NOAA Wind Event

GUSTY WINDS TO AFFECT COASTAL AREAS ON WEDNESDAY... ...STRONG SANTA AND WINDS POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... .A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CREATE GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS ACROSS SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY THIS EVENING. THEN... A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH CALIFORNIA ON WEDNESDAY AND GENERATE GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OVER THE REGION... FOCUSED OVER THE COASTAL AREAS. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES INTO BAJA CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST AND STRENGTHEN INTO A SANTA ANA WIND EVENT OVER MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS... WHERE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS WILL LIKELY NEED WIND ADVISORIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS WELL. ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS... AREAS OF WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN DIMINISH. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISH. THE WINDS WILL REDEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING...PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN QUICKLY WEAKEN BY EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BREAK SMALL BRANCHES OFF OF TREES AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. HIGHWAYS 101 AND 154 WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... &&