Weather Alerts for California
1. Flood Watch for: Cuyama Valley; Santa Clarita Valley; San Luis Obispo County Interior Valleys; San Luis Obispo County Mountains; 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; Interstate 5 Corridor; Western San Gabriel Mountains and Highway 14 Corridor; Eastern San Gabriel Mountains; Western Antelope Valley Foothills; Eastern Antelope Valley Foothills; Antelope Valley; Los Angeles County San Gabriel Valley
2. Flood Watch for: San Diego County Coastal Areas; San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire; San Diego County Inland Valleys; San Bernardino County Mountains; Riverside County Mountains; Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills; San Diego County Mountains; Orange County Coastal; Orange County Inland
3. Flood Watch for: 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; Santa Barbara County Interior Mountains; Southern Ventura County Mountains
4. High Surf Advisory for: San Luis Obispo County Beaches; Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches
5. High Wind Watch for: Santa Lucia Mountains; San Luis Obispo County Mountains
6. Wind Advisory for: Apple and Lucerne Valleys; Coachella Valley; San Diego County Deserts; San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning
7. Wind Advisory for: Death Valley National Park; Western Mojave Desert; Eastern Mojave Desert, Including the Mojave National Preserve; Western Clark and Southern Nye County; Spring Mountains-Red Rock Canyon; Las Vegas Valley; Southern Clark County
8. Wind Advisory for: Imperial County Southwest
9. Wind Advisory for: Indian Wells Valley; Mojave Desert Slopes; Mojave Desert
10. Wind Advisory for: Los Banos - Dos Palos; Merced - Madera - Mendota; Planada - Le Grand - Snelling; Mariposa Madera Foothills
11. Wind Advisory for: Marin Coastal Range; Sonoma Coastal Range; Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore
12. Wind Advisory for: Morongo Basin; Cadiz Basin
13. Wind Advisory for: Salton Sea; Imperial County West; Imperial Valley
14. Wind Advisory for: Salton Sea; Imperial County West; Imperial Valley
15. Wind Advisory for: San Francisco Peninsula Coast; Santa Cruz Mountains; East Bay Hills; Northern Monterey Bay
16. Wind Advisory for: San Francisco; Eastern Santa Clara Hills
17. Wind Advisory for: San Luis Obispo County Beaches; San Luis Obispo County Inland Central Coast; Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches; Santa Barbara County Inland Central Coast
18. Wind Advisory for: Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest; Mountains Of San Benito County And Interior Monterey County Including Pinnacles National Park; Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast
19. Wind Advisory for: Southern Salinas Valley/Arroyo Seco and Lake San Antonio; Northern Salinas Valley/Hollister Valley and Carmel Valley
20. Wind Advisory for: Southern Salinas Valley; San Luis Obispo County Interior Valleys
21. Wind Advisory for: West Side Mountains north of 198; West Side Mountains South of 198; Buena Vista
22. Winter Storm Warning for: Greater Lake Tahoe Area; Greater Lake Tahoe Area
23. Winter Storm Warning for: Mono
24. Winter Storm Warning for: Shasta Lake Area / Northern Shasta County; Mountains Southwestern Shasta County to Western Colusa County
25. Winter Storm Warning for: Western Plumas County/Lassen Park; West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada
26. Winter Storm Warning for: Yosemite NP outside of the valley; Upper San Joaquin River; Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge; Kings Canyon NP; Grant Grove Area; Sequoia NP; South End of the Upper Sierra
27. Winter Storm Watch for: Piute Walker Basin; Tehachapi; Frazier Mountain Communities
28. Winter Storm Watch for: San Bernardino County Mountains; Riverside County Mountains
29. Winter Storm Watch for: San Diego County Mountains
30. Winter Storm Watch for: Santa Barbara County Interior Mountains; Southern Ventura County Mountains; Northern Ventura County Mountains; Interstate 5 Corridor; Western San Gabriel Mountains and Highway 14 Corridor; Eastern San Gabriel Mountains
31. Winter Weather Advisory for: Eastern Sierra Slopes of Inyo County; White Mountains of Inyo County
32. Winter Weather Advisory for: Lassen-Eastern Plumas-Eastern Sierra Counties
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Weather Topic: What is 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.
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Weather Topic: What are 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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