[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Red Flag Warning For Sundowner Winds

A TIGHTENING NORTHWEST PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SANTA BARBARA COUNTY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...BRINGING GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS TO THE PASSES AND CANYONS OF SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. THESE DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL BRING HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TO THE WARNING AREA. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND SOUTH COAST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A  RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 AM PDT FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...STRONGEST BELOW AND THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS OF THE  SANTA YNEZ RANGE AND ADJACENT SOUTH COAST. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL INITIALLY BE IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF SANTA BARBARA...SHIFTING TO THE MONTECITO HILLS AREA LATER THURSDAY NIGHT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING TO BELOW 10 PERCENT ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND WIND PRONE COASTAL AREAS BY EVENING.  * TEMPERATURE... RISING INTO THE 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND WIND PRONE COASTAL AREAS.  * IMPACTS... IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... &&

Instruction:
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

Area:  SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-

Affected Counties or parts of: Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles

Sent: 2011-09-07T15:46:03-07:00

Original Sender: KLOX@nwws.oes.ca.gov

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

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