[pct-l] REAL TIME REPORT: weather this weekend

[calliger@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Richard)]

Real Time: Nice storm snow./rain/hailing at this moment
(12 April 03 1300) at 6000 feet, 1 foot accumuilating at
9500. Sonora Pass, Ca area.

Richard

At 11:34 AM 4/12/03 -0700, Christine Kudija wrote:
>Looks to be a wet start for the hikers who left Campo this week!  And snow
>in the mountains!  Remember the old (eewww) margarine commercial, you can't
>fool Mother Nature?
>
>FYI - another weather statement from my-cast.com
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>From: "My-Cast" <alerter@my-cast.com>
>To: "Christine" <cmkudija@earthlink.net>
>Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 6:22 AM
>Subject: Special Weather Statement  until 8:00pm, Sat Apr 12 2003
>
>
>Christine,
>
>Here is a current Special Weather Statement for Wildwood (Newhall, CA) until
>8:00pm, Sat Apr 12 2003, from your local National Weather Service office.
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>SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
>NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
>615 AM PDT SAT APR 12 2003
>
>...A COLD SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA
>   LATE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...
>
>A LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE OREGON COAST EARLY THIS
>MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE CALIFORNIA
>COAST TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN INCREASINGLY STRONG AND MOIST
>SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ACROSS CALIFORNIA...WHICH WILL LIKELY BRING
>PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA LATE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY.
>
>STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND A VERY DEEP MARINE LAYER WAS CAUSING SOME
>PATCHY DRIZZLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. ANY SIGNIFICANT RAIN
>THIS WEEKEND WILL BE THE RESULT OF A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT IMPULSES
>ROTATING AROUND THE LARGE UPPER LOW OFF THE WEST COAST. THE FIRST
>IMPULSE WILL TRACK ACROSS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA TODAY. RAIN WITH THIS
>FIRST BAND OF PRECIPITATION WILL AFFECT MAINLY SAN LUIS OBISPO AND
>SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES TONIGHT...POSSIBLY STARTING AS EARLY AS LATE
>THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE COAST NORTH OF SAN LUIS OBISPO. THE BAND OF
>RAIN IS EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA
>COUNTIES TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. THEREFORE...ACROSS VENTURA AND
>LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...LITTLE MORE THAN DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED THROUGH
>SUNDAY MORNING.
>
>A SECOND IMPULSE WILL APPROACH THE CENTRAL COAST SUNDAY MORNING.
>THIS WILL HELP ENHANCE THE BAND OF RAIN ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND
>SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...WITH RAIN BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. THEN...
>THIS BAND OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO PUSH SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD DURING
>SUNDAY...REACHING VENTURA COUNTY BY AFTERNOON...AND LOS ANGELES
>COUNTY IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT STEADY
>RAIN MAY NOT OVERSPREAD LOS ANGELES COUNTY UNTIL AFTER DARK SUNDAY
>EVENING. RAIN WILL TURN TO SHOWERS ACROSS THE CENTRAL COAST SUNDAY
>EVENING...BUT PROBABLY NOT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING ACROSS LOS ANGELES
>COUNTY. THE THREAT OF SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN
>CALIFORNIA THROUGH MONDAY.
>
>AS THE COLD AXIS OF THE UPPER TROUGH SWINGS ACROSS THE AREA LATE
>SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME MORE UNSTABLE
>WHICH WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION...SNOW
>LEVELS WILL LOWER THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND WILL LIKELY BE DOWN TO
>4500 FEET BY SUNDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SNOW COULD FALL AS
>LOW AS 4000 FEET MONDAY MORNING AS THE COLDEST AIR ASSOCIATED WITH
>THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.
>
>IT IS STILL RATHER DIFFICULT TO BE SPECIFIC WITH PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS.
>HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT BETWEEN 0.75 AND 1.5 INCHES
>OF RAIN ARE LIKELY AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF LIQUID
>EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION IN THE MOUNTAINS. ABOVE THE SNOW LEVEL...SNOW
>ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE SIGNIFICANT...ESPECIALLY AT THE RESORT LEVELS.
>EXACT SNOW AMOUNTS ARE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE TIMING OF THE
>ARRIVAL OF THE COLDER AIR. TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS...
>ESPECIALLY ON INTERSTATE 5 OVER THE GRAPEVINE MAY BECOME DIFFICULT BY
>SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY. WINTER STORM WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS MAY NEED
>TO BE ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWESTERN
>CALIFORNIA.
>
>ALL RESIDENTS IN SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO
>NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THEIR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST
>INFORMATION AND UPDATES ON THIS LATE SEASON STORM SYSTEM.
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