Saturday, January 4, 2014

[californiadisasters] Santa Ana Wind Red Flag Warnings (1/04/14-AM)



...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY     FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST     WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...    .STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE GREAT BASIN OVERNIGHT  INTO SUNDAY...TIGHTENING THE OFFSHORE PRESSURE GRADIENTS ACROSS SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA. THIS OFFSHORE WIND EVENT IS TRENDING STRONGER AND FASTER...WITH  OFFSHORE WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE SHARPLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE  FOCUS OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS EASTERN VENTURA COUNTY AND WESTERN  LOS ANGELES COUNTY...WITH PEAK WIND SPEEDS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO  SUNDAY. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT...WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH  WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA  COUNTIES...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ACROSS FAVORED LOCATIONS.  FOR WIND PRONE COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS...GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH  WILL BE COMMON.    THE SHARP INCREASE IN OFFSHORE WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL ALSO RESULT IN  A RAPID LOWERING OF HUMIDITIES...LIKELY FALLING BELOW 15 PERCENT IN  MANY AREAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITY READINGS  WILL LIKELY OCCUR BY SUNDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY.  DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...VERY LOW  HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS...A RED FLAG WARNING  HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES.    OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN LATER MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH  ONSHORE WINDS LIKELY TO RETURN ALONG THE COAST. HOWEVER...WARM  AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON AND  EVENING.    CAZ246-253-254-050000-  /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.140105T1400Z-140106T2000Z/  /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.140105T0800Z-140107T0000Z/  SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-  VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-  1002 AM PST SAT JAN 4 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM MONDAY  FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES 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 VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...  WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE  FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.    * TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE RAPIDLY AFTER    MIDNIGHT...PEAKING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. GUSTY OFFSHORE    WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.    * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL    BE LIKELY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS OVER    60 MPH IN FAVORED LOCATIONS.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING RAPIDLY BELOW 15 PERCENT AFTER    MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... WITH WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT READINGS SUNDAY    MORNING THROUGH MONDAY.    * TEMPERATURES...60S TO LOWER 70S ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS...50S    ACROSS HIGHER 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. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS...VERY LOW  RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS WILL 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  1002 AM PST SAT JAN 4 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY     FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST     WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...    .STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE GREAT BASIN OVERNIGHT  INTO SUNDAY...TIGHTENING THE OFFSHORE PRESSURE GRADIENTS ACROSS SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA. THIS OFFSHORE WIND EVENT IS TRENDING STRONGER AND FASTER...WITH  OFFSHORE WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE SHARPLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE  FOCUS OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS EASTERN VENTURA COUNTY AND WESTERN  LOS ANGELES COUNTY...WITH PEAK WIND SPEEDS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO  SUNDAY. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT...WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH  WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA  COUNTIES...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ACROSS FAVORED LOCATIONS.  FOR WIND PRONE COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS...GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH  WILL BE COMMON.    THE SHARP INCREASE IN OFFSHORE WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL ALSO RESULT IN  A RAPID LOWERING OF HUMIDITIES...LIKELY FALLING BELOW 15 PERCENT IN  MANY AREAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITY READINGS  WILL LIKELY OCCUR BY SUNDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY.  DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...VERY LOW  HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS...A RED FLAG WARNING  HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES.    OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN LATER MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH  ONSHORE WINDS LIKELY TO RETURN ALONG THE COAST. HOWEVER...WARM  AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON AND  EVENING.    CAZ244-245-288-050000-  /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.140105T1400Z-140106T2000Z/  /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.140105T0800Z-140107T0000Z/  VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-  SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-  1002 AM PST SAT JAN 4 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM MONDAY  FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE SANTA  CLARITA VALLEY AND VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A  RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...  WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE  FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.    * TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE RAPIDLY AFTER    MIDNIGHT...PEAKING ON SUNDAY. GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED    TO CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.    * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL    BE LIKELY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL    FOR ISOLATED GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH IN THE HILLS OF VENTURA    COUNTY. STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY    AND EASTERN VENTURA VALLEYS.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING RAPIDLY BELOW 15 PERCENT AFTER    MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... WITH WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT READINGS SUNDAY    MORNING THROUGH MONDAY.    * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 70S.    * 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. