[californiadisasters] Potential Strong Santa Ana Winds Friday Night Into Saturday

...POTENTIAL STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT FOR SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA
    FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...
 
 SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD RAPIDLY INTO THE GREAT 
 BASIN BY FRIDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO A STEEP OFFSHORE PRESSURE 
  GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AT THE SAME TIME...STRONG UPPER 
 LEVEL WIND SUPPORT AND COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL 
 FOR A STRONG SANTA EVENT ACROSS SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. 
 
 AS WITH MOST SANTA ANA WIND EVENTS...THE FOCUS FOR STRONGEST WINDS
  ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA WILL BE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. AT
 THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT OFFSHORE WINDS WILL INCREASE SHARPLY
 ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN AREAS BY EARLY FRIDAY EVENING...DESCENDING
 INTO COASTAL AND VALLEY LOCATIONS BY LATE FRIDAY EVENING. 
  DURING THE PEAK OF THIS SANTA ANA WIND EVENT (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
 SATURDAY MORNING)...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS IN THE
 60 TO 70 MPH RANGE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...WITH COASTAL AND VALLEY
 AREAS GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 45 AND 60 MPH. 
  
 THIS SANTA ANA WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED TO BRING RAPID DRYING LATER 
 FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WHEN THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR 
 WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ACROSS VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES 
 COUNTIES. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY LATE 
  SATURDAY...HOWEVER...WARM AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO 
 LINGER INTO SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY 
 DRY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BRING HEIGHTENED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS TO 
 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. HOWEVER...FUEL 
  MOISTURE LEVELS MAY NOT BE SUFFICIENTLY DRY...DUE TO RECENT 
 RAINFALL...TO CAUSE CRITICAL RED FLAG CONDITIONS.
 
 PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS 
 AND STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
  
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 HALL/GOMBERG

Source: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?wfo=lox&sid=LOX&pil=SPS

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