Weather Alerts for California
1. Flood Advisory for: Santa Barbara, CA
2. Flood Advisory for: Santa Barbara, CA
3. Flood Advisory for: Santa Barbara, CA; Ventura, CA
4. High Surf Advisory for: Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands; Ventura County Beaches; Malibu Coast; Los Angeles County Beaches
5. High Surf Advisory for: San Luis Obispo County Beaches; Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches
6. High Surf Advisory for: Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast; Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast
7. High Wind Warning for: Cuyama Valley; San Luis Obispo County Interior Valleys; San Luis Obispo County Mountains; 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; Western Antelope Valley Foothills; Eastern Antelope Valley Foothills; Antelope Valley
8. High Wind Warning for: Grapevine
9. High Wind Warning for: San Bernardino County Mountains; Apple and Lucerne Valleys
10. Wind Advisory for: Owens Valley; Esmeralda and Central Nye County
11. Wind Advisory 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
12. Wind 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; Northern Salinas Valley/Hollister Valley and Carmel Valley; Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast
13. Wind Advisory for: West Side Mountains north of 198; West Side Mountains South of 198; Buena Vista; Tehachapi; Frazier Mountain Communities; Mojave Desert Slopes
14. Winter Storm Warning for: Yosemite NP outside of the valley; Upper San Joaquin River; Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge
15. Winter Weather Advisory for: Eastern Sierra Slopes of Inyo County
16. Winter Weather Advisory for: Greater Lake Tahoe Area; Greater Lake Tahoe Area
17. Winter Weather Advisory for: Kings Canyon NP; Grant Grove Area; Sequoia NP; South End of the Upper Sierra
18. Winter Weather Advisory for: Lassen-Eastern Plumas-Eastern Sierra Counties
19. Winter Weather Advisory for: Mono
20. Winter Weather Advisory for: Western Plumas County/Lassen Park; West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada
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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?
Home - Education - Precipitation - Sleet
Next Topic: Snow
Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary
components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones,
and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and
therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.
The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be
wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer
layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air
it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water
droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is
freezing rain.
Next Topic: Snow
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
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