...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITIES AND INCREASING WINDS OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH POOR EVENING RECOVERIES FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITIES AND INCREASING WINDS OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH POOR EVENING RECOVERIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 295 KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 296 SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 297 TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS. LOCATIONS INCLUDE FRAZIER PARK...PINE MOUNTAIN CLUB...SEQUOIA NATIONAL FOREST INCLUDING THE PIUTES...SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK...KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK AND SEQUOIA NATIONAL FOREST. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...10 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 10 PM PST TONIGHT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS FOR 10 TO 12 HOURS. * 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. && $$ SANGER WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1050 AM PST SUN DEC 29 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR MODERATE TO STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... .MODERATE TO STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES THROUGH THIS EVENING. PEAK WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS IN THE 50 TO 60 MPH RANGE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...AND ISOLATED GUSTS TO 70 MPH. GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 55 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND COASTAL PORTIONS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY FALL THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...WITH SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS READINGS COMMON. THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS WILL BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. LIGHTER OFFSHORE WINDS LATER TONIGHT INTO MONDAY COMBINED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL MAINTAIN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER. CAZ246-253-254-300000- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-131230T0600Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 1050 AM PST SUN DEC 29 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PEAK LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...WITH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH EXPECTED. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAVORED LOCATIONS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICAS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 50S AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND 60S LOWER ELEVATIONS. * 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 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.Source: NWS Hanford
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