[californiadisasters] Santa Ana Wind Weather Statement - SoCal (10/23/12-PM)

...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS AND ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ACROSS PORTIONS  OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...    ...WIDESPREAD AND GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS WITH POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL  FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES  THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY EVENING...    INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST  CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...WITH THE FOCUS OF  STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS LOS ANGELES AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES. IN  PARTICULAR...WIND GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE CAN BE EXPECTED  ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR IN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY  MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE. IN ADDITION...NORTHERLY  WINDS GUSTING TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH ARE FORECASTED ACROSS THE SANTA  CLARITA VALLEY...SAN FERNANDO VALLEY...SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...AND  SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST. THE COMBINATION OF THESE GUSTY  NORTHERLY WINDS AND LOWERING HUMIDITIES COULD BRING A BRIEF PERIOD OF  CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THESE PORTIONS OF LOS ANGELES  AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES. IN FACT...HUMIDITIES COULD BRIEFLY FALL  INTO SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS PORTIONS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY DURING  THIS INITIAL ONSET OF NORTHERLY WINDS.    AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE GREAT BASIN...THE STAGE  WILL BE SET FOR POTENTIALLY BRINGING THE STRONGEST AND MOST  WIDESPREAD SANTA ANA WIND EVENT SO FAR THIS SEASON. HIGH WIND  WATCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN POSTED FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA  COUNTY MOUNTAINS...WHERE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE  POSSIBLE. AS WE DRAW CLOSER TO THE EVENT...WIND ADVISORIES WILL  LIKELY BE POSTED FOR MUCH OF THE COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS OF LOS  ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...WHERE GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH  ARE ANTICIPATED. THE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH WARM  TEMPERATURES...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS WILL  BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MUCH  OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...WHERE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH  HAS BEEN POSTED FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.    RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS AS THIS  DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION UNFOLDS.      $$    GOMBERG

Source: http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=sgx&wwa=special%20weather%20statement
  

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