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000 FNUS86 KLOX 132330 FWLLOX ECCDA DISCUSSIONS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 330 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ECC029-141730- LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- DISCUSSION FOR...VANDENBERG ECC DISPATCH 330 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...DISCUSSION FROM LOS ANGELES/OXNARD... A FAST MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN THE CALIFORNIA COAST...BRINGING MODERATE RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RAINFALL RATES WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE BETWEEN ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH PER HOUR. TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL RANGE BETWEEN ONE HALF TO ONE INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BRING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH TO SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NEAR THE MAIN FRONTAL BAND. SNOW LEVELS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2500 AND 3500 FEET. LINGERING SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN THE NEXT MORE POTENT AND SLOWER MOVING SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE WEST COAST. THE MAIN RAIN BAND SHOULD FIRST AFFECT SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE DOWN INTO LOS ANGELES COUNTY BY MONDAY MORNING...WHICH IS ABOUT 12 HOURS LATER THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. INITIAL RAINFALL ESTIMATES WITH THIS STORM CALL FOR 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS COAST AND VALLEY AREAS...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE REST OF THE WEEK AFTER MONDAY NIGHT LOOKS MOIST AND UNSETTLED OVERALL...BUT CONFIDENCE IS RATHER LOW AT THIS POINT AS TO WHEN AND HOW STRONG THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL BE. ...DISCUSSION FROM MONTEREY... UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING WITH SNOW LEVELS NEAR 2000 FEET. THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF RAIN...POSSIBLY HEAVY...AND STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO THE DISTRICT ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY. YET ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK. NOTE : ALL WINDS ARE 20-FOOT WINDS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG, GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. $$ ECC028-141730- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY EXCLUDING LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- DISCUSSION FOR...SANTA BARBARA ECC DISPATCH 330 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 A FAST MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN THE CALIFORNIA COAST...BRINGING MODERATE RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RAINFALL RATES WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE BETWEEN ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH PER HOUR. TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL RANGE BETWEEN ONE HALF TO ONE INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BRING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH TO SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NEAR THE MAIN FRONTAL BAND. SNOW LEVELS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2500 AND 3500 FEET. LINGERING SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN THE NEXT MORE POTENT AND SLOWER MOVING SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE WEST COAST. THE MAIN RAIN BAND SHOULD FIRST AFFECT SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE DOWN INTO LOS ANGELES COUNTY BY MONDAY MORNING...WHICH IS ABOUT 12 HOURS LATER THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. INITIAL RAINFALL ESTIMATES WITH THIS STORM CALL FOR 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS COAST AND VALLEY AREAS...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE REST OF THE WEEK AFTER MONDAY NIGHT LOOKS MOIST AND UNSETTLED OVERALL...BUT CONFIDENCE IS RATHER LOW AT THIS POINT AS TO WHEN AND HOW STRONG THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL BE. $$ ECC031-141730- ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- DISCUSSION FOR...LANCASTER ECC DISPATCH 330 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 A FAST MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN THE CALIFORNIA COAST...BRINGING MODERATE RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RAINFALL RATES WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE BETWEEN ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH PER HOUR. TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL RANGE BETWEEN ONE HALF TO ONE INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BRING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH TO SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NEAR THE MAIN FRONTAL BAND. SNOW LEVELS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2500 AND 3500 FEET. LINGERING SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN THE NEXT MORE POTENT AND SLOWER MOVING SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE WEST COAST. THE MAIN RAIN BAND SHOULD FIRST AFFECT SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE DOWN INTO LOS ANGELES COUNTY BY MONDAY MORNING...WHICH IS ABOUT 12 HOURS LATER THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. INITIAL RAINFALL ESTIMATES WITH THIS STORM CALL FOR 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS COAST AND VALLEY AREAS...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE REST OF THE WEEK AFTER MONDAY NIGHT LOOKS MOIST AND UNSETTLED OVERALL...BUT CONFIDENCE IS RATHER LOW AT THIS POINT AS TO WHEN AND HOW STRONG THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL BE. $$ ECC024-141730- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY- DISCUSSION FOR...SAN LUIS OBISPO ECC DISPATCH 330 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 A FAST MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN THE CALIFORNIA COAST...BRINGING MODERATE RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RAINFALL RATES WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE BETWEEN ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH PER HOUR. TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL RANGE BETWEEN ONE HALF TO ONE INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BRING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH TO SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NEAR THE MAIN FRONTAL BAND. SNOW LEVELS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2500 AND 3500 FEET. LINGERING SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN THE NEXT MORE POTENT AND SLOWER MOVING SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE WEST COAST. THE MAIN RAIN BAND SHOULD FIRST AFFECT SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE DOWN INTO LOS ANGELES COUNTY BY MONDAY MORNING...WHICH IS ABOUT 12 HOURS LATER THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. INITIAL RAINFALL ESTIMATES WITH THIS STORM CALL FOR 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS COAST AND VALLEY AREAS...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE REST OF THE WEEK AFTER MONDAY NIGHT LOOKS MOIST AND UNSETTLED OVERALL...BUT CONFIDENCE IS RATHER LOW AT THIS POINT AS TO WHEN AND HOW STRONG THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL BE. $$ ECC032-141730- VENTURA COUNTY EXCLUDING LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- DISCUSSION FOR...VENTURA ECC DISPATCH 330 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 A FAST MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN THE CALIFORNIA COAST...BRINGING MODERATE RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RAINFALL RATES WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE BETWEEN ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH PER HOUR. TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL RANGE BETWEEN ONE HALF TO ONE INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BRING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH TO SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NEAR THE MAIN FRONTAL BAND. SNOW LEVELS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2500 AND 3500 FEET. LINGERING SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN THE NEXT MORE POTENT AND SLOWER MOVING SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE WEST COAST. THE MAIN RAIN BAND SHOULD FIRST AFFECT SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE DOWN INTO LOS ANGELES COUNTY BY MONDAY MORNING...WHICH IS ABOUT 12 HOURS LATER THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. INITIAL RAINFALL ESTIMATES WITH THIS STORM CALL FOR 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS COAST AND VALLEY AREAS...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE REST OF THE WEEK AFTER MONDAY NIGHT LOOKS MOIST AND UNSETTLED OVERALL...BUT CONFIDENCE IS RATHER LOW AT THIS POINT AS TO WHEN AND HOW STRONG THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL BE. $$ ECC030-141730- LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- DISCUSSION FOR...LOS ANGELES ECC DISPATCH 330 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 A FAST MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN THE CALIFORNIA COAST...BRINGING MODERATE RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RAINFALL RATES WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE BETWEEN ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH PER HOUR. TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL RANGE BETWEEN ONE HALF TO ONE INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BRING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH TO SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NEAR THE MAIN FRONTAL BAND. SNOW LEVELS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2500 AND 3500 FEET. LINGERING SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN THE NEXT MORE POTENT AND SLOWER MOVING SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE WEST COAST. THE MAIN RAIN BAND SHOULD FIRST AFFECT SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE DOWN INTO LOS ANGELES COUNTY BY MONDAY MORNING...WHICH IS ABOUT 12 HOURS LATER THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. INITIAL RAINFALL ESTIMATES WITH THIS STORM CALL FOR 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS COAST AND VALLEY AREAS...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE REST OF THE WEEK AFTER MONDAY NIGHT LOOKS MOIST AND UNSETTLED OVERALL...BUT CONFIDENCE IS RATHER LOW AT THIS POINT AS TO WHEN AND HOW STRONG THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL BE. $$