[pct-l] Fw: Special Weather Statement at 'Wildwood', until 7:00pm, Thu Apr 10 2003

[Christine Kudija" <cmkudija@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Christine Kudija)]

Thought you'd all like this update on an upcoming spring storm system
through soCal!   I'll look out my window on Saturday and see if the weather
statement's worth anything ;-) !

Christine "Ceanothus" Kudija

"Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top.
Then you will see how low it was."  Dag Hammarskjold

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Here is a current Special Weather Statement for Wildwood (Newhall, CA) until
7:00pm, Thu Apr 10 2003, from your local National Weather Service office.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
600 AM PDT THU APR 10 2003

...A COLD SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA
   LATE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING OFF THE
COAST OF WASHINGTON. THIS SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN
TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY...THEN BEGIN TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE
CALIFORNIA COAST OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL RESULT IN INCREASINGLY
STRONG AND MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ACROSS CALIFORNIA...WHICH
WILL LIKELY BRING PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA FROM LATE
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

IT APPEARS AS THOUGH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT IMPULSES ROTATING AROUND
THIS LARGE UPPER LOW WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA SATURDAY
THROUGH MONDAY...BEFORE THE TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE AREA DURING
MONDAY. THE STRENGTH AND TIMING OF EACH INDIVIDUAL IMPULSE WILL
DETERMINE THE INTENSITY OF THE PRECIPITATION AND EXACTLY WHEN IT
WILL OCCUR. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT ONE BAND OF PRECIPITATION
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...WITH A SECOND
BAND POSSIBLE SUNDAY EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY. THEN...AS THE COLD
AXIS OF THE UPPER TROUGH SWINGS ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY...ADDITIONAL
SHOWER ACTIVITY IS LIKELY.

COOLING ALOFT WILL TAKE PLACE LATE IN THE WEEKEND AS THE COLD UPPER
LEVEL CENTER SLOWLY APPROACHES CALIFORNIA. THIS WILL CAUSE THE
ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE...WHICH WILL INCREASE THE
THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...SNOW LEVELS WILL
LOWER THROUGH THE WEEKEND...LIKELY DOWN TO 5000 FEET BY LATE SUNDAY OR
SUNDAY NIGHT. AS THE COLDEST AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER SYSTEM MOVES
ACROSS THE AREA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING...SNOW COULD FALL
AT LEVELS AS LOW AS 4000 FEET.

DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS SYSTEM...IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BE
SPECIFIC WITH THE EXACT TIMING OF THE PRECIPITATION...OR WITH EXACT
RAINFALL OR SNOWFALL TOTALS. HOWEVER...THIS STORM DOES HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO BRING MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION
TO SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA...AND HEAVY SNOWFALL TO THE MOUNTAINS. IN
ADDITION...TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY ON
INTERSTATE 5 OVER THE GRAPEVINE MAY BECOME DIFFICULT BY LATE SUNDAY
OR MONDAY.

ALL RESIDENTS IN SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO THEIR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION AND UPDATES ON THIS LATE SEASON STORM SYSTEM.

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