Weather

FOR: VENTURA COUNTY COAST

EFFECTIVE: 2:58AM, MAY 22, 2013

EXPIRES: 11:00AM, MAY 23, 2013

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDDAY THURSDAY FOR THE CENTRAL COAST INCLUDING SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY AND THE WESTERN COAST OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDDAY THURSDAY FOR THE VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST... .GALE FORCE NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THURSDAY. THE BUILDING WIND-GENERATED WAVES WILL PROPAGATE TOWARD THE COAST AND PRODUCE LARGE BREAKERS AT MANY OF THE WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...SURF WILL BUILD TO 6 TO 8 FEET. CHOPPY WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO STRONG WINDS OVER THE WATERS. * TIMING...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKERS AND THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL MAKE SWIMMING DANGEROUS.

FOR: VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS

EFFECTIVE: 4:59AM, MAY 22, 2013

EXPIRES: 3:00AM, MAY 23, 2013

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL DEEPEN ACROSS CALIFORNIA TODAY BRINGING STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW TO THE REGION. NORTH TO SOUTH PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL INCREASE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOCUSED ACROSS THE SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST...CENTRAL COAST... MOUNTAINS...AND ANTELOPE VALLEY. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THESE AREAS. ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT THURSDAY... * WINDS AND TIMING...AREAS OF NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR. * IMPACTS...INTERSTATE 5 WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED BY THE GUSTY WINDS.