Issued Zones:  All Desert Locations … Los Angeles and San Bernardino Mountains … The Inland Empire from SBD/Fontana/Ontario/Riverside/Corona … San Gabriel, San Fernando, and Santa Clarita Valley … Eastern Ventura County and Malibu …

Site:  Southern California Weather Force has issued a Santa Ana Wind Watch

Date:  3/23/18 at 8:40am PT

When: Monday evening through Tuesday

Forecast: First I will get into later Saturday but mostly Sunday in all desert areas.  I’ll merge this watch so I don’t have to overlap advisory/warnings but it will be very gusty this weekend in all mountain and desert locations, with the highest wind gusts across Barstow at 50+ mph on Sunday. 

With any-case, this Santa Ana Wind Watch is for Monday evening through Tuesday evening.  During that time-period an inside slider will move to the east of Southern California. 

A strong upper level jet will bring gusty winds out of the north across the entire watch area.  Because the support is there in the mid/upper levels it will transfer the energy down to the surface and thus all desert locations have been issued this watch, including rare pattern zones in the Coachella Valley where I expect these winds to surface as well. 

Wind gusts over 35-55 mph will be likely in all the watch affected areas between Monday evening and Tuesday, waning by mid-week.

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Forecaster: KM