[californiadisasters] Fire Weather Watch - LACo. Mnts. (8/03/10-PM)

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH ISSUED FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS
FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR BREEZY WINDS
AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

.AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PARK ITSELF OVER
 CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WEEK...BRINGING A VERY DRY
AIRMASS TO THE MOUNTAINS. THIS DRY AIR WILL POTENTIALLY BRING
WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES TO THE MOUNTAINS WITH VERY
POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. MEANWHILE...ONSHORE FLOW WILL
 STRENGTHEN THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THE VERY LOW
HUMIDITIES...BREEZY ONSHORE WINDS...AND SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS MAY
CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE LOS ANGELES
COUNTY MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
 
CAZ254-041700-
/O.NEW.KLOX.FW.A.0001.100805T1900Z-100807T0300Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
328 PM PDT TUE AUG 3 2010

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
 FRIDAY EVENING FOR BREEZY WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
 
WIDESPREAD HUMIDITIES INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS ARE
EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...INCLUDING VERY POOR
OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. IN ADDITION...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE
 EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY EACH AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR
 FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. LISTEN FOR
LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

&&

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KITTELL

Source: http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=usa&wwa=Fire%20Weather%20Watch

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