Monday, March 10, 2014

[californiadisasters] Fire Weather Watches - Los Angeles Co. (3/10/14-AM)



...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE  HUMIDITY OVER MOST OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY...    .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR OREGON IS EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTH  INTO EASTERN CALIFORNIA BY WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING GUSTY  OFFSHORE FLOW TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...PEAKING ON WEDNESDAY AND  FOCUSING OVER LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. DURING THE  PEAK...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH  AND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 65 MPH. WHILE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE SOME  TUESDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS...THEY WILL GRADUALLY  LOWER TO BELOW 15 PERCENT THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...FIRST  NEAR THE COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING THEN UP THROUGH THE HIGHER  ELEVATIONS IN THE AFTERNOON. DESPITE THE INITIALLY HIGHER  HUMIDITIES...THE STRONG WIND POTENTIAL WILL BRING A POTENTIAL FOR  EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IF A FIRE STARTED.    WHILE NOT PART OF THE WATCH...TUESDAY AND THURSDAY ARE PERIODS OF  HIGH FIRE WEATHER CONCERN...WITH A FEW HOURS OF WIDESPREAD RED  FLAG CONDITIONS EXPECTED.    CAZ240-241-244-245-288-547-110100-  /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.A.0004.140312T1300Z-140313T0100Z/  VENTURA COUNTY COAST-  LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES-  VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-  SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY-  955 AM PDT MON MAR 10 2014    ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE  HUMIDITY OVER THE COASTS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA  COUNTY...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A  FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE  HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.    * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE    EXPECTED EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT    THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS    TO 55 MPH.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 30 PERCENT EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING    LOWERING TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT BY NOON.    * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION    OCCURS.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR  FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. LISTEN FOR  LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.    &&    $$    KITTELL

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA  955 AM PDT MON MAR 10 2014    ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE  HUMIDITY OVER MOST OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY...    .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR OREGON IS EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTH  INTO EASTERN CALIFORNIA BY WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING GUSTY  OFFSHORE FLOW TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...PEAKING ON WEDNESDAY AND  FOCUSING OVER LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. DURING THE  PEAK...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH  AND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 65 MPH. WHILE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE SOME  TUESDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS...THEY WILL GRADUALLY  LOWER TO BELOW 15 PERCENT THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...FIRST  NEAR THE COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING THEN UP THROUGH THE HIGHER  ELEVATIONS IN THE AFTERNOON. DESPITE THE INITIALLY HIGHER  HUMIDITIES...THE STRONG WIND POTENTIAL WILL BRING A POTENTIAL FOR  EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IF A FIRE STARTED.    WHILE NOT PART OF THE WATCH...TUESDAY AND THURSDAY ARE PERIODS OF  HIGH FIRE WEATHER CONCERN...WITH A FEW HOURS OF WIDESPREAD RED  FLAG CONDITIONS EXPECTED.    CAZ246-253-254-110100-  /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.A.0004.140312T1300Z-140313T0100Z/  SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-  VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-  955 AM PDT MON MAR 10 2014    ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE  HUMIDITY OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A  FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE  HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.    * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE    EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT    THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF NORTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS    TO 65 MPH.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...25 TO 45 PERCENT WEDNESDAY MORNING LOWERING    TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT BY LATE AFTERNOON.    * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION    OCCURS.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR  FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. LISTEN FOR  LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

NWS LOS ANGELES/OXNARD
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