Wind Advisory issued for the Coachella Valley, mountain areas, and the high desert
An area of low pressure moving through the Great Basin today will create gusty onshore winds through tomorrow morning.
A Wind Advisory is in effect until 10 p.m. Monday for the low deserts, as well as the Riverside and San Bernardino County mountains.
A separate Wind Advisory is in effect until 8 p.m. Monday for the high desert areas including Yucca and Morongo Valley, Joshua Tree, and Twentynine Palms.
The full text advisories from the National Weather Service have been copied below.
Wind Advisory
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
252 AM PDT MON MAR 17 2014
…GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING…
.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE GREAT
BASIN WILL BRING STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TODAY WITH PERIODS OF GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
DESERTS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
252 AM PDT MON MAR 17 2014
…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PDT
THIS EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM
PDT THIS EVENING.
* WINDS…AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
* LOCATION…NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS…ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN
SLOPES…INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS…ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH
AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 10 IN THE NORTHERN COACHELLA VALLEY.
* TIMING…STRENGTHENING DURING THE AFTERNOON…THEN DIMINISHING
DURING THE LATE EVENING.
* VISIBILITY…IN THE DESERTS REDUCED IN AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND
BLOWING DUST.
* IMPACTS…THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY FOR
MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE
LIMBS AND OTHER DEBRIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
Wind Advisory
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
228 AM PDT MON MAR 17 2014
.A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND
NORTHERN NEVADA TODAY. STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN IN THE SIERRA
EARLY THIS MORNING WITH DOWNSLOPE WIND CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON THE
EASTERN SLOPES THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL
BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE DECREASING LATE TONIGHT.
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
MORONGO BASIN-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
INCLUDING…COLORADO CITY…
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT…TUWEEP…MT TRUMBULL…KINGMAN…
GOLDEN VALLEY…DOLAN SPRINGS…VALENTINE…WIKIEUP…YUCCA…
BARSTOW…DAGGETT…FORT IRWIN…MORONGO VALLEY…YUCCA VALLEY…
TWENTYNINE PALMS…BEATTY…GOLDFIELD…SILVER PEAK…DYER…
CALIENTE…PIOCHE…PANACA…HIKO…ALAMO…RACHEL
228 AM PDT MON MAR 17 2014 /228 AM MST MON MAR 17 2014/
…WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM PDT /9 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING…
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA…SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA
AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA.
* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ACROSS
ESMERALDA…CENTRAL NYE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. WEST TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN THE WESTERN MOJAVE
DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND MUCH OF MOHAVE COUNTY.
* TIMING: A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE
COUNTIES LATE THIS MORNING MORNING THEN SLIDE SOUTH THROUGH THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE MORNING WITH
STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
* LOCATIONS: ESMERALDA…CENTRAL NYE…LINCOLN…WESTERN AND SOUTH
WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO AND MOHAVE COUNTIES.
* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT
ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORCYCLES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN
ADDITION…STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS CAN RESULT IN
BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES
IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES…VANS…CAMPERS…TRAILERS…AND ANY HIGH-
PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE
WINDS.
