Wednesday, October 2, 2013

[californiadisasters] Santa Ana Wind Red Flag Warnings (10/02/13-PM)



...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH  8 PM SUNDAY EVENING FOR MOST OF ORANGE COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST SAN  BERNARDINO COUNTY...ALL OF WESTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY...    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH  8 PM SUNDAY EVENING FOR MOST OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INCLUDING CAMP  PENDLETON AND MIRAMAR MARINE CORPS AIR STATION...    .A MODERATE STRENGTH SANTA ANA WIND EVENT NOW APPEARS LIKELY FOR  LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS  SUSTAINED 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH LOCAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 65 MPH  THROUGH AND BELOW CANYONS AND PASSES. WINDS WILL PEAK FRIDAY  NIGHT AND SATURDAY...THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY  MORNING...TURNING ONSHORE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.    CAZ250-258-031700-  /O.UPG.KSGX.FW.A.0004.131004T1800Z-131007T2100Z/  /O.NEW.KSGX.FW.W.0004.131004T1800Z-131007T0300Z/  SAN DIEGO COUNTY INLAND VALLEYS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-  INCLUDING THE PALOMAR AND DESCANSO RANGER DISTRICTS OF THE  CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST-  205 PM PDT WED OCT 2 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM FRIDAY TO 8 PM PDT  SUNDAY 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 11 AM FRIDAY TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER  WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.    * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWEST DAYTIME AROUND 5 PERCENT WITH POOR    OVERNIGHT RECOVERY.    * TIMING...WIND GUSTS ABOVE 35 MPH BEGINNING 11 AM FRIDAY WITH    RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO 15 PERCENT OR LOWER BY NOON FRIDAY.    * OUTLOOK...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WITH WINDS GUSTING 35 MPH    OR HIGHER CONTINUING UNTIL 2 PM MONDAY AFTERNOON.    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  CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.    &&    $$    HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEG0      BALFOUR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA  205 PM PDT WED OCT 2 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH  8 PM SUNDAY EVENING FOR MOST OF ORANGE COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST SAN  BERNARDINO COUNTY...ALL OF WESTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY...    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH  8 PM SUNDAY EVENING FOR MOST OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INCLUDING CAMP  PENDLETON AND MIRAMAR MARINE CORPS AIR STATION...    .A MODERATE STRENGTH SANTA ANA WIND EVENT NOW APPEARS LIKELY FOR  LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS  SUSTAINED 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH LOCAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 65 MPH  THROUGH AND BELOW CANYONS AND PASSES. WINDS WILL PEAK FRIDAY  NIGHT AND SATURDAY...THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY  MORNING...TURNING ONSHORE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.    CAZ242-248-255>257-261-031700-  /O.UPG.KSGX.FW.A.0004.131004T0900Z-131007T0300Z/  /O.NEW.KSGX.FW.W.0004.131004T0900Z-131007T0300Z/  ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-  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-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-COACHELLA VALLEY-  INCLUDING THE PALM SPRINGS SOUTH COAST DESERT DISTRICT-  205 PM PDT WED OCT 2 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY  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 2 AM FRIDAY TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER  WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.    * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWEST DAYTIME AROUND 5 PERCENT WITH POOR    OVERNIGHT RECOVERY.    * TIMING...WIND GUSTS ABOVE 35 MPH BEGINNING 2 AM FRIDAY...WITH    RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO 15 PERCENT OR LOWER BY NOON FRIDAY.    * OUTLOOK...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WITH WINDS GUSTING 35 MPH    OR HIGHER CONTINUING UNTIL 8 PM SUNDAY EVENING.    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  CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.    &&    $$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA  237 PM PDT WED OCT 2 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH  SUNDAY EVENING FOR MODERATE TO STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW  HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING  ANTELOPE VALLEY...    ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH  SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR  THE CENTRAL COAST AND MOUNTAINS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA  BARBARA COUNTIES...    .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT AND  THEN PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN  EFFECT FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE  ANTELOPE VALLEY. A MODERATE TO STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL  DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MIDDAY THEN  WEAKEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PEAK WINDS WILL  OCCUR FRIDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SATURDAY MORNING. RELATIVE  HUMIDITY WILL FALL SHARPLY INTO THE MID TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS  FRIDAY AND BY SATURDAY WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITY WILL  EXTEND FROM THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND  THEN PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DIMINISH  SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND TRANSITION TO ONSHORE  SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CHAOTIC WINDS ARE EXPECTED AND RELATIVE  HUMIDITY WILL BE SLOW TO RECOVER DURING THE TRANSITION AND  CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. TEMPERATURES WILL  RANGE 5 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.    A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL COAST AND  MOUNTAINS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES FRIDAY  EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO  DEVELOP AND PERSIST AT TIMES FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE STRONGEST  OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT WITH WEAKER WINDS  SATURDAY NIGHT. CHAOTIC WINDS WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON AS  OFFSHORE WINDS TRANSITION TO ONSHORE. WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT  RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING  AND POOR RECOVERY IS EXPECTED INLAND AND POOR TO MODERATE  RECOVERY IS EXPECTED NEAR THE COAST.    