Wednesday, May 14, 2014

[californiadisasters] Santa Ana Wind Red Flag Warnings (5/14/14-PM)



...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR VENTURA  COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY FOR  GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...    .DISCUSSION...GUSTY SANTA WINDS COMBINED WITH RECORD BREAKING TRIPLE  DIGIT HEAT AND WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE  TO BRING EXTREME FIRE DANGER TO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES  THIS AFTERNOON...WHERE RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.  THE OFFSHORE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON  AND EVENING HOURS...WHILE ONSHORE WINDS OVERSPREAD THE COASTAL PLAIN  AND SOME OF THE COASTAL VALLEYS. WHILE THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL BE  SOMEWHAT WEAKER ON THURSDAY...THERE WILL STILL LIKELY BE GUSTS  BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS DURING THE  MORNING HOURS. DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THERE WILL BE A MORE  DRAMATIC ONSHORE WIND SHIFT THAT WILL LIKELY OVERSPREAD THE COAST  AROUND NOON-TIME...AND SPREAD INTO THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS  DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SHIFTING WINDS  COMBINED WITH MORE RECORD BREAKING TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT AND  WIDESPREAD SINGE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL BRING MORE EXTREME FIRE  DANGER TO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES ON THURSDAY...PROMPTING  THE EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND  SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES... BREEZY CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH HOT  TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED  ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY.      CAZ240-241-151700-  /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/  VENTURA COUNTY COAST-  LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES-  412 PM PDT WED MAY 14 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY  ERRATIC WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR COASTAL AREAS OF  LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...    * WINDS...WEST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BECOME    NORTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT INTO    THURSDAY MORNING...THEN SHIFT TO THE WEST 8 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS    TO 20 MPH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...4 TO 10 PERCENT TODAY AND THURSDAY. VERY    POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT IN THE HILLS.    * TEMPERATURES...93 TO 103 ON THURSDAY.    * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION    OCCURS.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF  GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES  WILL CREATE EXTREME 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  412 PM PDT WED MAY 14 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR VENTURA  COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY FOR  GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...    .DISCUSSION...GUSTY SANTA WINDS COMBINED WITH RECORD BREAKING TRIPLE  DIGIT HEAT AND WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE  TO BRING EXTREME FIRE DANGER TO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES  THIS AFTERNOON...WHERE RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.  THE OFFSHORE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON  AND EVENING HOURS...WHILE ONSHORE WINDS OVERSPREAD THE COASTAL PLAIN  AND SOME OF THE COASTAL VALLEYS. WHILE THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL BE  SOMEWHAT WEAKER ON THURSDAY...THERE WILL STILL LIKELY BE GUSTS  BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS DURING THE  MORNING HOURS. DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THERE WILL BE A MORE  DRAMATIC ONSHORE WIND SHIFT THAT WILL LIKELY OVERSPREAD THE COAST  AROUND NOON-TIME...AND SPREAD INTO THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS  DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SHIFTING WINDS  COMBINED WITH MORE RECORD BREAKING TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT AND  WIDESPREAD SINGE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL BRING MORE EXTREME FIRE  DANGER TO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES ON THURSDAY...PROMPTING  THE EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND  SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES... BREEZY CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH HOT  TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED  ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY.      CAZ246-151700-  /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/  SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-  412 PM PDT WED MAY 14 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY  NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA  MOUNTAINS...    * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS    TO 30 MPH TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS BECOMING    SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH BY MID THURSDAY    AFTERNOON.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 6 PERCENT TODAY AND THURSDAY...WITH VERY    POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT.    * TEMPERATURES...95 TO 103 THURSDAY.    * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION    OCCURS.    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...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT 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  412 PM PDT WED MAY 14 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR VENTURA  COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY FOR  GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...    .DISCUSSION...GUSTY SANTA WINDS COMBINED WITH RECORD BREAKING TRIPLE  DIGIT HEAT AND WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE  TO BRING EXTREME FIRE DANGER TO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES  THIS AFTERNOON...WHERE RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.  