...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY 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 NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY 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 NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND PORTIONS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST... .A STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY TONIGHT AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER NEVADA. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS HAD ALREADY SURFACED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AS OF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH A DEEP MARINE LAYER WAS SLOWING THE ADVANCE OF THESE WINDS...ITS EXPECTED THAT THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL PUSH SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST THROUGH MOST OF THE REST OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES BY TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 TO 75 MPH OVER THE FAVORED PEAKS. GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS FAR WEST AS THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND THE MALIBU COASTLINE EAST TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE GUSTY WINDS...HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO 5 PERCENT OR LESS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...AND FUELS THAT ARE MORE TYPICAL OF MID TO LATE SUMMER...WILL CREATE AN EXTREMELY HIGH FIRE DANGER. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT REMAIN GUSTY AT TIMES THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING. DESPITE THE DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON SINCE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN EXTREMELY LOW WITH LITTLE OR NO OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES AND DAYTIME TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 90 TO 100 DEGREES. CAZ288-021700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130504T0000Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 324 PM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...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...SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS THROUGH FRIDAY WITH LITTLE OR NO RECOVERY OVERNIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME READINGS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S...WITH ISOLATED AREAS NEAR 100 POSSIBLE. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S AND 60S WITH ISOLATED 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 324 PM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY 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 NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY 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 NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND PORTIONS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST... .A STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY TONIGHT AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER NEVADA. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS HAD ALREADY SURFACED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AS OF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH A DEEP MARINE LAYER WAS SLOWING THE ADVANCE OF THESE WINDS...ITS EXPECTED THAT THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL PUSH SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST THROUGH MOST OF THE REST OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES BY TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 TO 75 MPH OVER THE FAVORED PEAKS. GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS FAR WEST AS THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND THE MALIBU COASTLINE EAST TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE GUSTY WINDS...HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO 5 PERCENT OR LESS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...AND FUELS THAT ARE MORE TYPICAL OF MID TO LATE SUMMER...WILL CREATE AN EXTREMELY HIGH FIRE DANGER. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT REMAIN GUSTY AT TIMES THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING. DESPITE THE DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON SINCE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN EXTREMELY LOW WITH LITTLE OR NO OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES AND DAYTIME TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 90 TO 100 DEGREES. CAZ547-021700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130504T0000Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 324 PM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING. 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 45 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 THIS EVENING WITH LITTLE OR NO RECOVERY OVERNIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME READINGS IN THE 90S WITH ISOLATED AREAS NEAR 100 POSSIBLE. 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 324 PM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY 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 NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY 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 NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND PORTIONS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST... .A STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY TONIGHT AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER NEVADA. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS HAD ALREADY SURFACED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AS OF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH A DEEP MARINE LAYER WAS SLOWING THE ADVANCE OF THESE WINDS...ITS EXPECTED THAT THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL PUSH SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST THROUGH MOST OF THE REST OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES BY TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 TO 75 MPH OVER THE FAVORED PEAKS. GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS FAR WEST AS THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND THE MALIBU COASTLINE EAST TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE GUSTY WINDS...HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO 5 PERCENT OR LESS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...AND FUELS THAT ARE MORE TYPICAL OF MID TO LATE SUMMER...WILL CREATE AN EXTREMELY HIGH FIRE DANGER. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT REMAIN GUSTY AT TIMES THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING. DESPITE THE DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON SINCE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN EXTREMELY LOW WITH LITTLE OR NO OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES AND DAYTIME TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 90 TO 100 DEGREES. CAZ253-254-021700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130504T0000Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 324 PM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY 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 324 PM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY 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 NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY 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 NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND PORTIONS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST... .A STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY TONIGHT AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER NEVADA. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS HAD ALREADY SURFACED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AS OF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH A DEEP MARINE LAYER WAS SLOWING THE ADVANCE OF THESE WINDS...ITS EXPECTED THAT THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL PUSH SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST THROUGH MOST OF THE REST OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES BY TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 TO 75 MPH OVER THE FAVORED PEAKS. GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS FAR WEST AS THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND THE MALIBU COASTLINE EAST TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE GUSTY WINDS...HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO 5 PERCENT OR LESS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...AND FUELS THAT ARE MORE TYPICAL OF MID TO LATE SUMMER...WILL CREATE AN EXTREMELY HIGH FIRE DANGER. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT REMAIN GUSTY AT TIMES THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING. DESPITE THE DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON SINCE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN EXTREMELY LOW WITH LITTLE OR NO OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES AND DAYTIME TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 90 TO 100 DEGREES. CAZ244-245-021700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130504T0000Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 324 PM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH DEVELOPING BY THIS EVENING...