Weather Alert in California
Special Weather Statement issued February 17 at 8:44PM PST by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
AREAS AFFECTED: Cuyama Valley; San Luis Obispo County Inland Central Coast; San Luis Obispo County Interior Valleys; San Luis Obispo County Mountains; Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches; Santa Barbara County Inland Central Coast; Santa Ynez Valley; Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast; Santa Ynez Mountains Western Range; Santa Barbara County Interior Mountains
DESCRIPTION: At 843 PM PST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 24 miles east of Santa Maria to 27 miles west of Point Conception. Movement was east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Brief weak tornado is possible. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Santa Maria... Lompoc... Point Conception... Santa Ynez... Solvang... Vandenberg Space Force Base... Orcutt... Cuyama... Los Alamos... Highway 101 through Gaviota State Park... Buellton... Sisquoc... Figueroa Mountain... Highway 166 between Twitchell Dam and the Cuyama Valley... Vandenberg Village... Lake Cachuma... and Mission Hills.
INSTRUCTION: If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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Weather Topic: What is Drizzle?
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Drizzle is precipitation in the form of water droplets which are
smaller than raindrops.
Drizzle is characterized by fine, gently falling droplets and typically does not
impact human habitation in a negative way. The exception to this is freezing drizzle,
a condition where drizzle freezes immediately upon reaching earth's surface.
Freezing drizzle is still less dangerous than freezing rain, but can
potentially result in hazardous road conditions.
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Weather Topic: What is Fog?
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Fog is technically a type of stratus cloud, which lies along the
ground and obscures visibility.
It is usually created when humidity in the air condenses into tiny water droplets.
Because of this, some places are more prone to foggy weather, such as regions
close to a body of water.
Fog is similar to mist; both are the appearance of water droplets suspended in
the air, but fog is the term applied to the condition when visibility is less than 1 km.
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