[californiadisasters] Fire Weather Watches For LA / Ventura Co's (10/24/11-PM)

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY
MOUNTAINS FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

.HIGH PRESSURE WILL FORM OVER THE SURFACE OF THE GREAT BASIN ON
 WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS OVER THE LOS
ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING...
WHICH WILL THEN SPREAD INTO THE VALLEYS LATER WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE
 WEAKENING. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO BRING A VERY DRY AIR MASS TO
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...WHICH WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD HUMIDITIES
BELOW 10 PERCENT BY LATE WEDNESDAY LASTING THROUGH THE END OF THE
WEEK.

SOME UNCERTAINTY EXISTS IF THE GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY
 LOW HUMIDITY READINGS FOR LONG ENOUGH DURATIONS TO WARRANT A RED
FLAG WARNING. THE BEST POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR THE MOUNTAINS...WITH
SMALLER CHANCES INTO THE VALLEYS. AS A RESULT...A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE MOUNTAINS...BUT HEIGHTENED FIRE
 WEATHER CONCERNS WILL EXIST FOR THE VALLEYS AS WELL...ESPECIALLY
THE SANTA CLARITA AND EASTERN VENTURA VALLEYS.

CAZ253-254-251700-
/O.NEW.KLOX.FW.A.0004.111026T2200Z-111027T2200Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
 LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
234 PM PDT MON OCT 24 2011

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE
 HUMIDITY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
 THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35
  MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

 * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...EXPECTED TO FALL TO BELOW 10 PERCENT LATER
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. OVERNIGHT
  RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY POOR...WITH MOST HUMIDITIES
  STAYING UNDER 20 PERCENT.
 
* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW
  HUMIDITY...AS WELL AS DRY FUEL CONDITIONS...MAY RESULT IN
  CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR 6 HOURS OR MORE...WHICH
  COULD RESULT IN EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND
POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

Source: http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=lox&wwa=fire%20weather%20watch

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