Weather Alert in California
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued February 17 at 6:13PM PST until February 17 at 7:45PM PST by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
AREAS AFFECTED: San Luis Obispo, CA
DESCRIPTION: SVRLOX The National Weather Service in OXNARD has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central San Luis Obispo County in southwestern California... * Until 745 PM PST. * At 612 PM PST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Paso Robles to 64 miles southwest of Morro Bay, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. Brief weak tornado possible. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Santa Maria... San Luis Obispo... Paso Robles... Morro Bay... Pismo Beach... Atascadero... Arroyo Grande... Nipomo... Grover Beach... Oceano... Black Mountain... Santa Margarita... Shandon... Avila Beach... Diablo Canyon... Cayucos... Baywood-Los Osos... Templeton... Highway 101 over Cuesta Grade... and Shell Beach.
INSTRUCTION: Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?
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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth
back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.
Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because
molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor.
In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.
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Weather Topic: What are Fractus Clouds?
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A fractus cloud (scud) is a fragmented, tattered cloud which has
likely been sheared off of another cloud. They are accessory clouds, meaning they
develop from parent clouds, and are named in a way which describes the original
cloud which contained them.
Fractus clouds which have originated from cumulus clouds are referred to as
cumulus fractus, while fractus clouds which have originated from stratus clouds
are referred to as stratus fractus. Under certain conditions a fractus cloud might
merge with another cloud, or develop into a cumulus cloud, but usually a
fractus cloud seen by itself will dissipate rapidly.
They are often observed on the leading and trailing edges of storm clouds,
and are a display of wind activity.
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