Weather Alerts for California

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Current Alerts for Coachella, CA: Air Quality Alert Wind Advisory

1. Air Quality Alert for: Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands; Santa Clarita Valley; 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; Los Angeles County San Gabriel Valley

2. Air Quality Alert for: Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands; Santa Clarita Valley; 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; Santa Susana Mountains; Los Angeles County San Gabriel Valley

3. Air Quality Alert for: San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire; Riverside County Mountains; San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning; Orange County Coastal; Orange County Inland

4. Air Quality Alert for: San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire; Riverside County Mountains; San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning; Orange County Coastal; Orange County Inland

5. Coastal Flood Advisory for: Los Angeles County Beaches

6. Coastal Flood Advisory for: San Luis Obispo County Beaches; Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches

7. Coastal Flood Advisory for: Ventura County Beaches

8. Coastal Flood Warning 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

9. Flood Watch for: Coastal Del Norte; Del Norte Interior; Northern Humboldt Coast; Southwestern Humboldt; Northern Humboldt Interior; Southern Humboldt Interior

10. Flood Watch for: Mariposa Madera Foothills; Mariposa-Madera Lower Sierra; Fresno-Tulare Foothills; Fresno-Tulare Lower Sierra; South End Sierra Foothills; South End of the Lower Sierra; Yosemite Valley; San Joaquin River Canyon; Kern River Valley; Piute Walker Basin

11. Flood Watch for: Mendocino Coast; Northwestern Mendocino Interior

12. High Surf Advisory for: Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands; Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast; Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast; Malibu Coast

13. High Surf Advisory for: Los Angeles County Beaches

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

15. High Surf Warning for: Coastal Del Norte; Northern Humboldt Coast; Southwestern Humboldt; Mendocino Coast

16. High Surf Warning 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

17. High Surf Warning for: San Luis Obispo County Beaches; Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches

18. High Surf Warning for: Ventura County Beaches

19. High Wind Warning for: Central Siskiyou County

20. High Wind Warning for: Mojave Desert Slopes

21. Wind Advisory for: Coastal Del Norte; Del Norte Interior; Southwestern Humboldt; Northern Humboldt Interior; Southern Humboldt Interior

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

23. Wind Advisory for: Modoc County; Northern and Eastern Klamath County and Western Lake County; Central and Eastern Lake County

24. Wind Advisory for: Owens Valley; Death Valley National Park; Esmeralda and Central Nye County; Western Clark and Southern Nye County

25. Wind Advisory for: San Bernardino County Mountains; Riverside County Mountains; San Diego County Mountains; Apple and Lucerne Valleys; Coachella Valley; San Diego County Deserts; San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning

26. Wind Advisory for: Western Mojave Desert; Morongo Basin

27. Winter Storm Warning for: Yosemite NP outside of the valley; Upper San Joaquin River; Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge; Kings Canyon NP; Grant Grove Area; Sequoia NP

28. Winter Storm Watch for: Western Siskiyou County; South Central Siskiyou County; North Central and Southeast Siskiyou County; South Central Oregon Cascades; Siskiyou Mountains and Southern Oregon Cascades

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

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

31. Winter Weather Advisory for: Mono

32. Winter Weather Advisory for: Western Plumas County/Lassen Park; West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrostratus Clouds?

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Cirrostratus Clouds Next Topic: Cirrus Clouds

Cirrostratus clouds are high, thin clouds that form above 20,000 feet and are made mostly of ice crystals. They sometimes look like giant feathers, horse tails, or curls of hair in the sky. These clouds are pushed by the jet stream and can move at high speeds reaching 100 mph.

What do they indicate?
They indicate that a precipitation is likely within 24 hours.

Next Topic: Cirrus Clouds

Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Condensation Next Topic: Contrails

Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

Next Topic: Contrails