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Get the Avalon, CA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... Tsunami warnings lifted in California and Oregon after 7.0-magnitude earthquake ... The wind-driven snow was caught ...
The Santa Anas are katabatic winds (Greek for "flowing downhill") arising in higher altitudes and blowing down towards sea level. [7] The National Weather Service defines Santa Ana winds as "a weather condition [in southern California] in which strong, hot, dust-bearing winds descend to the Pacific Coast around Los Angeles from inland desert regions".
A wind advisory is generally issued by the National Weather Service of the United States when there are sustained non thunderstorm winds of 31–39 miles per hour (50–63 km/h) and/or gusts of 46–57 miles per hour (74–92 km/h) over land. Winds over the said cap will trigger high wind alerts rather than a wind advisory
Category 3 Hurricane Matthew's close passage of Brevard County, Florida on the morning of October 7, 2016 prompted the issuance of the first Extreme Wind Warning.. An extreme wind warning (SAME code EWW) is an alert issued by the National Weather Service for areas on land that will experience sustained surface winds 100 knots (115 mph, 185 km/h, 51 m/s) or greater within one hour.
The National Weather Service issues a similar high wind warning (Specific Area Message Encoding code: HWW) for high winds on land. The criteria vary from place to place; however, in most cases, the warning applies to winds of 40 miles per hour (64 km/h) to 73 miles per hour (117 km/h) for at least 1 hour; or any gusts of 58 miles per hour (93 km/h) to 114 miles per hour (183 km/h) on land.
While just missing the December 1995 record of 103 mph at Angel Island, “102 is very, very impressive,” said meteorologist Nicole Sarment at the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office ...
High wind warning: Tropical storm warning* 8–9 55 to 73 mph (48 to 63 knots) Storm warning [58] High wind warning: Tropical storm warning† 10–11 74–110 mph (64 to 99 knots) Hurricane force wind warning [59] High wind warning: Hurricane warning: 12–13 Over 110 mph (100+ knots) Hurricane force wind warning: Extreme wind warning: Major ...
Warnings are issued 24 hours prior to the tropical cyclone making landfall. If sustained winds 70 km/h and/or gusts 90 km/h or stronger are predicted, a conventional wind warning will be issued along with the tropical cyclone watches and warnings. A storm surge warning may be issued if abnormally high water levels are predicted.