[californiadisasters] Fwd: [EDIS] Red Flag Warning - Sundowner Winds

A TIGHTENING NORTHWEST PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS  SANTA BARBARA COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF TONIGHT...BRINGING GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS TO MUCH OF SANTA  BARBARA COUNTY... BUT ESPECIALLY NEAR THE PASSES AND CANYONS OF THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE. THESE DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL ALSO BRING AND PERSISTENT HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TO THE WARNING AREA.  ... RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE  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

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: 2011-09-08T09:50:10-07:00

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

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

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