...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES EXCEPT THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND PORTIONS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS BUILDING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN TODAY SETTING THE STAGE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WARM AND DRY OFFSHORE FLOW. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND ARE EXPECTED TO FILTER DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS DURING THE DAY TODAY. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING GUSTY WINDS WILL REACH THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS. AS THE WINDS DEVELOP...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO FALL DRAMATICALLY...QUICKLY DROPPING INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WITH LITTLE OR NO RECOVERY. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO REACH THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT...RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR THESE AREAS AS WELL. 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 ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THE RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 5 PM FRIDAY. CAZ240-241-020115- /O.EXB.KLOX.FW.W.0001.130502T1200Z-130504T0000Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 1007 AM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS... 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 THURSDAY TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THURSDAY...STRONGEST MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON. ON FRIDAY NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BRIEFLY SHIFT TO THE WEST 10 TO 20 MPH DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS BOTH DAYS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME READINGS IN THE MID 80S TO MID 90S. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID 50S TO MID 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 1007 AM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES EXCEPT THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND PORTIONS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS BUILDING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN TODAY SETTING THE STAGE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WARM AND DRY OFFSHORE FLOW. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND ARE EXPECTED TO FILTER DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS DURING THE DAY TODAY. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING GUSTY WINDS WILL REACH THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS. AS THE WINDS DEVELOP...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO FALL DRAMATICALLY...QUICKLY DROPPING INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WITH LITTLE OR NO RECOVERY. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO REACH THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT...RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR THESE AREAS AS WELL. 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 ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THE RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 5 PM FRIDAY. CAZ244-245-020115- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130504T0000Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 1007 AM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35 DEVELOPING BY THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 65 OVER THE HILLS. ON FRIDAY NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS STRONGEST IN THE SANTA CLARA RIVER...SIMI...AND CONEJO VALLEYS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS BY THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING WITH LITTLE OR NO RECOVERY OVERNIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME READINGS IN THE UPPER 80S AND 90S WITH ISOLATED AREAS NEAR 100 POSSIBLE. HIGHEST TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY. 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 1007 AM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES EXCEPT THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND PORTIONS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS BUILDING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN TODAY SETTING THE STAGE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WARM AND DRY OFFSHORE FLOW. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND ARE EXPECTED TO FILTER DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS DURING THE DAY TODAY. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING GUSTY WINDS WILL REACH THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS. AS THE WINDS DEVELOP...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO FALL DRAMATICALLY...QUICKLY DROPPING INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WITH LITTLE OR NO RECOVERY. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO REACH THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT...RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR THESE AREAS AS WELL. 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 ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THE RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 5 PM FRIDAY. CAZ288-020115- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130504T0000Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 1007 AM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH DEVELOPING BY LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 65 MPH IN THE HILLS. ON FRIDAY NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH LITTLE OR NO RECOVERY OVERNIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME READINGS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S...WITH ISOLATED AREAS NEAR 100 POSSIBLE. HIGHEST TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S AND 60S WITH ISOLATES LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S IN WINDIER 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 1007 AM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES EXCEPT THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND PORTIONS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS BUILDING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN TODAY SETTING THE STAGE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WARM AND DRY OFFSHORE FLOW. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND ARE EXPECTED TO FILTER DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS DURING THE DAY TODAY. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING GUSTY WINDS WILL REACH THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS. AS THE WINDS DEVELOP...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO FALL DRAMATICALLY...QUICKLY DROPPING INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WITH LITTLE OR NO RECOVERY. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO REACH THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT...RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR THESE AREAS AS WELL. 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 ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THE RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 5 PM FRIDAY. CAZ547-020115- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130504T0000Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 1007 AM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. STRONGEST IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN VALLEY AREAS AND FOOTHILLS. BY LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. ON FRIDAY NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH LITTLE OR NO RECOVERY OVERNIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME READINGS IN THE 90S WITH ISOLATED AREAS NEAR 100 POSSIBLE. HIGHEST TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S AND 60S...WITH ISOLATED LOW TO MID 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 1007 AM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES EXCEPT THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND PORTIONS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS BUILDING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN TODAY SETTING THE STAGE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WARM AND DRY OFFSHORE FLOW. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND ARE EXPECTED TO FILTER DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS DURING THE DAY TODAY. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING GUSTY WINDS WILL REACH THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS. AS THE WINDS DEVELOP...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO FALL DRAMATICALLY...QUICKLY DROPPING INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WITH LITTLE OR NO RECOVERY. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO REACH THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT...RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR THESE AREAS AS WELL. 