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS...VERY LOW  RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS WILL 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  1002 AM PST SAT JAN 4 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY     FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST     WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...    .STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE GREAT BASIN OVERNIGHT  INTO SUNDAY...TIGHTENING THE OFFSHORE PRESSURE GRADIENTS ACROSS SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA. THIS OFFSHORE WIND EVENT IS TRENDING STRONGER AND FASTER...WITH  OFFSHORE WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE SHARPLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE  FOCUS OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS EASTERN VENTURA COUNTY AND WESTERN  LOS ANGELES COUNTY...WITH PEAK WIND SPEEDS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO  SUNDAY. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT...WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH  WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA  COUNTIES...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ACROSS FAVORED LOCATIONS.  FOR WIND PRONE COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS...GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH  WILL BE COMMON.    THE SHARP INCREASE IN OFFSHORE WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL ALSO RESULT IN  A RAPID LOWERING OF HUMIDITIES...LIKELY FALLING BELOW 15 PERCENT IN  MANY AREAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITY READINGS  WILL LIKELY OCCUR BY SUNDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY.  DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...VERY LOW  HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS...A RED FLAG WARNING  HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES.    OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN LATER MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH  ONSHORE WINDS LIKELY TO RETURN ALONG THE COAST. HOWEVER...WARM  AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON AND  EVENING.    CAZ547-050000-  /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.140105T1400Z-140106T2000Z/  /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.140105T0800Z-140107T0000Z/  LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY-  1002 AM PST SAT JAN 4 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM MONDAY  FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE SAN  FERNANDO VALLEY...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A  RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...  WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE  FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.    * TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE RAPIDLY AFTER    MIDNIGHT...PEAKING ON SUNDAY. GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED    TO CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.    * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL    BE LIKELY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS    NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING RAPIDLY BELOW 15 PERCENT AFTER    MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS WIND PRONE LOCATIONS... WITH WIDESPREAD    SINGLE DIGIT READINGS SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY.    * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S.    * 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. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS...VERY LOW  RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS WILL 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  1002 AM PST SAT JAN 4 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY     FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST     WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...    .STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE GREAT BASIN OVERNIGHT  INTO SUNDAY...TIGHTENING THE OFFSHORE PRESSURE GRADIENTS ACROSS SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA. THIS OFFSHORE WIND EVENT IS TRENDING STRONGER AND FASTER...WITH  OFFSHORE WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE SHARPLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE  FOCUS OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS EASTERN VENTURA COUNTY AND WESTERN  LOS ANGELES COUNTY...WITH PEAK WIND SPEEDS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO  SUNDAY. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT...WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH  WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA  COUNTIES...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ACROSS FAVORED LOCATIONS.  FOR WIND PRONE COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS...GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH  WILL BE COMMON.    THE SHARP INCREASE IN OFFSHORE WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL ALSO RESULT IN  A RAPID LOWERING OF HUMIDITIES...LIKELY FALLING BELOW 15 PERCENT IN  MANY AREAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITY READINGS  WILL LIKELY OCCUR BY SUNDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY.  DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...VERY LOW  HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS...A RED FLAG WARNING  HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES.    OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN LATER MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH  ONSHORE WINDS LIKELY TO RETURN ALONG THE COAST. HOWEVER...WARM  AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON AND  EVENING.    CAZ240-241-050000-  /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.140105T1400Z-140106T2000Z/  /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.140105T1100Z-140107T0000Z/  VENTURA COUNTY COAST-  LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES-  1002 AM PST SAT JAN 4 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 4 PM MONDAY FOR  GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES 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 VERY LOW HUMIDITIES..WHICH  IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER  WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.    * TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE RAPIDLY LATE    TONIGHT...PEAKING ON SUNDAY. GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED    TO CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.    * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL    BE LIKELY ON SUNDAY. STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE VENTURA    COUNTY COASTAL PLAIN AND MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS IN LOS    ANGELES COUNTY.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING RAPIDLY BELOW 15 PERCENT LATE    TONIGHT ACROSS WIND PRONE LOCATIONS...WITH WIDESPREAD SINGLE    DIGIT READINGS SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY.    * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S.    * 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. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS...VERY LOW  RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS WILL 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 Los Angeles/Oxnard


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