Friday, December 13, 2013

[californiadisasters] Santa Ana Wind Red Flag Warnings (12/13/13-AM) 



...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM SUNDAY FOR  GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF  LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 6 PM SUNDAY FOR  GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MOST COASTAL  AND VALLEY AREAS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...    .MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP THIS  EVENING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...THEN DESCEND INTO COASTAL AND VALLEY  AREAS OVERNIGHT. THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK ON SATURDAY  ACROSS LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...WHEN GUSTS BETWEEN 45  AND 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS  OVER 60 MPH IN FAVORED LOCATIONS. MEANWHILE...COASTAL AND VALLEY  AREAS WILL GENERALLY SEE GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE. SLIGHT  WEAKENING OF SANTA ANA WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...HOWEVER  GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH WILL STILL BE COMMON.    HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT OR LESS ACROSS  THE MOUNTAINS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE DRIER AIR FILTERING  INTO COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS IN THE AFTERNOON. FURTHER DRYING IS  EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...WHEN THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR  WIDESPREAD HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING  HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES FOR SATURDAY  INTO SUNDAY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG OFFSHORE  WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS.    CAZ246-253-254-140000-  /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0007.131214T2000Z-131216T0200Z/  /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0007.131214T1400Z-131216T0200Z/  SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-  VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-  946 AM PST FRI DEC 13 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM PST  SUNDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE  MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A  RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH  IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY. THE FIRE  WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.    * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING SHARPLY    OVERNIGHT...PEAKING ON SATURDAY AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP    TO 55 MPH THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS ON SATURDAY...EXCEPT    ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH IN FAVORED LOCATIONS. WINDS    DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY ON SUNDAY.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO AROUND 15 PERCENT ON SATURDAY    MORNING...THEN 8 TO 15 PERCENT ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.    * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 60S TO LOWER 70S ACROSS LOWER    ELEVATIONS ON SATURDAY...RISING TO THE MID 60S TO MID 70S ON SUNDAY.    * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE    POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN 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.    &&    $$
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA  946 AM PST FRI DEC 13 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM SUNDAY FOR  GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF  LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 6 PM SUNDAY FOR  GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MOST COASTAL  AND VALLEY AREAS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...    .MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP THIS  EVENING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...THEN DESCEND INTO COASTAL AND VALLEY  AREAS OVERNIGHT. THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK ON SATURDAY  ACROSS LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...WHEN GUSTS BETWEEN 45  AND 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS  OVER 60 MPH IN FAVORED LOCATIONS. MEANWHILE...COASTAL AND VALLEY  AREAS WILL GENERALLY SEE GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE. SLIGHT  WEAKENING OF SANTA ANA WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...HOWEVER  GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH WILL STILL BE COMMON.    HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT OR LESS ACROSS  THE MOUNTAINS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE DRIER AIR FILTERING  INTO COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS IN THE AFTERNOON. FURTHER DRYING IS  EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...WHEN THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR  WIDESPREAD HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING  HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES FOR SATURDAY  INTO SUNDAY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG OFFSHORE  WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS.    CAZ244-245-288-547-140000-  /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0007.131214T2000Z-131216T0200Z/  /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0007.131214T2000Z-131216T0200Z/  VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-  SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY-  946 AM PST FRI DEC 13 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 6 PM PST  SUNDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR  THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...SAN FERNANDO VALLEY...AND VENTURA COUNTY  VALLEYS...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD  HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW  HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY.  THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.    * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING SHARPLY LATE    TONIGHT THEN PEAKING ON SATURDAY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS    BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ACROSS    THE HILLS OF VENTURA COUNTY. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOCUSED    ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF VENTURA COUNTY AND WESTERN PORTIONS    OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. WINDS DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY ON SUNDAY.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO AROUND 15 PERCENT ON SATURDAY    AFTERNOON...THEN 8 TO 15 PERCENT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.    * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S ON SATURDAY...RISING    TO THE MID TO UPPER 70S ON SUNDAY.    * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE    POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN 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.    &&    $$
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA  946 AM PST FRI DEC 13 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM SUNDAY FOR  GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF  LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 6 PM SUNDAY FOR  GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MOST COASTAL  AND VALLEY AREAS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...    .MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP THIS  EVENING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...THEN DESCEND INTO COASTAL AND VALLEY  AREAS OVERNIGHT. THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK ON SATURDAY  ACROSS LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...WHEN GUSTS BETWEEN 45  AND 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS  OVER 60 MPH IN FAVORED LOCATIONS. MEANWHILE...COASTAL AND VALLEY  AREAS WILL GENERALLY SEE GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE. SLIGHT  WEAKENING OF SANTA ANA WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...HOWEVER  GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH WILL STILL BE COMMON.    HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT OR LESS ACROSS  THE MOUNTAINS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE DRIER AIR FILTERING  INTO COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS IN THE AFTERNOON. FURTHER DRYING IS  EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...WHEN THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR  WIDESPREAD HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING  HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES FOR SATURDAY  INTO SUNDAY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG OFFSHORE  WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS.    CAZ240-241-140000-  /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0007.131214T2000Z-131216T0200Z/  /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0007.131214T2000Z-131216T0200Z/  VENTURA COUNTY COAST-  LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES-  946 AM PST FRI DEC 13 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 6 PM PST  SUNDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR  THE VENTURA COAST AND MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD  HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW  HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 6 PM PST  SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.    * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING OVERNIGHT THEN    PEAKING ON SATURDAY AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.    STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOCUSED ACROSS THE VENTURA COASTAL PLAIN    AND MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS. WINDS DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY ON    SUNDAY.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO AROUND 15 PERCENT ON SATURDAY    AFTERNOON...THEN 8 TO 15 PERCENT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.    * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S ON SATURDAY...RISING    TO THE MID TO UPPER 70S ON SUNDAY.    * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE    POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN 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.    &&    $$    GOMBERG/BOLDT
Source: NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard


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