THE OFFSHORE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON  AND EVENING HOURS...WHILE ONSHORE WINDS OVERSPREAD THE COASTAL PLAIN  AND SOME OF THE COASTAL VALLEYS. WHILE THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL BE  SOMEWHAT WEAKER ON THURSDAY...THERE WILL STILL LIKELY BE GUSTS  BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS DURING THE  MORNING HOURS. DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THERE WILL BE A MORE  DRAMATIC ONSHORE WIND SHIFT THAT WILL LIKELY OVERSPREAD THE COAST  AROUND NOON-TIME...AND SPREAD INTO THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS  DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SHIFTING WINDS  COMBINED WITH MORE RECORD BREAKING TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT AND  WIDESPREAD SINGE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL BRING MORE EXTREME FIRE  DANGER TO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES ON THURSDAY...PROMPTING  THE EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND  SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES... BREEZY CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH HOT  TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED  ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY.      CAZ253-254-151700-  /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/  VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-  412 PM PDT WED MAY 14 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY  NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS  OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...    * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45    MPH DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH TONIGHT AND    THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS BECOMING ONSHORE 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS    TO 25 MPH BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 8 PERCENT TODAY AND THURSDAY...VERY POOR    RECOVERY TONIGHT.    * TEMPERATURES...90 IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS TO UPPER 70S AND 80S    IN THE UPPER ELEVATIONS ON THURSDAY.    * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION    OCCURS.    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...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT 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  412 PM PDT WED MAY 14 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR VENTURA  COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY FOR  GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...    .DISCUSSION...GUSTY SANTA WINDS COMBINED WITH RECORD BREAKING TRIPLE  DIGIT HEAT AND WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE  TO BRING EXTREME FIRE DANGER TO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES  THIS AFTERNOON...WHERE RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.  THE OFFSHORE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON  AND EVENING HOURS...WHILE ONSHORE WINDS OVERSPREAD THE COASTAL PLAIN  AND SOME OF THE COASTAL VALLEYS. WHILE THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL BE  SOMEWHAT WEAKER ON THURSDAY...THERE WILL STILL LIKELY BE GUSTS  BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS DURING THE  MORNING HOURS. DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THERE WILL BE A MORE  DRAMATIC ONSHORE WIND SHIFT THAT WILL LIKELY OVERSPREAD THE COAST  AROUND NOON-TIME...AND SPREAD INTO THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS  DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SHIFTING WINDS  COMBINED WITH MORE RECORD BREAKING TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT AND  WIDESPREAD SINGE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL BRING MORE EXTREME FIRE  DANGER TO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES ON THURSDAY...PROMPTING  THE EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND  SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES... BREEZY CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH HOT  TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED  ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY.      CAZ244-245-547-151700-  /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/  VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-  LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY-  412 PM PDT WED MAY 14 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY  NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY  VALLEYS AND SAN FERNANDO VALLEY...    * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40    MPH...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH TONIGHT    AND THURSDAY MORNING...SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH WITH    GUSTS TO 20 MPH BY MID THURSDAY AFTERNOON.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 6 PERCENT TODAY AND THURSDAY...VERY POOR    RECOVERY TONIGHT.    * TEMPERATURES...95 TO 104 ON THURSDAY.    * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION    OCCURS.    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 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  412 PM PDT WED MAY 14 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR VENTURA  COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY FOR  GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...    .DISCUSSION...GUSTY SANTA WINDS COMBINED WITH RECORD BREAKING TRIPLE  DIGIT HEAT AND WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE  TO BRING EXTREME FIRE DANGER TO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES  THIS AFTERNOON...WHERE RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.  