...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR CURRENT WEATHER PATTERN ARE STILL EXPECTED TO BRING VERY DRY AIR TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERT AREAS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY LOW HUMIDITIES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY WITH READINGS IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS ALONG WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. THE MOST CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ORIENTED CANYONS OF THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST. THIS INCLUDES AREAS EITHER SIDE OF THE THE SOLEDAD CANYON CORRIDOR AND IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITES STILL WILL RESULT IN A HEIGHTENED FIRE WEATHER THREAT BUT IT NOW APPEARS THAT CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL BE MET AT ONLY A FEW LOCATIONS EACH DAY AND WILL NOT BE OF SUFFICIENT DURATION TO MEET RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA. AS A RESULT...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE ANTELOPE VALLEY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Area: LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-ANTELOPE VALLEY-
Affected Counties or parts of: Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles
Sent: 2010-08-05T09:28:04-07:00
Original Sender: KLOX@nwws.oes.ca.gov
From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
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