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 SIMI...CONEJO...AND SANTA CLARA RIVER VALLEYS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS 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 324 PM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY 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 NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY 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 NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND PORTIONS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST... .A STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY TONIGHT AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER NEVADA. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS HAD ALREADY SURFACED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AS OF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH A DEEP MARINE LAYER WAS SLOWING THE ADVANCE OF THESE WINDS...ITS EXPECTED THAT THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL PUSH SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST THROUGH MOST OF THE REST OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES BY TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 TO 75 MPH OVER THE FAVORED PEAKS. GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS FAR WEST AS THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND THE MALIBU COASTLINE EAST TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE GUSTY WINDS...HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO 5 PERCENT OR LESS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...AND FUELS THAT ARE MORE TYPICAL OF MID TO LATE SUMMER...WILL CREATE AN EXTREMELY HIGH FIRE DANGER. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT REMAIN GUSTY AT TIMES THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING. DESPITE THE DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON SINCE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN EXTREMELY LOW WITH LITTLE OR NO OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES AND DAYTIME TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 90 TO 100 DEGREES. CAZ246-021700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.130502T0300Z-130504T0000Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 324 PM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 70 TO 75 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. && $$
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 324 PM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY 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 NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY 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 NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND PORTIONS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST... .A STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY TONIGHT AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER NEVADA. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS HAD ALREADY SURFACED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AS OF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH A DEEP MARINE LAYER WAS SLOWING THE ADVANCE OF THESE WINDS...ITS EXPECTED THAT THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL PUSH SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST THROUGH MOST OF THE REST OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES BY TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 TO 75 MPH OVER THE FAVORED PEAKS. GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS FAR WEST AS THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND THE MALIBU COASTLINE EAST TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE GUSTY WINDS...HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO 5 PERCENT OR LESS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...AND FUELS THAT ARE MORE TYPICAL OF MID TO LATE SUMMER...WILL CREATE AN EXTREMELY HIGH FIRE DANGER. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT REMAIN GUSTY AT TIMES THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING. DESPITE THE DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON SINCE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN EXTREMELY LOW WITH LITTLE OR NO OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES AND DAYTIME TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 90 TO 100 DEGREES. CAZ240-241-021700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.130502T1200Z-130504T0000Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 324 PM PDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS.. * 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 BY THURSDAY MORNING 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. && $$ MW
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 539 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013 CAZ295-297-022100- /O.CON.KHNX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 539 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF KERN AND SOUTH TULARE COUNTIES... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 295 KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 297 TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5-10 PERCENT FOR A PERIOD OF MORE THAN 10 HOURS. * 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. && $$ DS
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 450 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY FOR THE INLAND EMPIRE...ALL OF ORANGE COUNTY...THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY INLAND VALLEYS...THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...THE SAN JACINTO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST...AND THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES THIS MORNING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WILL NOT IMPROVE TODAY...AS RELATIVE HUMIDITIES REMAIN OR FALL BACK INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. MEANWHILE...GOOD RECOVERIES BELOW 2000 FEET WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL GIVEN WAY TO SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITY VALUES TODAY AS WELL. THESE VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AS WELL...ALONG WITH HOT CONDITIONS DEVELOPING WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. GUSTY NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS ARE ALSO STARTING TO DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...LIKELY PEAKING LATER THIS MORNING. NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH AND BELOW THE FAVORED CANYONS AND PASSES. ALTHOUGH THESE WINDS WILL WEAKEN LATER TODAY...A SECONDARY PEAK OF EAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THESE MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THESE VERY DRY AND HOT CONDITIONS TO ELEVATE THE FIRE DANGER THROUGH FRIDAY. CAZ242-250-256>258-030000- /O.CON.KSGX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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- 450 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT FRIDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWEST DAYTIME AROUND 5 PERCENT...WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY AGAIN TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS FROM 90S COAST AND INLAND VALLEYS TO 80S COASTAL SLOPES. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY. * OUTLOOK...WIND GUSTS WILL WEAKEN TO BELOW 25 MPH FRIDAY EVENING...WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY INCREASE ABOVE 25 PERCENT ON SATURDAY. CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...WITH SHOWERS LINGERING INTO 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
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 450 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY FOR THE INLAND EMPIRE...ALL OF ORANGE COUNTY...THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY INLAND VALLEYS...THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...THE SAN JACINTO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST...AND THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES THIS MORNING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WILL NOT IMPROVE TODAY...AS RELATIVE HUMIDITIES REMAIN OR FALL BACK INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. MEANWHILE...GOOD RECOVERIES BELOW 2000 FEET WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL GIVEN WAY TO SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITY VALUES TODAY AS WELL. THESE VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AS WELL...ALONG WITH HOT CONDITIONS DEVELOPING WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. GUSTY NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS ARE ALSO STARTING TO DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...LIKELY PEAKING LATER THIS MORNING. NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH AND BELOW THE FAVORED CANYONS AND PASSES. ALTHOUGH THESE WINDS WILL WEAKEN LATER TODAY...A SECONDARY PEAK OF EAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THESE MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THESE VERY DRY AND HOT CONDITIONS TO ELEVATE THE FIRE DANGER THROUGH FRIDAY. CAZ248-255-030000- /O.CON.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- 450 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT FRIDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWEST DAYTIME AROUND 5 PERCENT...WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY AGAIN TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 90S INLAND EMPIRE TO 80S COASTAL SLOPES. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * OUTLOOK...WIND GUSTS WILL WEAKEN TO BELOW 25 MPH FRIDAY EVENING...WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY INCREASE ABOVE 25 PERCENT ON SATURDAY. CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...WITH SHOWERS LINGERING INTO 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.--
Source: NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard
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