Overview
- The National Weather Service posted high wind warnings and advisories across Southern California, with northeast gusts up to 65 mph in mountain and valley corridors and about 50 mph below passes in Ventura County.
- Recent soaking rains have left soils saturated in Southern California, increasing the risk of downed trees, power lines and outages as winds peak through Monday and linger in some ranges into Tuesday.
- In the Northeast, New York City faced a morning dense fog advisory and a wind advisory for 40–50 mph gusts, while Massachusetts prepared for damaging gusts topping 50 mph Tuesday and rapid refreezing after rain.
- Central Maryland is under a wind advisory with gusts near 48 mph and frigid wind chills, and a strong front is driving a sharp cold push across the Gulf Coast and Southeast with teens-to-20s wind chills and freeze alerts in spots.
- Northern and Central California are briefly dry under offshore flow, with rain returning from Wednesday through the weekend, a marginal excessive-rainfall risk for the Central Coast, coastal-flood concerns during king tides, and model disagreement on New Year’s Eve rain timing in the Bay Area.