Weather Alerts for California

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1. Air Quality Alert for: Coachella Valley

2. Avalanche Warning for: Greater Lake Tahoe Area; Greater Lake Tahoe Area

3. Beach Hazards Statement for: Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast; Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast

4. Cold Weather Advisory for: Marin Coastal Range; Sonoma Coastal Range; Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore; San Francisco Bay Shoreline; Santa Cruz Mountains; Santa Clara Valley Including San Jose; Northern Salinas Valley/Hollister Valley and Carmel Valley; Northern Monterey Bay

5. Cold Weather Advisory for: Mariposa-Madera Lower Sierra; Fresno-Tulare Lower Sierra; South End of the Lower Sierra; Yosemite NP outside of the valley; San Joaquin River Canyon; Upper San Joaquin River; Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge; Kings Canyon NP; Grant Grove Area; Sequoia NP; South End of the Upper Sierra

6. Extreme Cold Warning for: North Bay Interior Mountains; North Bay Interior Valleys; East Bay Interior Valleys; Eastern Santa Clara Hills; East Bay Hills; Southern Salinas Valley/Arroyo Seco and Lake San Antonio; Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest; Mountains Of San Benito County And Interior Monterey County Including Pinnacles National Park

7. Flood Advisory for: Santa Barbara, CA

8. Freeze Watch for: Coalinga - Avenal; Buttonwillow - Lost Hills - I5; Delano-Wasco-Shafter; Hanford - Corcoran - Lemoore; Visalia - Porterville - Reedley; Bakersfield; Southeast San Joaquin Valley; South End San Joaquin Valley

9. Freeze Watch for: Los Banos - Dos Palos; Merced - Madera - Mendota; Planada - Le Grand - Snelling; West Side of Fresno and Kings Counties; Caruthers - San Joaquin - Selma; Fresno-Clovis

10. High Surf Advisory for: San Diego County Coastal Areas; Orange County Coastal

11. High Surf Advisory for: San Francisco; Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore; San Francisco Peninsula Coast; Northern Monterey Bay; Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast

12. High Surf Advisory for: San Luis Obispo County Beaches; Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches; Malibu Coast; Los Angeles County Beaches

13. High Surf Advisory for: Ventura County Beaches

14. High Wind Warning for: Cuyama Valley; San Luis Obispo County Interior Valleys; San Luis Obispo County Mountains; Santa Barbara County Interior Mountains; Antelope Valley

15. Wind Advisory for: Apple and Lucerne Valleys

16. Wind Advisory for: Carquinez Strait and Delta; Northern San Joaquin Valley

17. Wind Advisory for: Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands; Santa Clarita Valley; San Luis Obispo County Beaches; San Luis Obispo County Inland Central Coast; Santa Lucia Mountains; Southern Salinas Valley; Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches; Santa Barbara County Inland Central Coast; Santa Ynez Valley; Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast; Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast; Santa Ynez Mountains Western Range; Santa Ynez Mountains Eastern Range; Ventura County Beaches; Ventura County Inland Coast; Lake Casitas; Ojai Valley; Central Ventura County Valleys; Malibu Coast; Los Angeles County Beaches; Palos Verdes Hills; Los Angeles County Inland Coast including Downtown Los Angeles; Western Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area; Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area; Calabasas and Agoura Hills; Western San Fernando Valley; Eastern San Fernando Valley; Southeastern Ventura County Valleys; Santa Susana Mountains; Southern Ventura County Mountains; Los Angeles County San Gabriel Valley

18. Wind Advisory for: Coachella Valley

19. Wind Advisory for: Imperial County Southwest

20. Wind Advisory for: Indian Wells Valley; Mojave Desert

21. Wind Advisory for: Joshua Tree NP West; Chuckwalla Mountains; Chiriaco Summit

22. Wind Advisory for: Los Banos - Dos Palos; Merced - Madera - Mendota; Planada - Le Grand - Snelling; West Side of Fresno and Kings Counties; Caruthers - San Joaquin - Selma; Fresno-Clovis

23. Wind Advisory for: Mojave Desert Slopes

24. Wind Advisory for: Morongo Basin

25. Wind Advisory for: Northern Sacramento Valley; Central Sacramento Valley; Southern Sacramento Valley

26. Wind Advisory for: San Diego County Coastal Areas; San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire; San Diego County Inland Valleys; Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills; Orange County Coastal; Orange County Inland

27. Wind Advisory for: San Diego County Deserts

28. Wind Advisory for: San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning

29. Wind Advisory for: West Side Mountains north of 198; Mariposa Madera Foothills

30. Wind Advisory for: Western Mojave Desert

31. Winter Storm Warning for: Del Norte Interior; Northern Humboldt Interior; Southern Humboldt Interior

32. Winter Storm Warning for: Grapevine

33. Winter Storm Warning for: Mariposa-Madera Lower Sierra; Fresno-Tulare Lower Sierra; South End of the Lower Sierra; Yosemite NP outside of the valley; Yosemite Valley; San Joaquin River Canyon; Upper San Joaquin River; Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge; Kings Canyon NP; Grant Grove Area; Sequoia NP; South End of the Upper Sierra

34. Winter Storm Warning for: Northern Trinity; Southern Trinity

35. Winter Storm Warning for: Northern Ventura County Mountains; Eastern San Gabriel Mountains

36. Winter Storm Warning for: Piute Walker Basin; Tehachapi; Frazier Mountain Communities

37. Winter Storm Warning for: Riverside County Mountains

38. Winter Storm Warning for: San Bernardino County Mountains

39. Winter Storm Warning for: Santa Barbara County Interior Mountains; Southern Ventura County Mountains; Interstate 5 Corridor

40. Winter Storm Warning for: Shasta Lake Area / Northern Shasta County; Burney Basin / Eastern Shasta County; Northern Sacramento Valley; Mountains Southwestern Shasta County to Western Colusa County; Northeast Foothills/Sacramento Valley; Motherlode; Western Plumas County/Lassen Park; West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada

41. Winter Storm Warning for: South Central Siskiyou County; North Central and Southeast Siskiyou County

42. Winter Storm Warning for: Western San Gabriel Mountains and Highway 14 Corridor; Western Antelope Valley Foothills; Eastern Antelope Valley Foothills

43. Winter Storm Warning for: Western Siskiyou County

44. Winter Weather Advisory for: Central Siskiyou County

45. Winter Weather Advisory for: Coastal Del Norte; Northern Humboldt Coast

46. Winter Weather Advisory for: Eastern Mojave Desert, Including the Mojave National Preserve

47. Winter Weather Advisory for: Eastern Sierra Slopes of Inyo County

48. Winter Weather Advisory for: Greater Lake Tahoe Area; Greater Lake Tahoe Area

49. Winter Weather Advisory for: Lassen-Eastern Plumas-Eastern Sierra Counties

50. Winter Weather Advisory for: Modoc County; Northern and Eastern Klamath County and Western Lake County; Central and Eastern Lake County

51. Winter Weather Advisory for: Mono

52. Winter Weather Advisory for: Northeast Siskiyou and Northwest Modoc Counties; Klamath Basin

53. Winter Weather Advisory for: San Diego County Mountains

54. Winter Weather Advisory for: Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest; Mountains Of San Benito County And Interior Monterey County Including Pinnacles National Park

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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