Looks like Saturday's National cross country Championships will live up to their billing as Mudstock 2006 after all. In fact the National Weather Service has just issued a severe weather alert with high surf in the range of 15 to 18 foot waves as evidenced by the attached.
Severe Weather Alert
High Surf Advisory
/O.NEW.KMTR.SU.Y.0010.061209T0200Z- 061210T0200Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST- MONTEREY BAY... NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...HOLLISTER VALLEY...AND CARMEL VALLEY-BIG SUR COAST- 222 PM PST THU DEC 7 2006
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY.
A SERIES OF PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BY FRIDAY EVENING PRODUCING A LARGE LONG PERIOD WESTERLY SWELL. COMBINED SEAS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH A PEAK OF 15 TO 18 FEET EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THESE CONDITIONS COULD CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY.
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION.
IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO FISH OR OBSERVE WAVES FROM EXPOSED COASTAL STRUCTURES OR ROCKS DURING HIGH SURF CONDITIONS. VERY LARGE WAVES CAN SUDDENLY SWEEP ACROSS PREVIOUSLY DRY AREAS. PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN AWAY FROM THESE AREAS UNTIL THE WAVES SUBSIDE.
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