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 ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THE RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 5 PM FRIDAY. CAZ253-254-020115- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130504T0000Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 1007 AM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH TODAY. INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH THURSDAY WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 70 MPH OVER THE PEAKS NEAR INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 14. ON FRIDAY NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...STRONGEST IN THE MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS THROUGH FRIDAY WITH LITTLE OR NO RECOVERY OVERNIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME READINGS IN THE MID 80S TO MID 90S AT LOWER ELEVATIONS TO THE 70S TO LOWER 80S AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. HIGHEST TEMPERATURES FRIDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 50S AND 60S...EXCEPT LOWER 70S POSSIBLE AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * 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 1007 AM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES EXCEPT THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND PORTIONS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS BUILDING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN TODAY SETTING THE STAGE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WARM AND DRY OFFSHORE FLOW. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND ARE EXPECTED TO FILTER DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS DURING THE DAY TODAY. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING GUSTY WINDS WILL REACH THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS. AS THE WINDS DEVELOP...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO FALL DRAMATICALLY...QUICKLY DROPPING INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WITH LITTLE OR NO RECOVERY. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO REACH THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT...RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR THESE AREAS AS WELL. 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 ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THE RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 5 PM FRIDAY. CAZ246-020115- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0001.130502T0300Z-130504T0000Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 1007 AM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 70 MPH OVER THE WESTERN PEAKS SUCH AS LAGUNA PEAK. ON FRIDAY NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY WITH LITTLE OR NO OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME READINGS IN THE UPPER 80S AND 90S. HIGHEST TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. 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 1034 AM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH UPGRADED TO RED FLAG WARNING...FOR ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS...SAN DIEGO COUNTY INLAND VALLEYS... 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...IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY...FOR EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WELL BELOW 15 PERCENT... ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...THE INLAND EMPIRE...AND THE MOUNTAIN TOP AND FRONT COUNTRY RANGER DISTRICTS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST...HAS BEEN EXTENDED. IT IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY WELL BELOW 15 PERCENT AND NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS GUSTING 50 MPH... .PRESSURE GRADIENTS HAVE REVERSED BUT A VERY DEEP MARINE LAYER... UP TO 4500 FEET MSL...COVERS ORANGE COUNTY...WESTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY...AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY. THIS WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO SCOUR OUT...BY 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WINDS WILL HAVE TEMPORARILY DIMINISHED BY THEN. SO NOT FORECASTING ONSET OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS FOR THESE AREAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT WHEN NORTHEAST WINDS ONCE AGAIN INCREASE WITH WINDS PEAKING THURSDAY MID MORNING. THURSDAY AFTERNOON INCREASING ONSHORE THERMAL GRADIENTS WILL LIKELY CAUSE ANOTHER DECREASE IN WINDS...AND POSSIBLE WIND REVERSAL ACROSS ORANGE COUNTY AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS/POSSIBLY UP RIVER VALLEYS TO 25 MILES INLAND WITH GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH. VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY CONTINUING DURING THIS PERIOD AND INTO FRIDAY. WINDS SWITCH BACK TO EAST/NORTHEAST AND INCREASE THURSDAY EVENING...CONTINUING MODERATE STRENGTH INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BOTTOM LINE...RED FLAG WARNINGS EXTENDED THROUGH FRIDAY. CAZ242-250-256>258-020700- /O.UPG.KSGX.FW.A.0002.130502T1200Z-130503T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KSGX.FW.W.0002.130502T0700Z-130504T0100Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY INLAND VALLEYS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE SAN JACINTO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE TRABUCO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE PALOMAR AND DESCANSO RANGER DISTRICTS OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST- 1034 AM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... 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 MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM PDT FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DROPPING BELOW 10 PERCENT WITH ONLY A FEW HOURS OF HUMIDITY ABOVE 15 PERCENT DURING THE EVENING HOURS. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS FROM 90S COAST AND INLAND VALLEYS TO 80S COASTAL SLOPES. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY. * OUTLOOK...WIND GUSTS DIMINISH BELOW 25 MPH FRIDAY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY INCREASING ABOUT 25 PERCENT ON SATURDAY. CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. 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. && $$
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1034 AM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH UPGRADED TO RED FLAG WARNING...FOR ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS...SAN DIEGO COUNTY INLAND VALLEYS... 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...IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY...FOR EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WELL BELOW 15 PERCENT... ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...THE INLAND EMPIRE...AND THE MOUNTAIN TOP AND FRONT COUNTRY RANGER DISTRICTS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST...HAS BEEN EXTENDED. IT IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY WELL BELOW 15 PERCENT AND NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS GUSTING 50 MPH... .PRESSURE GRADIENTS HAVE REVERSED BUT A VERY DEEP MARINE LAYER... UP TO 4500 FEET MSL...COVERS ORANGE COUNTY...WESTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY...AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY. THIS WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO SCOUR OUT...BY 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WINDS WILL HAVE TEMPORARILY DIMINISHED BY THEN. SO NOT FORECASTING ONSET OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS FOR THESE AREAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT WHEN NORTHEAST WINDS ONCE AGAIN INCREASE WITH WINDS PEAKING THURSDAY MID MORNING. THURSDAY AFTERNOON INCREASING ONSHORE THERMAL GRADIENTS WILL LIKELY CAUSE ANOTHER DECREASE IN WINDS...AND POSSIBLE WIND REVERSAL ACROSS ORANGE COUNTY AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS/POSSIBLY UP RIVER VALLEYS TO 25 MILES INLAND WITH GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH. VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY CONTINUING DURING THIS PERIOD AND INTO FRIDAY. WINDS SWITCH BACK TO EAST/NORTHEAST AND INCREASE THURSDAY EVENING...CONTINUING MODERATE STRENGTH INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BOTTOM LINE...RED FLAG WARNINGS EXTENDED THROUGH FRIDAY. CAZ248-255-020700- /O.EXT.KSGX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130504T0100Z/ 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- 1034 AM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT FRIDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWEST DAYTIME AROUND 5 PERCENT WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 90S INLAND EMPIRE TO 80S COASTAL SLOPES. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * OUTLOOK...WIND GUSTS DIMINISH BELOW 25 MPH FRIDAY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY INCREASING ABOUT 25 PERCENT ON SATURDAY. CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEG0 BALFOUR
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 900 AM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 CAZ295-297-012200- /O.CON.KHNX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 900 AM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY DRY FUELS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 295 KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 297 TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5-10 PERCENT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 HOURS OR MORE. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE POOR IN MANY AREAS. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS AT 5000 FEET 67-72. * LIGHTNING...NONE. * IMPACTS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN INCREASED FIRE DANGER. IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO 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 EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ BEAN--
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