[californiadisasters] Sundowner Wind Watch (6/27/13-PM)

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH  SUNDAY MORNING FOR GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES  FOR SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY...    .A VERY STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BRING WIDESPREAD  HOT AND NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA BEGINNING FRIDAY AND  LASTING INTO NEXT WEEK...ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES.  MEANWHILE...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OFF THE CALIFORNIA  COAST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...RESULTING IN BREEZY SUNDOWNER WINDS  OVER SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY...PRIMARILY THROUGH AND BELOW  THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE. AS A RESULT...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER  CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO  SUNDAY MORNING WHEN THE HOTTEST AND DRIEST CONDITIONS WILL  COINCIDE WITH THE BREEZY SUNDOWNER WINDS. IF THE FORECAST LOOKS  SIMILAR FRIDAY MORNING...THIS WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED TO A RED  FLAG WARNING.    CAZ239-252-281700-  /O.CON.KLOX.FW.A.0003.130629T2200Z-130630T1700Z/  SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-  536 PM PDT THU JUN 27 2013    ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON  THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE  HUMIDITIES FOR SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY...    * TIMING...LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY    MORNING... PEAKING SATURDAY EVENING.    * WINDS...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40    MPH. STRONGEST THROUGH AND BELOW THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON    AND EVENING. POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES OVER THE SANTA YNEZ    FOOTHILLS AND WINDIER CANYONS.    * TEMPERATURES...92 AND 102 DEGREES IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND    EVENING.    * 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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR  FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. LISTEN FOR  LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.    &&    $$    KITTELL

Source: NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard

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