Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
349 PM PST THU FEB 18 2010

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ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
349 PM PST THU FEB 18 2010

...PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM TO IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA FRIDAY
NIGHT AND SATURDAY...

A PACIFIC SYSTEM OF MODERATE INTENSITY WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AND BRING RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW. THERE
WILL ALSO BE GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT DESERTS AND A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH SURF WILL BE POSSIBLE AT THE
COAST OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE RAIN WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL MOSTLY BE MODERATE IN INTENSITY WITH
PRELIMINARY RAINFALL FORECASTS OF BETWEEN A QUARTER AND HALF AN INCH
NEAR THE COAST FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT WILL RESULT IN UPLIFTING OVER SOUTHWEST FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES
WHERE AN INCH OF RAIN OR MORE COULD FALL. THERE WILL ALSO BE A
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD BRING A SHORT PERIOD OF HEAVY
SHOWERS. THIS COULD RESULT IN LOCAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.
IF THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR IN RECENT BURN AREAS...DEBRIS FLOWS WILL BE
POSSIBLE. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE AROUND 5500 FEET...AND AMOUNTS OF 3
TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ABOVE 5500 FEET.

WINDS COULD GUST OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT
PARTS OF THE DESERTS. A PERIOD OF WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH COULD
IMPACT THE COAST WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

HIGH SURF...WITH OCCASIONAL SETS OF 8 FEET OR MORE...WILL BE
POSSIBLE AT THE BEACHES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY DUE TO A WEST SWELL
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM.

ANOTHER SYSTEM COULD IMPACT THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH MORE
RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW POSSIBLE.

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MAXWELL/ATKIN