...MEDFORD 97 2006 KLAMATH FALLS 87 2006 THE LATEST LONG RANGE FORECAST MODELS DO SHOW THE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN SUNDAY...SO THE SPELL OF HOT WEATHER SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED. $$ HOLTZIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Catalina Island (California)
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ssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Santa Clarita Valley (California)
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