Saturday, December 14, 2013

[californiadisasters] Santa Ana Wind Red Flag Warnings (12/14/13-AM)



...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST  WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA  COUNTIES...    .MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH  OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...DIMINISHING  SOME BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR  TODAY AND TONIGHT...WHEN GUSTS BETWEEN 55 AND 65 MPH CAN BE  EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. 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 35 AND 55 MPH WILL STILL BE COMMON IN THE MORNING.    HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER TODAY...WITH MOST WIND EXPOSED  PORTIONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES FALLING TO BETWEEN 10 AND  15 PERCENT. ADDITIONAL DRYING IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...WHEN  THERE WILL BE WIDESPREAD HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 8 AND 12 PERCENT. A RED FLAG  WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH  SUNDAY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG OFFSHORE  WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS.    CAZ246-253-254-150000-  /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-131216T0200Z/  SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-  VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-  951 AM PST SAT DEC 14 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR     GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS     ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...    * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS    BETWEEN 55 AND 65 MPH THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS THROUGH    TONIGHT. WINDS GUSTING TO BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH ON SUNDAY    MORNING...SLOWLY DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT TODAY...THEN 8    TO 12 PERCENT TONIGHT 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 OCCURRING OR 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

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA  951 AM PST SAT DEC 14 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST  WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA  COUNTIES...    .MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH  OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...DIMINISHING  SOME BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR  TODAY AND TONIGHT...WHEN GUSTS BETWEEN 55 AND 65 MPH CAN BE  EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. 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 35 AND 55 MPH WILL STILL BE COMMON IN THE MORNING.    HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER TODAY...WITH MOST WIND EXPOSED  PORTIONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES FALLING TO BETWEEN 10 AND  15 PERCENT. ADDITIONAL DRYING IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...WHEN  THERE WILL BE WIDESPREAD HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 8 AND 12 PERCENT. A RED FLAG  WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH  SUNDAY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG OFFSHORE  WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS.    CAZ244-245-288-547-150000-  /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0007.131214T1751Z-131216T0200Z/  VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-  SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY-  951 AM PST SAT DEC 14 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR GUSTY     NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA     VALLEY...SAN FERNANDO VALLEY...AND VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS...    * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS    BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT...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 GUSTING TO 45 MPH    ON SUNDAY MORNING...SLOWLY DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT TODAY...THEN 8    TO 12 PERCENT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY.    * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S TODAY... 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 OCCURRING OR 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  951 AM PST SAT DEC 14 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST  WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA  COUNTIES...    .MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH  OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...DIMINISHING  SOME BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR  TODAY AND TONIGHT...WHEN GUSTS BETWEEN 55 AND 65 MPH CAN BE  EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. 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 35 AND 55 MPH WILL STILL BE COMMON IN THE MORNING.    HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER TODAY...WITH MOST WIND EXPOSED  PORTIONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES FALLING TO BETWEEN 10 AND  15 PERCENT. ADDITIONAL DRYING IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...WHEN  THERE WILL BE WIDESPREAD HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 8 AND 12 PERCENT. A RED FLAG  WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH  SUNDAY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG OFFSHORE  WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS.    CAZ240-241-150000-  /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0007.131214T1751Z-131216T0200Z/  VENTURA COUNTY COAST-  LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES-  951 AM PST SAT DEC 14 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR GUSTY     NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COAST AND     MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS...    * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING 20 TO 30 MPH WITH    GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOCUSED    ACROSS THE VENTURA COASTAL PLAIN AND MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS.    WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH ON SUNDAY MORNING...SLOWLY DIMINISHING    IN THE AFTERNOON.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT TODAY...THEN 8    TO 12 PERCENT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY.    * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S TODAY... RISING TO THE    MID 70S TO AROUND 80 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 OCCURRING OR 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 SAN DIEGO CA  339 AM PST SAT DEC 14 2013    ...STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS THIS WEEKEND...    .COLD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL FORCE STRONG  SANTA ANA WINDS THROUGH AND BELOW THE PASSES AND CANYONS OF SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND. THESE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH LOW  HUMIDITY...WILL ELEVATE THE WILDFIRE DANGER. THE WINDS WILL WEAKEN  A BIT LATE SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY...HOWEVER IT WILL REMAIN LOCALLY  BREEZY...WARM...AND VERY DRY.    CAZ242-248-250-255>258-150045-  /O.CON.KSGX.FW.W.0007.131214T2000Z-131216T0200Z/  ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-  SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-  SAN DIEGO COUNTY INLAND VALLEYS-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-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-  INCLUDING THE PALOMAR AND DESCANSO RANGER DISTRICTS OF THE  CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST-  339 AM PST SAT DEC 14 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM PST  SUNDAY FOR SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY...    A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM PST  SUNDAY.    * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS OF    65 TO 75 MPH ARE LIKELY IN THE WINDIEST SPOTS.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWEST DAYTIME AROUND 10 PERCENT WITH POOR    OVERNIGHT RECOVERY.    * TIMING...LOCAL CRITICAL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING WILL EXPAND BY    NOON TODAY AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN MANY AREAS FALLS BELOW 15    PERCENT. GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE    THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.    * OUTLOOK...THE WINDS WILL DECREASE GRADUALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON    THROUGH MONDAY...BUT STILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 30 MPH IN THE    MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW    RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO ELEVATE WILDFIRE CONCERNS.    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 DAYS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO  EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.    &&    $$    HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEG0


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