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APPENDIX to ANALYSIS of EXCEPTIONAL EVENTS CONTRIBUTING to HIGH PM10 CONCENTRATIONS in the SOUTH COAST AIR BASIN on OCTOBER 13, 2008 SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PLANNING, RULE DEVELOPMENT, AND AREA SOURCES APPENDIX to ANALYSIS OF EXCEPTIONAL EVENTS CONTRIBUTING TO HIGH PM10 CONCENTRATIONS IN THE SOUTH COAST AIR BASIN ON OCTOBER 13, 2008 SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................................................................................i A SUPPORTING MATERIALS ................................................................................................................................. 1 A.1 Meteorological Observations ................................................................................................................................ 1 Remote Automated Weather Stations (RAWS): 10/13/2008 .................................................................................... 1 NWS/FAA METAR Observations: 10/12 – 10/14/2008 ......................................................................................... 13 A.2 National Weather Service Weather Forecast Discussions .................................................................................. 61 NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard Forecast Office ............................................................................................................. 61 NWS San Diego Forecast Office .............................................................................................................................. 69 A.3 National Weather Service Short Term Forecasts (Nowcasts) ............................................................................. 79 NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard Forecast Office ............................................................................................................. 79 NWS San Diego Forecast Office .............................................................................................................................. 79 A.4 National Weather Service Fire Weather Forecasts ............................................................................................. 80 NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard Forecast Office ............................................................................................................. 80 NWS San Diego Forecast Office .............................................................................................................................. 83 A.5 National Weather Service Non-Precipitation Warnings (Wind Advisories) ........................................................ 85 NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard Forecast Office ............................................................................................................. 85 NWS San Diego Forecast Office .............................................................................................................................. 91 A.6 National Climatic Data Center Event Records ................................................................................................... 98 A.7 Web Links and Press Articles ............................................................................................................................ 109 Govenor’s Press Release – Santa Ana Winds ......................................................................................................... 110 LA Times and KTLA5 News: 10/13/2008 ............................................................................................................ 111 LA Times Website: 10/13/2008 ............................................................................................................................ 112 UPI Article: 10/13/2008 ........................................................................................................................................ 113 CBS Broadcasting/KNX 1070 News: 10/13/2008 ................................................................................................. 114 CBS2 News 10/13/2008 ......................................................................................................................................... 116 LA Times 10/14/2008............................................................................................................................................. 119 Associated Press 10/14/2008 .................................................................................................................................. 122 California Fire News Web: 10/15/2008 ................................................................................................................. 123 LA Times 10/16/2008............................................................................................................................................. 