COUNTY ESCAPES DAMAGE FROM STRONG GUSTY WINDS.Byline: Kevin F. Sherry sherry [from Jérez], naturally dry fortified wine, pale amber to brown in tint. The term sherry originally referred to wines made from grapes grown in the region of Jérez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain; today it may refer to any of the Daily News Staff Writer Despite wind advisories and gusts up to 33 mph, Ventura County emerged without major damage from Monday's Santa Ana Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. conditions, officials said. Weather forecasters expected the high winds to continue through this morning. Today's weather should be picture-perfect, said Stuart Seto, a weather specialist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. Skies will be clear, temperatures will be warmer and winds will remain below the advisory threshold of 25 mph, he said. The Monday wind advisory caused no major trouble, such as fallen trees or electrical outages, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. east county law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). and Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. . The highest gusts registered at 33 mph in Camarillo. The National Weather Service canceled the wind advisory at 2 p.m. The winds were caused by air moving from one pressure system to another, Seto said. ``A high-pressure (system) sets up somewhere, usually in the Great Basin Great Basin, semiarid, N section of the Basin and Range province, the intermontane plateau region of W United States and N Mexico. Lying mostly in Nevada and extending into California, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah, it is bordered by the Sierra Nevada on the west, the area,'' Seto said, referring to the area near northern Nevada and Utah. ``This was a pretty weak to moderate one.'' Air then moves toward a low-pressure system near the California coast and creates the familiar Santa Ana condition, he said. Nice weather results when the systems move on. ``Usually the day after is the warmest,'' Seto said. Temperatures in the east county should hit the mid-70s range today, and just a few degrees cooler Wednesday, he said. |
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