[californiadisasters] Red Flag-Warned Sundowner Winds (6/20/13-PM)

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY  WINDS NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR  THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INCLUDING THE FOOTHILLS OF  THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE...    .THE STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS FROM LAST NIGHT HAVE WEAKENED SOME...  BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH TONIGHT OVER THE SANTA BARBARA  COUNTY MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE.  MEANWHILE...HUMIDITIES WILL BE LOWER THAN LAST NIGHT. AS A  RESULT...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST  OVER THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY  MORNING. BREEZY WINDS SHOULD REFORM FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...  BUT ARE EXPECTED TO BE WEAKER THAN TONIGHT.    CAZ252-211230-  /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130621T1600Z/  SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-  754 PM PDT THU JUN 20 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR  GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE  MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INCLUDING THE FOOTHILLS OF THE  SANTA YNEZ RANGE...    * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH    EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING OVER THE SANTA    YNEZ RANGE AND MONTECITO FOOTHILLS.    * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH    GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...BEFORE    WEAKENING FRIDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER    THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY THE MONTECITO    HILLS.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER TEENS    THIS EVENING...WITH MODERATELY POOR RECOVERIES AFTER MIDNIGHT.    * IMPACTS...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 EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD  CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR.    PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE  FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.    &&    $$    KITTELL/SIRARD

Source: NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard

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