Weather Alerts for California
1. Beach Hazards Statement for: Coastal Del Norte; Northern Humboldt Coast; Southwestern Humboldt; Mendocino Coast
2. Beach Hazards Statement 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
3. Fire Weather Watch for: Eastern San Gabriel Mountains
4. Fire Weather Watch for: Interstate 5 Corridor; Western San Gabriel Mountains and Highway 14 Corridor
5. Fire Weather Watch for: Malibu Coast
6. Fire Weather Watch for: Santa Clarita Valley; Central Ventura County Valleys; Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area; Calabasas and Agoura Hills; Western San Fernando Valley; Eastern San Fernando Valley; Southeastern Ventura County Valleys
7. Fire Weather Watch for: Southern Ventura County Mountains; Northern Ventura County Mountains
8. Fire Weather Watch for: Ventura County Beaches; Ventura County Inland Coast
9. Fire Weather Watch for: Western Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area; Santa Susana Mountains
10. Frost Advisory for: 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
11. High Wind Watch for: Santa Clarita Valley; Ventura County Beaches; Ventura County Inland Coast; Central Ventura County Valleys; Malibu Coast; Western Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area; Calabasas and Agoura Hills; Western San Fernando Valley; Southeastern Ventura County Valleys; Santa Susana Mountains; Southern Ventura County Mountains; Northern Ventura County Mountains; Interstate 5 Corridor; Western San Gabriel Mountains and Highway 14 Corridor; Eastern San Gabriel Mountains
12. Red Flag Warning for: Eastern San Gabriel Mountains
13. Red Flag Warning for: Interstate 5 Corridor; Western San Gabriel Mountains and Highway 14 Corridor
14. Red Flag Warning for: Los Angeles County San Gabriel Valley
15. Red Flag Warning for: Malibu Coast
16. Red Flag Warning for: San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys - The Inland Empire; San Diego County Inland Valleys; San Bernardino County Mountains-Including The Mountain Top And Front Country Ranger Districts Of The San Bernardino National Forest; Riverside County Mountains-Including The San Jacinto Ranger District Of The San Bernardino National Forest; Santa Ana Mountains-Including The Trabuco Ranger District of the Cleveland National Forest; San Diego County Mountains-Including The Palomar And Descanso Ranger Districts of the Cleveland National Forest; San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning; Orange County Inland
17. Red Flag Warning for: Santa Clarita Valley; Central Ventura County Valleys; Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area; Calabasas and Agoura Hills; Western San Fernando Valley; Eastern San Fernando Valley; Southeastern Ventura County Valleys
18. Red Flag Warning for: Southern Ventura County Mountains; Northern Ventura County Mountains
19. Red Flag Warning for: Ventura County Beaches; Ventura County Inland Coast
20. Red Flag Warning for: Western Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area; Santa Susana Mountains
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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?
Home - Education - Precipitation - Evaporation
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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth
back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.
Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because
molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor.
In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.
Next Topic: Fog
Weather Topic: What are Fractus Clouds?
Home - Education - Cloud Types - Fractus Clouds
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A fractus cloud (scud) is a fragmented, tattered cloud which has
likely been sheared off of another cloud. They are accessory clouds, meaning they
develop from parent clouds, and are named in a way which describes the original
cloud which contained them.
Fractus clouds which have originated from cumulus clouds are referred to as
cumulus fractus, while fractus clouds which have originated from stratus clouds
are referred to as stratus fractus. Under certain conditions a fractus cloud might
merge with another cloud, or develop into a cumulus cloud, but usually a
fractus cloud seen by itself will dissipate rapidly.
They are often observed on the leading and trailing edges of storm clouds,
and are a display of wind activity.
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