...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...THE VENTURA VALLEYS AS WELL AS THE SANTA CLARITA AND SAN FERNANDO VALLEYS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM WEDNESDAY UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN ON WEDNESDAY SETTING THE STAGE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WARM AND DRY OFFSHORE FLOW. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN WILL FILTER DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. INITIALLY...THE VALLEY WINDS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE FOOTHILL REGIONS BORDERING THE VENTURA AND LA MOUNTAINS SUCH AS PORTER RANCH...SAUGUS...AND EASTERN SIMI VALLEY DUE TO A LINGERING MARINE INVERSION WHICH WILL DELAY THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE VALLEYS AS WELL AS THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. AS THE WINDS DEVELOP...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO FALL DRAMATICALLY...QUICKLY DROPPING INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. THE EXPECTED COMBINATION OF GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH TEMPERATURES...WILL PRODUCE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MUCH WEAKER ON FRIDAY...HOWEVER TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOTTER AND SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. AS A RESULT...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND MAY REQUIRE THE EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG WARNINGS OVER PART OR ALL OF THE AREA CURRENTLY INCLUDED IN THE WARNING. CAZ288-010115- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.130501T1200Z-130503T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.130501T1200Z-130503T0000Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 1010 AM PDT TUE APR 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN SPEEDS POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH LITTLE OR NO RECOVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME READINGS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S...WITH ISOLATED AREAS NEAR 100 POSSIBLE. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S AND 60S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1010 AM PDT TUE APR 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...THE VENTURA VALLEYS AS WELL AS THE SANTA CLARITA AND SAN FERNANDO VALLEYS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM WEDNESDAY UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN ON WEDNESDAY SETTING THE STAGE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WARM AND DRY OFFSHORE FLOW. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN WILL FILTER DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. INITIALLY...THE VALLEY WINDS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE FOOTHILL REGIONS BORDERING THE VENTURA AND LA MOUNTAINS SUCH AS PORTER RANCH...SAUGUS...AND EASTERN SIMI VALLEY DUE TO A LINGERING MARINE INVERSION WHICH WILL DELAY THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE VALLEYS AS WELL AS THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. AS THE WINDS DEVELOP...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO FALL DRAMATICALLY...QUICKLY DROPPING INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. THE EXPECTED COMBINATION OF GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH TEMPERATURES...WILL PRODUCE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MUCH WEAKER ON FRIDAY...HOWEVER TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOTTER AND SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. AS A RESULT...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND MAY REQUIRE THE EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG WARNINGS OVER PART OR ALL OF THE AREA CURRENTLY INCLUDED IN THE WARNING. CAZ547-010115- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.130501T1200Z-130503T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.130501T1200Z-130503T0000Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 1010 AM PDT TUE APR 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. STRONGEST IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN VALLEY AREAS AND FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING...INITIALLY JUST IN THE NORTHERN VALLEY AREAS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS...SUCH AS PORTER RANCH...THEN SPREADING SOUTH INTO THE VALLEY AREAS INCLUDING CHATSWORTH...NORTHRIDGE...AND WOODLAND HILLS DURING THE DAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH LITTLE OR NO RECOVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME READINGS IN THE 90S WITH ISOLATED AREAS NEAR 100 POSSIBLE. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 50S AND 60S...WITH ISOLATED LOWER 70S POSSIBLE IN THE WINDY AREAS. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1010 AM PDT TUE APR 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...THE VENTURA VALLEYS AS WELL AS THE SANTA CLARITA AND SAN FERNANDO VALLEYS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM WEDNESDAY UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN ON WEDNESDAY SETTING THE STAGE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WARM AND DRY OFFSHORE FLOW. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN WILL FILTER DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. INITIALLY...THE VALLEY WINDS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE FOOTHILL REGIONS BORDERING THE VENTURA AND LA MOUNTAINS SUCH AS PORTER RANCH...SAUGUS...AND EASTERN SIMI VALLEY DUE TO A LINGERING MARINE INVERSION WHICH WILL DELAY THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE VALLEYS AS WELL AS THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. AS THE WINDS DEVELOP...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO FALL DRAMATICALLY...QUICKLY DROPPING INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. THE EXPECTED COMBINATION OF GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH TEMPERATURES...WILL PRODUCE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MUCH WEAKER ON FRIDAY...HOWEVER TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOTTER AND SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. AS A RESULT...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND MAY REQUIRE THE EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG WARNINGS OVER PART OR ALL OF THE AREA CURRENTLY INCLUDED IN THE WARNING. CAZ244-245-010115- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.130501T1200Z-130503T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.130501T1200Z-130503T0000Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 1010 AM PDT TUE APR 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH. STRONGEST IN THE SANTA CLARA...SIMI...AND CONEJO VALLEYS. * TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING...INITIALLY JUST IN THE EASTERN COUNTY AREAS SUCH AS SIMI VALLEY AND PIRU AREAS...THEN SPREADING SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST INTO SANTA PAULA...FILLMORE...MOORPARK AND THE CONEJO VALLEY DURING THE DAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH LITTLE OR NO RECOVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME READINGS IN THE UPPER 80S AND 90S WITH ISOLATED AREAS NEAR 100 POSSIBLE. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 50S AND 60S...WITH ISOLATED AREAS IN THE 70S WHERE IT REMAINS WINDY. