Weather Alerts for California
1. 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
2. Red Flag Warning for: Lower Middle Klamath; Trinity
3. Red Flag Warning for: Western Klamath National Forest; Central Siskiyou County Including Shasta Valley; Siskiyou County from the Cascade Mountains East and South to Mt Shasta; Modoc County Except for the Surprise Valley
4. Red Flag Warning for: Western Klamath National Forest; Central Siskiyou County Including Shasta Valley; Siskiyou County from the Cascade Mountains East and South to Mt Shasta; Modoc County Except for the Surprise Valley
5. Special Weather Statement for: Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands; San Luis Obispo County Beaches; Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches; Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast; Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast; Ventura County Beaches; Malibu Coast; Los Angeles County Beaches
6. Special Weather Statement for: Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands; San Luis Obispo County Beaches; Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches; Ventura County Beaches; Malibu Coast; Los Angeles County Beaches
7. Special Weather Statement for: Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands; Ventura County Beaches; Malibu Coast; Los Angeles County Beaches
8. Special Weather Statement for: Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands; Ventura County Beaches; Malibu Coast; Los Angeles County Beaches
9. Special Weather Statement for: Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands; Ventura County Beaches; Malibu Coast; Los Angeles County Beaches
10. Special Weather Statement for: Coastal Del Norte
11. Special Weather Statement for: Coastal Del Norte
12. Special Weather Statement for: Coastal Del Norte
13. Special Weather Statement for: Coastal Del Norte
14. Special Weather Statement for: Coastal Del Norte
15. Special Weather Statement for: Coastal Del Norte
16. Special Weather Statement for: Northern Humboldt Coast; Southwestern Humboldt; Mendocino Coast
17. Special Weather Statement for: San Luis Obispo County Beaches; Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches; Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast; Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast
18. Special Weather Statement for: San Luis Obispo County Beaches; Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches; Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast; Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast
19. Special Weather Statement for: San Luis Obispo County Beaches; Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches; Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast; Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast
20. Special Weather Statement for: Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast; Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast
21. Special Weather Statement for: Southern Trinity; Northeastern Mendocino Interior
22. Tsunami Advisory for: Coastal Del Norte
23. Wind Advisory for: Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast; Santa Ynez Mountains Western Range
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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?
Home - Education - Precipitation - Precipitation
Next Topic: Rain
Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that
may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to
the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.
In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for
precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface.
When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga.
Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog
and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which
constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.
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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?
Home - Education - Cloud Types - Shelf Clouds
Next Topic: Sleet
A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front
of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.
A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing
storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen.
As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it,
because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud,
it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.
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