124 A.8 Wildfire Information .......................................................................................................................................... 125 CalFire Wildfire Information ................................................................................................................................. 125 InciWeb .................................................................................................................................................................. 128 Governor’s Press Release – Wildfire State of Emergency ..................................................................................... 129 NIFC Large Incidents Map ..................................................................................................................................... 131 NASA ..................................................................................................................................................................... 132 A.9 NOAA Satellite Services Division - Satellite Smoke Text Products ................................................................... 133 A.10 AQMD Forecasts and Advisories ................................................................................................................. 136 A.11 National Weather Service 500 MB Analyses ................................................................................................ 141 A.12 National Weather Service Mean Sea Level Pressure/Surface Analyses ....................................................... 149 i ii October 13, 2008 Exceptional Event A SUPPORTING MATERIALS A.1 Meteorological Observations Remote Automated Weather Stations (RAWS): 10/13/2008 (Source – RAWS Archive: http://www.raws.dri.edu/wraws/scaF.html) 1 October 13, 2008 Exceptional Event 2 October 13, 2008 Exceptional Event 3 October 13, 2008 Exceptional Event 4 October 13, 2008 Exceptional Event 5 October 13, 2008 Exceptional Event 6 October 13, 2008 Exceptional Event 7 October 13, 2008 Exceptional Event 8 October 13, 2008 Exceptional Event 9 October 13, 2008 Exceptional Event 10 October 13, 2008 Exceptional Event 11 October 13, 2008 Exceptional Event 12 October 13, 2008 Exceptional Event NWS/FAA METAR Observations: 10/12 – 10/14/2008 (Source – MesoWest: http://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/download.cgi?stn=KSNA&year1=2008&day1=15&month1=10&hour1=&timetype=GMT&unit=0) [Note: Times are in Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT), Pacific Standard Time (PST) is 1 hour earlier] Corona Airport (KAJO) Date/Time T (°F) RH (%) WS (mph) Gust (mph) WD Wx VIS (miles) 10-14-2008 23:56 PDT 73.9 18 8 160 clear 10 10-14-2008 22:56 PDT 74.8 17 8 140 clear 10 10-14-2008 21:56 PDT 70.9 20 7 110 clear 10 10-14-2008 20:56 PDT 61.9 31 7 150 clear 10 10-14-2008 19:56 PDT 64.9 28 5 150 clear 10 10-14-2008 18:56 PDT 70.9 26 0 clear 10 10-14-2008 17:56 PDT 81.9 17 6 310 clear 10 10-14-2008 16:56 PDT 88.9 10 15 60 clear 10 10-14-2008 15:56 PDT 90.9 10 17 23 70 clear 10 10-14-2008 14:56 PDT 90.9 10 7 clear 10 10-14-2008 13:56 PDT 90.9 9 18 25 70 clear 10 10-14-2008 12:56 PDT 88.9 10 16 29 50 clear 10 10-14-2008 11:56 PDT 84.9 12 21 31 60 clear 10 10-14-2008 10:56 PDT 82.9 12 17 33 60 clear 10 10-14-2008 9:56 PDT 79.9 12 24 33 80 clear 10 10-14-2008 8:56 PDT 74.8 14 15 29 110 clear 10 10-14-2008 7:56 PDT 72.9 14 20 29 80 clear 10 10-14-2008 6:56 PDT 72.0 13 23 33 70 clear 10 10-14-2008 5:56 PDT 72.0 13 21 29 90 clear 10 10-14-2008 4:56 PDT 70.9 13 24 36 100 clear 10 10-14-2008 3:56 PDT 65.8 16 15 23 120 clear 10 10-14-2008 2:56 PDT 65.8 16 9 130 clear 10 10-14-2008 1:56 PDT 63.9 17 8 110 clear 10 10-14-2008 0:56 PDT 65.8 16 8 130 clear 10 10-13-2008 23:56 PDT 70.0 13 17 22 50 clear 10 10-13-2008 22:56 PDT 70.0 13 16 24 30 clear 10 10-13-2008 21:56 PDT 68.0 14 10 60 clear 10 10-13-2008 20:56 PDT 68.9 13 16 24 60 clear 10 10-13-2008 19:56 PDT 68.9 12 14 50 clear 10 10-13-2008 18:56 PDT 70.0 12 23 33 50 clear 7 10-13-2008 17:56 PDT 70.9 11 20 26 50 clear 10 10-13-2008 16:56 PDT 74.8 10 20 30 50 clear 10 10-13-2008 15:56 PDT 75.9 10 22 30 40 clear 10 10-13-2008 14:56 PDT 75.9 10 24 38 30 clear 10 10-13-2008 13:56 PDT 74.8 10 29 38 40 clear 10 10-13-2008 12:56 PDT 73.9 11 25 38 60 clear 10 10-13-2008 11:56 PDT 70.9 13 40 52 50 haze 5 10-13-2008 11:16 PDT 69.8 13 33 55 60 haze 3 13 October 13, 2008 Exceptional Event 10-13-2008 10:56 PDT 68.9 14 38 53 50 haze 2.5 10-13-2008 9:56 PDT 66.9 15 22 46 50 haze 5 10-13-2008 8:56 PDT 63.9 16 17 32 70 clear 10 10-13-2008 7:56 PDT 61.9 17 15 37 70 clear 7 10-13-2008 6:56 PDT 59.9 18 18 26 80 haze 6 10-13-2008 5:56 PDT 59.9 18 21 35 60 clear 10 10-13-2008 4:56 PDT 61.0 19 16 28 80 clear 10 10-13-2008 3:56 PDT 61.9 18 16 28 80 clear 10 10-13-2008 2:56 PDT 61.9 17 14 25 70 clear 10 10-13-2008 1:56 PDT 63.0 15 13 20 60 clear 10 10-13-2008 0:56 PDT 63.0 15 14 22 70 clear 10 10-12-2008
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