Weather Alerts for California

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1. Air Quality Alert for: Coachella Valley

2. Avalanche Warning for: Greater Lake Tahoe Area; Greater Lake Tahoe Area

3. Beach Hazards Statement for: Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast; Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast

4. Freeze Watch for: Los Banos - Dos Palos; Merced - Madera - Mendota; Planada - Le Grand - Snelling; Coalinga - Avenal; West Side of Fresno and Kings Counties; Caruthers - San Joaquin - Selma; Fresno-Clovis; Buttonwillow - Lost Hills - I5; Delano-Wasco-Shafter; Hanford - Corcoran - Lemoore; Visalia - Porterville - Reedley; Bakersfield; Southeast San Joaquin Valley; South End San Joaquin Valley

5. High Surf Advisory for: Malibu Coast; Los Angeles County Beaches

6. High Surf Advisory for: San Diego County Coastal Areas; Orange County Coastal

7. High Surf Advisory 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

8. High Surf Advisory for: San Luis Obispo County Beaches; Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches

9. High Surf Advisory for: Ventura County Beaches

10. High Wind Warning for: Cuyama Valley; San Luis Obispo County Interior Valleys; San Luis Obispo County Mountains; Santa Barbara County Interior Mountains; Antelope Valley

11. Wind Advisory for: Apple and Lucerne Valleys

12. Wind Advisory for: Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands; Santa Clarita Valley; 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; 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; Southern Ventura County Mountains; Los Angeles County San Gabriel Valley

13. Wind Advisory for: Coachella Valley

14. Wind Advisory for: Eastern Mojave Desert, Including the Mojave National Preserve; Morongo Basin

15. Wind Advisory for: Indian Wells Valley; Mojave Desert

16. Wind Advisory for: Mojave Desert Slopes

17. Wind Advisory for: Northern Sacramento Valley; Central Sacramento Valley; Southern Sacramento Valley

18. Wind Advisory for: San Diego County Coastal Areas; San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire; San Diego County Inland Valleys; Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills; Orange County Coastal; Orange County Inland

19. Wind Advisory for: San Diego County Deserts

20. Wind Advisory for: San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning

21. Wind Advisory for: Western Mojave Desert

22. Wind Advisory for: Western Mojave Desert

23. Winter Storm Warning for: Grapevine

24. Winter Storm Warning for: Mariposa-Madera Lower Sierra; Fresno-Tulare Lower Sierra; South End of the Lower Sierra; Yosemite NP outside of the valley; Yosemite Valley; San Joaquin River Canyon; Upper San Joaquin River; Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge; Kings Canyon NP; Grant Grove Area; Sequoia NP; South End of the Upper Sierra

25. Winter Storm Warning for: Northern Ventura County Mountains; Eastern San Gabriel Mountains

26. Winter Storm Warning for: Piute Walker Basin; Tehachapi; Frazier Mountain Communities

27. Winter Storm Warning for: Riverside County Mountains

28. Winter Storm Warning for: San Bernardino County Mountains

29. Winter Storm Warning for: Santa Barbara County Interior Mountains; Southern Ventura County Mountains; Interstate 5 Corridor

30. Winter Storm Warning for: Shasta Lake Area / Northern Shasta County; Burney Basin / Eastern Shasta County; Northern Sacramento Valley; Mountains Southwestern Shasta County to Western Colusa County; Northeast Foothills/Sacramento Valley; Motherlode; Western Plumas County/Lassen Park; West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada

31. Winter Storm Warning for: South Central Siskiyou County; North Central and Southeast Siskiyou County

32. Winter Storm Warning for: Western San Gabriel Mountains and Highway 14 Corridor; Western Antelope Valley Foothills; Eastern Antelope Valley Foothills

33. Winter Storm Warning for: Western Siskiyou County

34. Winter Weather Advisory for: Central Siskiyou County

35. Winter Weather Advisory for: Eastern Mojave Desert, Including the Mojave National Preserve

36. Winter Weather Advisory for: Eastern Sierra Slopes of Inyo County

37. Winter Weather Advisory for: Greater Lake Tahoe Area; Greater Lake Tahoe Area

38. Winter Weather Advisory for: Lassen-Eastern Plumas-Eastern Sierra Counties

39. Winter Weather Advisory for: Modoc County; Northern and Eastern Klamath County and Western Lake County; Central and Eastern Lake County

40. Winter Weather Advisory for: Mono

41. Winter Weather Advisory for: Northeast Siskiyou and Northwest Modoc Counties; Klamath Basin

42. Winter Weather Advisory for: San Diego County Mountains

43. Winter Weather Advisory for: Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest; Mountains Of San Benito County And Interior Monterey County Including Pinnacles National Park

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Cirrocumulus Clouds Next Topic: Cirrostratus Clouds

Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Cirrus Clouds Next Topic: Condensation

Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

Next Topic: Condensation

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