CAZ241-288-547-548-031700-  /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0004.131004T0400Z-131006T0200Z/  /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0005.131004T0400Z-131007T0100Z/  LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES-  SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY-  LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY-  237 PM PDT WED OCT 2 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM PDT  SUNDAY FOR SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR  COAST AND VALLEYS...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A  RED FLAG WARNING FOR SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE  HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM PDT  SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.    * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60    MPH FRIDAY MORNING AND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH AREA GUSTS TO 45 MPH    SATURDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH    GUSTS TO 35 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING    AND AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL    TRANSITION TO ONSHORE 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH SUNDAY.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 10    PERCENT.    * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO LOWER 90S.    * 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 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  237 PM PDT WED OCT 2 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH  SUNDAY EVENING FOR MODERATE TO STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW  HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING  ANTELOPE VALLEY...    ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH  SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR  THE CENTRAL COAST AND MOUNTAINS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA  BARBARA COUNTIES...    .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT AND  THEN PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN  EFFECT FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE  ANTELOPE VALLEY. A MODERATE TO STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL  DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MIDDAY THEN  WEAKEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PEAK WINDS WILL  OCCUR FRIDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SATURDAY MORNING. RELATIVE  HUMIDITY WILL FALL SHARPLY INTO THE MID TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS  FRIDAY AND BY SATURDAY WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITY WILL  EXTEND FROM THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND  THEN PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DIMINISH  SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND TRANSITION TO ONSHORE  SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CHAOTIC WINDS ARE EXPECTED AND RELATIVE  HUMIDITY WILL BE SLOW TO RECOVER DURING THE TRANSITION AND  CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. TEMPERATURES WILL  RANGE 5 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.    A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL COAST AND  MOUNTAINS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES FRIDAY  EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO  DEVELOP AND PERSIST AT TIMES FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE STRONGEST  OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT WITH WEAKER WINDS  SATURDAY NIGHT. CHAOTIC WINDS WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON AS  OFFSHORE WINDS TRANSITION TO ONSHORE. WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT  RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING  AND POOR RECOVERY IS EXPECTED INLAND AND POOR TO MODERATE  RECOVERY IS EXPECTED NEAR THE COAST.    CAZ240-244-245-031700-  /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0004.131004T0400Z-131006T0200Z/  /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0005.131004T0400Z-131007T0100Z/  VENTURA COUNTY COAST-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-  VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-  237 PM PDT WED OCT 2 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM PDT  SUNDAY FOR SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR  COAST AND VALLEYS...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A  RED FLAG WARNING FOR SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY  ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE  FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.    * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60    MPH FRIDAY MORNING AND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH AREA GUSTS TO 45 MPH    SATURDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH    GUSTS TO 35 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING    AND AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL    TRANSITION TO ONSHORE 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH SUNDAY.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 10    PERCENT.    * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO LOWER 90S.    * 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 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  237 PM PDT WED OCT 2 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH  SUNDAY EVENING FOR MODERATE TO STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW  HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING  ANTELOPE VALLEY...    ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH  SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR  THE CENTRAL COAST AND MOUNTAINS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA  BARBARA COUNTIES...    .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT AND  THEN PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN  EFFECT FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE  ANTELOPE VALLEY. A MODERATE TO STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL  DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MIDDAY THEN  WEAKEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PEAK WINDS WILL  OCCUR FRIDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SATURDAY MORNING. RELATIVE  HUMIDITY WILL FALL SHARPLY INTO THE MID TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS  FRIDAY AND BY SATURDAY WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITY WILL  EXTEND FROM THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND  THEN PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DIMINISH  SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND TRANSITION TO ONSHORE  SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CHAOTIC WINDS ARE EXPECTED AND RELATIVE  HUMIDITY WILL BE SLOW TO RECOVER DURING THE TRANSITION AND  CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. TEMPERATURES WILL  RANGE 5 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.    