FNUS86 KLOX 052340 FWLLOX ECCDA DISCUSSIONS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 340 PM PST THU FEB 5 2009 ECC029-061745- LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- DISCUSSION FOR...VANDENBERG ECC DISPATCH 340 PM PST THU FEB 5 2009 ...DISCUSSION FROM LOS ANGELES/OXNARD... TWO STORM SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. RAIN FROM FIRST SYSTEM CENTERED OVER EASTERN VENTURA COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND MOVE OVER LOS ANGELES COUNTY TONIGHT. THE SNOW LEVEL WITH THIS FIRST SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 6000 AND 6500 FEET. THE SECOND AND STRONGER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING RAIN WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY SCATTERED SHOWERS INTO SATURDAY. THE SNOW LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO LOWER TO AROUND 5000 FEET BY FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES ACROSS COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS...WITH TWO TO FOUR INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS...AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH FACING SLOPES. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION TONIGHT...AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING. SINCE THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHTER SHOWERS WILL EXIST FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. ...DISCUSSION FROM MONTEREY... AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. RAIN WILL SPREAD OVER THE DISTRICT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING AS A WEATHER SYSTEM DROPS S ALONG THE COAST. SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE IN THE WEEKEND...BRINGING RAIN CHANCES TO THE ENTIRE DISTRICT FROM LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NOTE : ALL WINDS ARE 20-FOOT WINDS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG, GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. $$ $$ ECC028-061745- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY EXCLUDING LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- DISCUSSION FOR...SANTA BARBARA ECC DISPATCH 340 PM PST THU FEB 5 2009 TWO STORM SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. RAIN FROM FIRST SYSTEM CENTERED OVER EASTERN VENTURA COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND MOVE OVER LOS ANGELES COUNTY TONIGHT. THE SNOW LEVEL WITH THIS FIRST SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 6000 AND 6500 FEET. THE SECOND AND STRONGER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING RAIN WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY SCATTERED SHOWERS INTO SATURDAY. THE SNOW LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO LOWER TO AROUND 5000 FEET BY FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES ACROSS COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS...WITH TWO TO FOUR INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS...AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH FACING SLOPES. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION TONIGHT...AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING. SINCE THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHTER SHOWERS WILL EXIST FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. $$ ECC031-061745- ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- DISCUSSION FOR...LANCASTER ECC DISPATCH 340 PM PST THU FEB 5 2009 TWO STORM SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. RAIN FROM FIRST SYSTEM CENTERED OVER EASTERN VENTURA COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND MOVE OVER LOS ANGELES COUNTY TONIGHT. THE SNOW LEVEL WITH THIS FIRST SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 6000 AND 6500 FEET. THE SECOND AND STRONGER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING RAIN WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY SCATTERED SHOWERS INTO SATURDAY. THE SNOW LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO LOWER TO AROUND 5000 FEET BY FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES ACROSS COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS...WITH TWO TO FOUR INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS...AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH FACING SLOPES. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION TONIGHT...AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING. SINCE THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHTER SHOWERS WILL EXIST FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. $$ ECC024-061745- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY- DISCUSSION FOR...SAN LUIS OBISPO ECC DISPATCH 340 PM PST THU FEB 5 2009 TWO STORM SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. RAIN FROM FIRST SYSTEM CENTERED OVER EASTERN VENTURA COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND MOVE OVER LOS ANGELES COUNTY TONIGHT. THE SNOW LEVEL WITH THIS FIRST SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 6000 AND 6500 FEET. THE SECOND AND STRONGER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING RAIN WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY SCATTERED SHOWERS INTO SATURDAY. THE SNOW LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO LOWER TO AROUND 5000 FEET BY FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES ACROSS COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS...WITH TWO TO FOUR INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS...AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH FACING SLOPES. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION TONIGHT...AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING. SINCE THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHTER SHOWERS WILL EXIST FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. $$ ECC032-061745- VENTURA COUNTY EXCLUDING LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- DISCUSSION FOR...VENTURA ECC DISPATCH 340 PM PST THU FEB 5 2009 TWO STORM SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. RAIN FROM FIRST SYSTEM CENTERED OVER EASTERN VENTURA COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND MOVE OVER LOS ANGELES COUNTY TONIGHT. THE SNOW LEVEL WITH THIS FIRST SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 6000 AND 6500 FEET. THE SECOND AND STRONGER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING RAIN WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY SCATTERED SHOWERS INTO SATURDAY. THE SNOW LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO LOWER TO AROUND 5000 FEET BY FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES ACROSS COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS...WITH TWO TO FOUR INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS...AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH FACING SLOPES. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION TONIGHT...AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING. SINCE THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHTER SHOWERS WILL EXIST FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. $$ ECC030-061745- LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- DISCUSSION FOR...LOS ANGELES ECC DISPATCH 340 PM PST THU FEB 5 2009 TWO STORM SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. RAIN FROM FIRST SYSTEM CENTERED OVER EASTERN VENTURA COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND MOVE OVER LOS ANGELES COUNTY TONIGHT. THE SNOW LEVEL WITH THIS FIRST SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 6000 AND 6500 FEET. THE SECOND AND STRONGER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING RAIN WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY SCATTERED SHOWERS INTO SATURDAY. THE SNOW LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO LOWER TO AROUND 5000 FEET BY FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES ACROSS COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS...WITH TWO TO FOUR INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS...AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH FACING SLOPES. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION TONIGHT...AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING. SINCE THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHTER SHOWERS WILL EXIST FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. $$