High Winds And Winter Weather Conditions Will Last Until Noon for SoCal

It's a big weather morning for Southern California — strong winds, snow along the Grapevine and high surf along with cool temperatures will continue to impact the region.

Strong winds

The southwestern region of SoCal from Santa Barbara Islands to the San Gabriel Mountains and Highway 14 Corridor are under a high wind warning until noon. Wind gusts will reach 30 to 40 mph, up 80 mph.

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The inland coast for L.A. County including downtown Los Angeles, Calabasas and Agoura Hills are under a wind advisory until noon where northwest winds will reach up to 25 mph, some gusts up to 50 mph.

Over in the Inland Empire, winds will continue to impact Riverside and San Bernardino county valleys will impact the region until 2 p.m. Expect northwest wind gusts to reach up to 35 mph.

Mountain snow

Over on the Grapevine on the Interstate 5 corridor and Northern Ventura County mountains , light snow accumulations of up to 2 inches were seen this morning. Light snowfall will continue until noon.

Isolated wind gusts up to 80 mph will make driving difficult.

High surf

The California King Tides are back and that's why we are seeing more high surf and coastal flooding advisories for today and tomorrow. Weather forecasters from the National Weather Service urge beachgoers to avoid swimming in the waters due to dangerous rip currents.

L.A. County beaches, the Malibu Coast, Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands are under a high surf advisory where large breaking waves of 5 to 8 feet are expected, while local sets can reach up to 9 feet. That's mainly for the morning, but come this evening, the surf will subside to 4 to 6 foot tall waves.

High surf is expected to last until 10 p.m. this evening. Minor coastal flooding of low-lying areas will most likely happen before noon.

Ventura County beaches are also seeing more high surf until 3 a.m. Friday — waves will range between 5 to 8 feet and local sets could reach up to 10 feet. Any minor coastal flooding will happen before noon.

The high surf has prompted the city of Ventura to declare a local state of emergency in response to the recent high surf events. Currently the city is dealing with the damages from the high surf event that took place on the days before New Year's Eve that brought coastal flooding and damaged the  Ventura Pier. The Pier will remain closed until summer for repairs. 

Over in Orange County, large breaking waves of 5 to 7 feet with occasional sets up to 10 feet tall is also in store. While the high tide already passed at 8 a.m., the high surf will continue until 6 p.m.