Weather Alerts for California
1. Coastal Flood Advisory for: Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore; North Bay Interior Valleys; San Francisco; San Francisco Bay Shoreline
2. Coastal Flood Advisory for: San Luis Obispo County Beaches; Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches
3. Coastal Flood Advisory for: Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast; Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast
4. Coastal Flood Advisory for: Ventura County Beaches
5. Flood Advisory for: Fresno; Madera
6. Flood Advisory for: Fresno; Merced
7. Flood Advisory for: Monterey
8. Flood Advisory for: Riverside
9. Flood Advisory for: Santa Clara
10. Flood Advisory for: Santa Clara; Santa Cruz
11. Flood Warning for: Merced
12. Flood Warning for: San Joaquin
13. Flood Watch for: Bakersfield; Buena Vista; Buttonwillow - Lost Hills - I5; Caruthers - San Joaquin - Selma; Coalinga - Avenal; Delano-Wasco-Shafter; Fresno-Clovis; Hanford - Corcoran - Lemoore; Los Banos - Dos Palos; Mariposa Madera Foothills; Mariposa-Madera Lower Sierra; Merced - Madera - Mendota; Planada - Le Grand - Snelling; South End San Joaquin Valley; Southeast San Joaquin Valley; Visalia - Porterville - Reedley; West Side Mountains South of 198; West Side Mountains north of 198; West Side of Fresno and Kings Counties
14. Flood Watch for: Fresno-Tulare Foothills; Fresno-Tulare Lower Sierra; Kern River Valley; South End Sierra Foothills; South End of the Lower Sierra
15. Freeze Watch for: Northeastern Mendocino Interior; Northern Lake County; Northwestern Mendocino Interior; Southern Lake County
16. Frost Advisory for: Carquinez Strait and Delta; Central Sacramento Valley; Motherlode; Mountains Southwestern Shasta County to Western Colusa County; Northeast Foothills, Sacramento Valley; Northern Sacramento Valley; Northern San Joaquin Valley; Shasta Lake Area, Northern Shasta County; Southern Sacramento Valley
17. High Surf Advisory for: Los Angeles County Beaches; Malibu Coast
18. High Surf Advisory for: Orange County Coastal
19. High Surf Advisory for: San Diego County Coastal Areas
20. High Surf Advisory for: San Luis Obispo County Beaches; Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches
21. High Surf Advisory for: Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast; Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast
22. High Surf Advisory for: Ventura County Beaches
23. Winter Storm Warning for: Eastern San Gabriel Mountains; Interstate 5 Corridor; Western San Gabriel Mountains and Highway 14 Corridor
24. Winter Storm Warning for: Fresno-Tulare Lower Sierra; Grant Grove Area; Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge; Kings Canyon NP; Mariposa-Madera Lower Sierra; San Joaquin River Canyon; Sequoia NP; South End of the Lower Sierra; South End of the Upper Sierra; Upper San Joaquin River; Yosemite NP outside of the valley; Yosemite Valley
25. Winter Storm Warning for: Northern Ventura County Mountains; Southern Ventura County Mountains
26. Winter Storm Warning for: Riverside County Mountains
27. Winter Storm Warning for: San Bernardino County Mountains
28. Winter Storm Warning for: Santa Barbara County Interior Mountains
29. Winter Weather Advisory for: Burney Basin, Eastern Shasta County; West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada; Western Plumas County, Lassen Park
30. Winter Weather Advisory for: Del Norte Interior
31. Winter Weather Advisory for: Northern Humboldt Interior; Southern Humboldt Interior
32. Winter Weather Advisory for: San Diego County Mountains
33. Winter Weather Advisory for: Western Siskiyou County
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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?
Home - Education - Cloud Types - Stratocumulus Clouds
Next Topic: Stratus Clouds
Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their
fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.
A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure
the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally
an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a
stratocumulus cloud.
It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do
it is usually a light rain or snow.
Next Topic: Stratus Clouds
Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?
Home - Education - Cloud Types - Wall Clouds
Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds
A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud,
and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.
Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can
result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or
rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud
takes shape.
Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally
form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.
Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds