Saturday, October 5, 2013

[californiadisasters] Santa Ana Wind Red Flag Warnings (10/05/13-PM)



...RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY FOR ORANGE COUNTY...AND  FOR MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE...AND  SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND  LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...    .DISCUSSION... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL  CONTINUE GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE  HUMIDITY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. WINDS WILL  NOT BE AS STRONG TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...BUT GUSTS WILL STILL EXCEED  45 MPH LOCALLY NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. LOW HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE INTO  MONDAY WITH LIGHT WINDS. HOT ON SUNDAY WITH MAXIMUM DAYTIME  TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S AND 90S. SLIGHTLY COOLER ON MONDAY.    CAZ242-248-255>257-061030-  /O.CON.KSGX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/  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-  106 PM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR  GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...    A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY.    * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45    MPH. PEAK GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH BELOW THE BANNING PASS.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWEST DAYTIME AROUND 5 PERCENT WITH POOR    OVERNIGHT RECOVERY.    * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS BELOW THE CAJON AND BANNING PASSES    AND IN THE COASTAL FOOTHILLS OF THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS.    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 ELEVATED TEMPERATURES WILL  CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.    &&    $$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA  106 PM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY FOR ORANGE COUNTY...AND  FOR MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE...AND  SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND  LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...    .DISCUSSION... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL  CONTINUE GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE  HUMIDITY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. WINDS WILL  NOT BE AS STRONG TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...BUT GUSTS WILL STILL EXCEED  45 MPH LOCALLY NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. LOW HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE INTO  MONDAY WITH LIGHT WINDS. HOT ON SUNDAY WITH MAXIMUM DAYTIME  TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S AND 90S. SLIGHTLY COOLER ON MONDAY.    CAZ250-258-061030-  /O.CON.KSGX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/  SAN DIEGO COUNTY INLAND VALLEYS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-  INCLUDING THE PALOMAR AND DESCANSO RANGER DISTRICTS OF THE  CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST-  106 PM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR  GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...    A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY.    * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.    ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50 TO 55 MPH IN THE WINDIEST AREAS EARLY SUNDAY.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWEST DAYTIME AROUND 5 PERCENT WITH POOR    OVERNIGHT RECOVERY.    * LOCATION...STRONGEST BELOW CUYAMACA PEAK...AND ALONG THE COASTAL    FOOTHILLS.    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 ELEVATED TEMPERATURES  WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.    &&    $$    HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEG0

