Effective:

2025-03-12T12:57:00-07:00

Expires:

2025-03-13T04:30:00-07:00

Certainty:

Likely

Event:

Wind Advisory

Type:

Update

Severity:

Moderate

Urgency:

Expected

Areas:

Parker Valley; Joshua Tree NP West; Joshua Tree NP East; Salton Sea; Chuckwalla Mountains; Imperial County Southeast; Imperial County West; Imperial Valley; Chiriaco Summit; Palo Verde Valley; Chuckwalla Valley

* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Portions of southwest Arizona and southeast California. * WHEN...From 8 AM MST /8 AM PDT/ to 10 PM MST /10 PM PDT/ Thursday. * IMPACTS...Difficult driving conditions, especially for larger vehicles traveling along roads with crosswinds. Light, unsecured objects may become airborne. Dense blowing dust may also be possible.

Instruction: A Wind Advisory means that sustained wind speeds of between 30 and 40 mph are expected, or wind gusts of between 40 and 58 mph. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. In addition, strong winds over desert areas could result in briefly lowered visibilities to well under a mile at times in blowing dust or blowing sand. Use extra caution.

Effective:

2025-03-12T13:16:00-07:00

Expires:

2025-03-12T22:15:00-07:00

Certainty:

Likely

Event:

Wind Advisory

Type:

Update

Severity:

Moderate

Urgency:

Expected

Areas:

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

* WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts 30 to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...Orange County Coastal Areas, Orange County Inland Areas, San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire, San Diego County Coastal Areas, San Diego County Valleys, and Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills. * WHEN...From noon to 8 PM PDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

Instruction: Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.