A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL COAST AND  MOUNTAINS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES FRIDAY  EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO  DEVELOP AND PERSIST AT TIMES FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE STRONGEST  OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT WITH WEAKER WINDS  SATURDAY NIGHT. CHAOTIC WINDS WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON AS  OFFSHORE WINDS TRANSITION TO ONSHORE. WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT  RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING  AND POOR RECOVERY IS EXPECTED INLAND AND POOR TO MODERATE  RECOVERY IS EXPECTED NEAR THE COAST.    CAZ246-031700-  /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0004.131004T0400Z-131006T0200Z/  /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0005.131004T0400Z-131007T0100Z/  SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-  237 PM PDT WED OCT 2 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM PDT  SUNDAY FOR SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR  SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A  RED FLAG WARNING FOR SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE  HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM PDT  SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.    * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70    MPH FRIDAY MORNING AND 25 TO 40 MPH WITH AREA GUSTS TO 60 MPH    SATURDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH    GUSTS TO 45 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING    AND AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL    TRANSITION TO ONSHORE 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH SUNDAY.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 10    PERCENT.    * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO LOWER 90S.    * 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 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  237 PM PDT WED OCT 2 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH  SUNDAY EVENING FOR MODERATE TO STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW  HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING  ANTELOPE VALLEY...    ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH  SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR  THE CENTRAL COAST AND MOUNTAINS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA  BARBARA COUNTIES...    .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT AND  THEN PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN  EFFECT FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE  ANTELOPE VALLEY. A MODERATE TO STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL  DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MIDDAY THEN  WEAKEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PEAK WINDS WILL  OCCUR FRIDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SATURDAY MORNING. RELATIVE  HUMIDITY WILL FALL SHARPLY INTO THE MID TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS  FRIDAY AND BY SATURDAY WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITY WILL  EXTEND FROM THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND  THEN PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DIMINISH  SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND TRANSITION TO ONSHORE  SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CHAOTIC WINDS ARE EXPECTED AND RELATIVE  HUMIDITY WILL BE SLOW TO RECOVER DURING THE TRANSITION AND  CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. TEMPERATURES WILL  RANGE 5 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.    A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL COAST AND  MOUNTAINS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES FRIDAY  EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO  DEVELOP AND PERSIST AT TIMES FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE STRONGEST  OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT WITH WEAKER WINDS  SATURDAY NIGHT. CHAOTIC WINDS WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON AS  OFFSHORE WINDS TRANSITION TO ONSHORE. WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT  RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING  AND POOR RECOVERY IS EXPECTED INLAND AND POOR TO MODERATE  RECOVERY IS EXPECTED NEAR THE COAST.    CAZ253-254-031700-  /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0004.131004T0400Z-131006T0200Z/  /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0005.131004T0400Z-131007T0100Z/  VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-  237 PM PDT WED OCT 2 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM PDT  SUNDAY FOR SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE  HIGH COUNTRY...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A  RED FLAG WARNING FOR SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE  HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM PDT  SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.    * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70    MPH FRIDAY MORNING AND 25 TO 40 MPH WITH AREA GUSTS TO 60 MPH    SATURDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH    GUSTS TO 45 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING    AND AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL    TRANSITION TO ONSHORE 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH SUNDAY.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 10    PERCENT.    * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO LOWER 90S.    * 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 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 HANFORD CA  1224 PM PDT WED OCT 2 2013    CAZ295-030400-  /O.UPG.KHNX.FW.A.0004.131004T1200Z-131006T0200Z/  /O.NEW.KHNX.FW.W.0005.131004T1200Z-131006T0200Z/  KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-  1224 PM PDT WED OCT 2 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 7 PM PDT  SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE KERN COUNTY  MOUNTAINS...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG  WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT  FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 7 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS  NO LONGER IN EFFECT.    * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 295 KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS FROM    PIUTE PEAK WESTWARD TO THE SAN EMIGDIO MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES    THE CALIENTE BASIN...TEHACHAPI AND THE HIGHWAY 58 CORRIDOR...    TEJON CANYON...THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR...FRAZIER PARK AND THE    MOUNT PINOS RECREATION AREA.    * WINDS...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE.    * TIMING...WINDS INCREASE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND WILL REMAIN    GUSTY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAINLY IN THE LOWER TEENS WITH AREAS IN THE    SINGLE DIGITS. POOR OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY FRIDAY NIGHT.    * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF  STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES  CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE  APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED  FLAG WARNING.  
Source: NWS San Diego


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