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1010 AM PDT TUE APR 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...THE VENTURA VALLEYS AS WELL AS THE SANTA CLARITA AND SAN FERNANDO VALLEYS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM WEDNESDAY UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN ON WEDNESDAY SETTING THE STAGE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WARM AND DRY OFFSHORE FLOW. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN WILL FILTER DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. INITIALLY...THE VALLEY WINDS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE FOOTHILL REGIONS BORDERING THE VENTURA AND LA MOUNTAINS SUCH AS PORTER RANCH...SAUGUS...AND EASTERN SIMI VALLEY DUE TO A LINGERING MARINE INVERSION WHICH WILL DELAY THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE VALLEYS AS WELL AS THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. AS THE WINDS DEVELOP...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO FALL DRAMATICALLY...QUICKLY DROPPING INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. THE EXPECTED COMBINATION OF GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH TEMPERATURES...WILL PRODUCE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MUCH WEAKER ON FRIDAY...HOWEVER TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOTTER AND SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. AS A RESULT...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND MAY REQUIRE THE EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG WARNINGS OVER PART OR ALL OF THE AREA CURRENTLY INCLUDED IN THE WARNING. CAZ253-254-010115- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.130501T1200Z-130503T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.130501T1200Z-130503T0000Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 1010 AM PDT TUE APR 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND PEAK WEDNESDAY MORNING. AFTER A BIT OF A LULL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THE WINDS WILL INCREASE YET AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH LITTLE OR NO RECOVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME READINGS IN THE MID 80S TO MID 90S AT LOWER ELEVATIONS TO THE 70S TO LOWER 80S AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 50S AND 60S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1010 AM PDT TUE APR 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...THE VENTURA VALLEYS AS WELL AS THE SANTA CLARITA AND SAN FERNANDO VALLEYS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM WEDNESDAY UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN ON WEDNESDAY SETTING THE STAGE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WARM AND DRY OFFSHORE FLOW. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN WILL FILTER DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. INITIALLY...THE VALLEY WINDS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE FOOTHILL REGIONS BORDERING THE VENTURA AND LA MOUNTAINS SUCH AS PORTER RANCH...SAUGUS...AND EASTERN SIMI VALLEY DUE TO A LINGERING MARINE INVERSION WHICH WILL DELAY THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE VALLEYS AS WELL AS THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. AS THE WINDS DEVELOP...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO FALL DRAMATICALLY...QUICKLY DROPPING INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. THE EXPECTED COMBINATION OF GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH TEMPERATURES...WILL PRODUCE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MUCH WEAKER ON FRIDAY...HOWEVER TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOTTER AND SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. AS A RESULT...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND MAY REQUIRE THE EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG WARNINGS OVER PART OR ALL OF THE AREA CURRENTLY INCLUDED IN THE WARNING. CAZ246-010115- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.130502T1200Z-130503T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.130502T0300Z-130503T0000Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 1010 AM PDT TUE APR 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 65 MPH OVER THE WESTERN PEAKS SUCH AS LAGUNA PEAK. * TIMING...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PEAKING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISHING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME READINGS IN THE UPPER 80S AND 90S. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 60S AND LOWER 70S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ MW
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1018 AM PDT TUE APR 30 2013 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...THE INLAND EMPIRE...AND THE MOUNTAIN TOP AND FRONT COUNTRY RANGER DISTRICTS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST...BEGINNING 8 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH 5 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MODERATE SANTA ANA WINDS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH CONTINUES FOR ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS...THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS... THE SAN JACINTO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST...THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS...AND THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING ALL RANGER DISTRICTS OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST...BEGINNING 5 AM THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH 5 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON...FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MODERATE SANTA ANA WINDS... ...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY INLAND VALLEYS HAS BEEN CANCELLED...DURATION OF SIX HOURS OR MORE OF BOTH RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT AND WIND GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BE MET. .TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...A WEAK TO MODERATE SANTA ANA WEATHER PATTERN DEVELOPS FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. RED FLAG CONDITIONS...WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT... EXPECTED TO MET AS EARLY AS 8 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND INLAND EMPIRE...BUT NOT UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING FOR REMAINING MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN HALF OF ORANGE COUNTY. BY THURSDAY EVENING...THE SANTA ANA WIND GUSTS SHOULD DIMINISH TO 25 MPH OR LESS...BUT VERY DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. CAZ248-255-010630- /O.UPG.KSGX.FW.A.0002.130501T1200Z-130503T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.FW.W.0002.130501T1500Z-130503T0000Z/ SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE MOUNTAIN TOP AND FRONT COUNTRY RANGER DISTRICTS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST- 1018 AM PDT TUE APR 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 5 PERCENT WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S TO MID 90S. * TIMING...8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH 5 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * OUTLOOK...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY...HOWEVER WIND GUSTS SHOULD DIMINISH BELOW 25 MPH FOR MOST AREAS BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.Source: NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard
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