Thursday, December 26, 2013

[californiadisasters] Santa Ana Wind Red Flag Warnings (12/26/13-PM)



...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR  GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF  LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...    .MODERATE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TYPICAL WIND  PRONE LOCATIONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH THIS  EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY. WIND GUSTS  BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH  THIS EVENING... WITH GUSTS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE ACROSS  COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS. THESE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO  REINFORCE WARM AND VERY DRY AIR ACROSS THE REGION. THE GUSTY  NORTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES  AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ACROSS MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY  FRIDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN THE EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG  WARNINGS.    WHILE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY BY FRIDAY  AFTERNOON...THERE WILL STILL BE VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS...WITH  WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT.    CAZ547-271800-  /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T1800Z/  LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY-  1255 PM PST THU DEC 26 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR  GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...    * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.    THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS. ISOLATED GUSTS    TO 35 MPH ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST PORTIONS.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 4 TO 10 PERCENT TODAY AND FRIDAY...WITH    VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT.    * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S.    * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF  GUSTY 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  1255 PM PST THU DEC 26 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR  GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF  LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...    .MODERATE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TYPICAL WIND  PRONE LOCATIONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH THIS  EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY. WIND GUSTS  BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH  THIS EVENING... WITH GUSTS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE ACROSS  COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS. THESE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO  REINFORCE WARM AND VERY DRY AIR ACROSS THE REGION. THE GUSTY  NORTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES  AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ACROSS MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY  FRIDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN THE EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG  WARNINGS.    WHILE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY BY FRIDAY  AFTERNOON...THERE WILL STILL BE VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS...WITH  WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT.    CAZ288-271800-  /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T1800Z/  SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-  1255 PM PST THU DEC 26 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR  GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...    * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH THIS    EVENING...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH    OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 5 TO 10 PERCENT TODAY AND FRIDAY...WITH    VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT.     * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 70S.    * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF  GUSTY 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  1255 PM PST THU DEC 26 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR  GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF  LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...    .MODERATE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TYPICAL WIND  PRONE LOCATIONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH THIS  EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY. WIND GUSTS  BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH  THIS EVENING... WITH GUSTS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE ACROSS  COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS. THESE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO  REINFORCE WARM AND VERY DRY AIR ACROSS THE REGION. THE GUSTY  NORTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES  AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ACROSS MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY  FRIDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN THE EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG  WARNINGS.    WHILE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY BY FRIDAY  AFTERNOON...THERE WILL STILL BE VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS...WITH  WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT.    CAZ244-245-271800-  /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T1800Z/  VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-  1255 PM PST THU DEC 26 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR  GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...    * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH THIS    EVENING...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH    OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 45 MPH    IN THE HILLS. STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 4 TO 12 PERCENT TODAY AND    FRIDAY...WITH VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT.    * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S.    * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF  GUSTY 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  1255 PM PST THU DEC 26 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR  GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF  LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...    .MODERATE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TYPICAL WIND  PRONE LOCATIONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH THIS  EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY. WIND GUSTS  BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH  THIS EVENING... WITH GUSTS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE ACROSS  COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS. THESE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO  REINFORCE WARM AND VERY DRY AIR ACROSS THE REGION. THE GUSTY  NORTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES  AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ACROSS MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY  FRIDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN THE EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG  WARNINGS.    WHILE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY BY FRIDAY  AFTERNOON...THERE WILL STILL BE VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS...WITH  WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT.    CAZ246-253-254-271800-  /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T1800Z/  SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-  VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-  1255 PM PST THU DEC 26 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR  GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE  MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...    * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH THIS    EVENING...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH    OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. ISOLATED GUSTS OVER 50    MPH ACROSS THE WESTERN PEAKS OF THE SANTA MONICAS.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 4 TO 12 PERCENT TODAY AND    FRIDAY...WITH VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT.    * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S AT THE LOWER    ELEVATIONS...50S AND 60S IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.    * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF  GUSTY 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  1255 PM PST THU DEC 26 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR  GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF  LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...    .MODERATE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TYPICAL WIND  PRONE LOCATIONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH THIS  EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY. WIND GUSTS  BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH  THIS EVENING... WITH GUSTS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE ACROSS  COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS. THESE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO  REINFORCE WARM AND VERY DRY AIR ACROSS THE REGION. THE GUSTY  NORTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES  AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ACROSS MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY  FRIDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN THE EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG  WARNINGS.    WHILE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY BY FRIDAY  AFTERNOON...THERE WILL STILL BE VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS...WITH  WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT.    CAZ240-271800-  /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T1800Z/  VENTURA COUNTY COAST-  1255 PM PST THU DEC 26 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR  GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...    * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THROUGH    TONIGHT. STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS. WINDS GRADUALLY    DIMINISHING ON FRIDAY.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 5 TO 12 PERCENT TODAY AND FRIDAY...WITH    VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT.    * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S.    * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF  GUSTY 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  1255 PM PST THU DEC 26 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR  GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF  LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...    .MODERATE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TYPICAL WIND  PRONE LOCATIONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH THIS  EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY. WIND GUSTS  BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH  THIS EVENING... WITH GUSTS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE ACROSS  COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS. THESE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO  REINFORCE WARM AND VERY DRY AIR ACROSS THE REGION. THE GUSTY  NORTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES  AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ACROSS MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY  FRIDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN THE EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG  WARNINGS.    WHILE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY BY FRIDAY  AFTERNOON...THERE WILL STILL BE VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS...WITH  WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT.    CAZ241-271800-  /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T1800Z/  LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES-  1255 PM PST THU DEC 26 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR  GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FROM MALIBU  TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS...    * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THROUGH    TONIGHT BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS.    WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING ON FRIDAY.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 5 TO 12 PERCENT TODAY AND FRIDAY...WITH    VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT.    * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S.    * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF  GUSTY 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.
Source: NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard


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