...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. && $$
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 948 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES EXCEPT THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... .A STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE PEAK IN WIND SPEEDS WILL THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 TO 75 MPH OVER THE FAVORED PEAKS. GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH WILL AFFECT AREAS AS FAR WEST AS THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND THE MALIBU COASTLINE EAST TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE GUSTY WINDS... HUMIDITIES AS LOW AS 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 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY AT TIMES THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING. DESPITE THE DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS...THE RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE 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. CAZ547-030100- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130504T0000Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 948 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...STRONGEST IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN VALLEY AREAS AND FOOTHILLS. 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 948 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES EXCEPT THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... .A STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE PEAK IN WIND SPEEDS WILL THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 TO 75 MPH OVER THE FAVORED PEAKS. GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH WILL AFFECT AREAS AS FAR WEST AS THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND THE MALIBU COASTLINE EAST TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE GUSTY WINDS... HUMIDITIES AS LOW AS 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 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY AT TIMES THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING. DESPITE THE DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS...THE RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE 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. CAZ253-254-030100- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130504T0000Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 948 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...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 948 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES EXCEPT THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... .A STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE PEAK IN WIND SPEEDS WILL THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 TO 75 MPH OVER THE FAVORED PEAKS. GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH WILL AFFECT AREAS AS FAR WEST AS THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND THE MALIBU COASTLINE EAST TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE GUSTY WINDS... HUMIDITIES AS LOW AS 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 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY AT TIMES THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING. DESPITE THE DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS...THE RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE 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. CAZ244-245-030100- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130504T0000Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 948 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. 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 948 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES EXCEPT THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... .A STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE PEAK IN WIND SPEEDS WILL THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 TO 75 MPH OVER THE FAVORED PEAKS. GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH WILL AFFECT AREAS AS FAR WEST AS THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND THE MALIBU COASTLINE EAST TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE GUSTY WINDS... HUMIDITIES AS LOW AS 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 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY AT TIMES THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING. DESPITE THE DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS...THE RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE 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. CAZ246-030100- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130504T0000Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 948 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. 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 948 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES EXCEPT THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... .A STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE PEAK IN WIND SPEEDS WILL THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 TO 75 MPH OVER THE FAVORED PEAKS. GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH WILL AFFECT AREAS AS FAR WEST AS THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND THE MALIBU COASTLINE EAST TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE GUSTY WINDS... HUMIDITIES AS LOW AS 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 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY AT TIMES THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING. DESPITE THE DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS...THE RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE 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. CAZ288-030100- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130504T0000Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 948 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH...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 948 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES EXCEPT THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... .A STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE PEAK IN WIND SPEEDS WILL THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 TO 75 MPH OVER THE FAVORED PEAKS. GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH WILL AFFECT AREAS AS FAR WEST AS THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND THE MALIBU COASTLINE EAST TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE GUSTY WINDS... HUMIDITIES AS LOW AS 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 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY AT TIMES THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING. DESPITE THE DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS...THE RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE 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. CAZ240-241-030100- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130504T0000Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 948 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 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 40 TO 50 MPH...STRONGEST THIS MORNING TO EARLY THIS 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/CS
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 926 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013 CAZ295-297-030030- /O.EXT.KHNX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130504T0300Z/ KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 926 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF KERN AND SOUTH TULARE COUNTIES... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A WARM AND DRY OFFSHORE FLOW. STRONG GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL AFFECT THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS TODAY. THE OFFSHORE WINDS MAY WEAKEN TONIGHT. HOWEVER THE DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 295 KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND SOUTH PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 297 TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. A SLIGHT DECREASE IN WINDS TONIGHT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5-10 PERCENT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 HOURS OR MORE. VERY POOR OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY IN MANY AREAS. * TEMPERATURES...70-80 NEAR 5000 FEET. MID 80S IN THE LOWER FOOTHILLS. * 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.Source: NWS San Diego
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