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Sent: Saturday, December 31,
2011 1:21 PM
Your Severe Weather Watches and Warnings
DANA POINT, CA
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
120 PM PST SAT DEC 31 2011
..LARGE SURF EXPECTED NEXT WEEK...
A SERIES OF STORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC
WILL BRING A COUPLE OF PERIODS OF HIGH SURF. THE FIRST WILL BE
TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND THE SECOND ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY OF
NEXT WEEK. THE FIRST STORM...NOW ABOUT 2100 MILES WEST NORTHWEST
OF SAN DIEGO...IS GENERATING A LONG FETCH OF WESTERLY WINDS OF 40
KNOTS OR GREATER. LONG PERIOD SWELL FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL REACH
THE SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTY COASTS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY.
SURF OF 6 TO 8 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 10 FEET IS EXPECTED
TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AT THE BEACHES.
HIGHEST SURF WILL BE IN SOUTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY...MAINLY SOUTH
OF LA JOLLA...AS WELL AS IN A SMALL PART OF NORTHERN ORANGE
COUNTY...MAINLY AROUND HUNTINGTON BEACH. OTHER EXPOSED WEST FACING
BEACHES COULD ALSO GET SURF EXCEEDING 8 FEET AT TIMES.
A SECOND STORM WILL FOLLOW THE FIRST OVER THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC
AND COULD BRING EVEN HIGHER SURF FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...WHEN LOCAL
SETS OF OVER 10 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE AT THE BEACHES IN SOUTHERN
SAN DIEGO AND NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY.
THERE WILL BE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS MOST OF NEXT WEEK. LOCAL
COASTAL FLOODING AND MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL BE
POSSIBLE...MAINLY DURING PERIODS OF HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES.
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED EARLY NEXT WEEK FOR
THIS UPCOMING HIGH SURF EVENT. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION.
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