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA  205 PM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013    CAZ295-060400-  /O.CON.KHNX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0200Z/  KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-  205 PM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR  GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS...    * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 295 KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS.    * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.    * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING.    VERY LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITIES THROUGH SUNDAY.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...IN THE LOWER TEENS WITH AREAS IN THE    SINGLE DIGITS. POOR OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT.    * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD    AND EXTREME BEHAVIOR WITH 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.    &&    $$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA  1003 AM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG  SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS  ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING ANTELOPE VALLEY...    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY  OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF  SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES...    .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY  EVENING AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VENTURA COUNTY  AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. A STRONG  SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH  THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE WEAKENING TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...BRINGING THE  MOST SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER THREAT IN THE PAST 5 YEARS. SINGLE  DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL BE COMMONPLACE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY  MINIMAL OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DIMINISH  TONIGHT 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 10 TO 20 DEGREES  ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH THE WARMEST DAY FOR COASTAL  AREAS TODAY WHILE INLAND AREAS EXPERIENCE THEIR WARMEST DAY ON  SUNDAY.    A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF  SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY FOR  GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS THERE WITH HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS AND  SINGLE DIGITS. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE  QUITE AS STRONG THOUGH HUMIDITIES NEAR 10 PERCENT ARE STILL  EXPECTED. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR IN ALL AREAS  EXCEPT THOSE CLOSEST TO THE BEACHES.    CAZ241-060115-  /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/  LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES-  1003 AM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR  STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOS  ANGELES COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS...    * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50    MPH FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS WITH MUCH LIGHTER WINDS    ELSEWHERE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THROUGH EARLY THIS    AFTERNOON. WEAKER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT    GUSTS TO 20 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE    THE TRANSITION TO ONSHORE 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5-15 PERCENT TODAY AND SUNDAY...RECOVERING    TO 20-40 PERCENT LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.    * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO MID 90S. WARMEST    TODAY.    * 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...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY 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 LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA  1003 AM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG  SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS  ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING ANTELOPE VALLEY...    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY  OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF  SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES...    .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY  EVENING AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VENTURA COUNTY  AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. A STRONG  SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH  THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE WEAKENING TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...BRINGING THE  MOST SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER THREAT IN THE PAST 5 YEARS. SINGLE  DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL BE COMMONPLACE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY  MINIMAL OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DIMINISH  TONIGHT 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 10 TO 20 DEGREES  ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH THE WARMEST DAY FOR COASTAL  AREAS TODAY WHILE INLAND AREAS EXPERIENCE THEIR WARMEST DAY ON  SUNDAY.    A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF  SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY FOR  GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS THERE WITH HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS AND  SINGLE DIGITS. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE  QUITE AS STRONG THOUGH HUMIDITIES NEAR 10 PERCENT ARE STILL  EXPECTED. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR IN ALL AREAS  EXCEPT THOSE CLOSEST TO THE BEACHES.    CAZ240-244-245-060115-  /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/  VENTURA COUNTY COAST-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-  VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-  1003 AM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR  STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA  COUNTY COAST AND VALLEYS...    * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60    MPH...STRONGEST THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IN THE VALLEYS.    WEAKER WINDS ARE FORECASTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS UP TO    30 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH SUNDAY WITH    VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST.    * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES UPPER 80S TO MID 90S. WARMEST    SUNDAY.    * 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...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY 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  1003 AM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG  SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS  ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING ANTELOPE VALLEY...    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY  OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF  SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES...    .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY  EVENING AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VENTURA COUNTY  AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. A STRONG  SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH  THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE WEAKENING TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...BRINGING THE  MOST SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER THREAT IN THE PAST 5 YEARS. SINGLE  DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL BE COMMONPLACE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY  MINIMAL OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DIMINISH  TONIGHT 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 10 TO 20 DEGREES  ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH THE WARMEST DAY FOR COASTAL  AREAS TODAY WHILE INLAND AREAS EXPERIENCE THEIR WARMEST DAY ON  SUNDAY.    A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF  SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY FOR  GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS THERE WITH HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS AND  SINGLE DIGITS. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE  QUITE AS STRONG THOUGH HUMIDITIES NEAR 10 PERCENT ARE STILL  EXPECTED. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR IN ALL AREAS  EXCEPT THOSE CLOSEST TO THE BEACHES.    CAZ288-547-060115-  /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/  SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY-  1003 AM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR  STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE  SANTA CLARITA AND SAN FERNANDO VALLEYS...    * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60    MPH...STRONGEST THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IN THE SANTA    CLARITA VALLEY. WEAKER WINDS ARE FORECASTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY    BUT GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH SUNDAY WITH    VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES.    * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES UPPER 80S TO MID 90S.    WARMEST SUNDAY.    * 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...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY 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  1003 AM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG  SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS  ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING ANTELOPE VALLEY...    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY  OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF  SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES...    .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY  EVENING AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VENTURA COUNTY  AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. A STRONG  SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH  THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE WEAKENING TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...BRINGING THE  MOST SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER THREAT IN THE PAST 5 YEARS. SINGLE  DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL BE COMMONPLACE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY  MINIMAL OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DIMINISH  TONIGHT 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 10 TO 20 DEGREES  ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH THE WARMEST DAY FOR COASTAL  AREAS TODAY WHILE INLAND AREAS EXPERIENCE THEIR WARMEST DAY ON  SUNDAY.    A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF  SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY FOR  GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS THERE WITH HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS AND  SINGLE DIGITS. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE  QUITE AS STRONG THOUGH HUMIDITIES NEAR 10 PERCENT ARE STILL  EXPECTED. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR IN ALL AREAS  EXCEPT THOSE CLOSEST TO THE BEACHES.    CAZ253-254-060115-  /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/  VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-  1003 AM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR  STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE  VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS...    * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70    MPH...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS TO 80 MPH ACROSS FAVORED LOCATIONS.    STRONGEST THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS TONIGHT    INTO SUNDAY WILL BE WEAKER BUT GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE STILL    EXPECTED.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH SUNDAY WITH    VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES.    * 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...VERY 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  1003 AM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG  SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS  ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING ANTELOPE VALLEY...    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY  OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF  SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES...    .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY  EVENING AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VENTURA COUNTY  AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. A STRONG  SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH  THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE WEAKENING TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...BRINGING THE  MOST SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER THREAT IN THE PAST 5 YEARS. SINGLE  DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL BE COMMONPLACE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY  MINIMAL OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DIMINISH  TONIGHT 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 10 TO 20 DEGREES  ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH THE WARMEST DAY FOR COASTAL  AREAS TODAY WHILE INLAND AREAS EXPERIENCE THEIR WARMEST DAY ON  SUNDAY.    A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF  SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY FOR  GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS THERE WITH HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS AND  SINGLE DIGITS. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE  QUITE AS STRONG THOUGH HUMIDITIES NEAR 10 PERCENT ARE STILL  EXPECTED. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR IN ALL AREAS  EXCEPT THOSE CLOSEST TO THE BEACHES.    CAZ246-060115-  /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/  SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-  1003 AM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR  STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE  SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...    * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70    MPH...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS TO 80 MPH WESTERN PEAKS. STRONGEST    THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WEAKER WINDS ARE FORECASTED    TONIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE    THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH SUNDAY WITH    VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES.    * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES 80S TO LOWER 90S. WARMEST    SUNDAY.    * 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...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY 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  1003 AM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG  SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS  ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING ANTELOPE VALLEY...    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY  OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF  SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES...    .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY  EVENING AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VENTURA COUNTY  AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. A STRONG  SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH  THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE WEAKENING TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...BRINGING THE  MOST SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER THREAT IN THE PAST 5 YEARS. SINGLE  DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL BE COMMONPLACE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY  MINIMAL OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DIMINISH  TONIGHT 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 10 TO 20 DEGREES  ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH THE WARMEST DAY FOR COASTAL  AREAS TODAY WHILE INLAND AREAS EXPERIENCE THEIR WARMEST DAY ON  SUNDAY.    A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF  SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY FOR  GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS THERE WITH HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS AND  SINGLE DIGITS. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE  QUITE AS STRONG THOUGH HUMIDITIES NEAR 10 PERCENT ARE STILL  EXPECTED. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR IN ALL AREAS  EXCEPT THOSE CLOSEST TO THE BEACHES.    CAZ548-060115-  /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/  LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY-  1003 AM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR  GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN  GABRIEL VALLEY HILLS...    * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45    MPH...STRONGEST IN THE HILLS. WEAKER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT    AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS TO 25 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY    MORNING.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH SUNDAY WITH    VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES.    * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES UPPER 80S TO MID 90S.    WARMEST SUNDAY.    * 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...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM  TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE  APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG  WARNING.


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