THE OFFSHORE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON  AND EVENING HOURS...WHILE ONSHORE WINDS OVERSPREAD THE COASTAL PLAIN  AND SOME OF THE COASTAL VALLEYS. WHILE THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL BE  SOMEWHAT WEAKER ON THURSDAY...THERE WILL STILL LIKELY BE GUSTS  BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS DURING THE  MORNING HOURS. DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THERE WILL BE A MORE  DRAMATIC ONSHORE WIND SHIFT THAT WILL LIKELY OVERSPREAD THE COAST  AROUND NOON-TIME...AND SPREAD INTO THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS  DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SHIFTING WINDS  COMBINED WITH MORE RECORD BREAKING TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT AND  WIDESPREAD SINGE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL BRING MORE EXTREME FIRE  DANGER TO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES ON THURSDAY...PROMPTING  THE EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND  SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES... BREEZY CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH HOT  TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED  ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY.      CAZ288-151700-  /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/  SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-  412 PM PDT WED MAY 14 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY  NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA  VALLEY...    * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL    DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH TONIGHT INTO    THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH    GUSTS TO 22 MPH BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 6 PERCENT TODAY AND THURSDAY...VERY POOR    RECOVERY TONIGHT.    * TEMPERATURES...99 TO 104 ON THURSDAY.    * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION    OCCURS.    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...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT 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  412 PM PDT WED MAY 14 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR VENTURA  COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY FOR  GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...    .DISCUSSION...GUSTY SANTA WINDS COMBINED WITH RECORD BREAKING TRIPLE  DIGIT HEAT AND WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE  TO BRING EXTREME FIRE DANGER TO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES  THIS AFTERNOON...WHERE RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.  THE OFFSHORE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON  AND EVENING HOURS...WHILE ONSHORE WINDS OVERSPREAD THE COASTAL PLAIN  AND SOME OF THE COASTAL VALLEYS. WHILE THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL BE  SOMEWHAT WEAKER ON THURSDAY...THERE WILL STILL LIKELY BE GUSTS  BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS DURING THE  MORNING HOURS. DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THERE WILL BE A MORE  DRAMATIC ONSHORE WIND SHIFT THAT WILL LIKELY OVERSPREAD THE COAST  AROUND NOON-TIME...AND SPREAD INTO THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS  DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SHIFTING WINDS  COMBINED WITH MORE RECORD BREAKING TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT AND  WIDESPREAD SINGE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL BRING MORE EXTREME FIRE  DANGER TO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES ON THURSDAY...PROMPTING  THE EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND  SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES... BREEZY CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH HOT  TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED  ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY.      CAZ548-151700-  /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/  LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY-  412 PM PDT WED MAY 14 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY  ERRATIC WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN GABRIEL  VALLEY...    * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING NORTHEAST 8    TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO    SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH ON THURSDAY    AFTERNOON. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE HILLS.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 6 PERCENT TODAY AND THURSDAY...VERY POOR    RECOVERY TONIGHT.    * TEMPERATURES...99 TO 105 ON THURSDAY.    * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION    OCCURS.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF  GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT  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 SAN DIEGO CA  1044 AM PDT WED MAY 14 2014    ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS...THE  SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS...THE INLAND EMPIRE...THE SAN BERNARDINO  COUNTY MOUNTAINS...THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...THE SAN DIEGO  COUNTY MOUNTAINS...AND THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS FOR STRONG  WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING...    .HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL STRENGTHEN ALONG THE WEST COAST THROUGH  THURSDAY...BRINGING HOT AND VERY DRY WEATHER TO SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL ALSO  BRING STRONG GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH TODAY.  ALTHOUGH IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE HOT AND VERY DRY THURSDAY...THE  OFFSHORE WINDS SHOULD WEAKEN A BIT. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS WILL  CONTINUE FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS ON  THURSDAY...SO THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH  THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THOSE AREAS. WEAK ONSHORE FLOW WILL RETURN  ON FRIDAY...AND STRENGTHEN THIS WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING A  COOLING TREND ALONG WITH INCREASING HUMIDITIES FOR NEXT WEEKEND.  GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS  THIS WEEKEND.    CAZ242-248-255-257-150300-  /O.CON.KSGX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/  ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-  SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-  SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-  INCLUDING THE MOUNTAIN TOP AND FRONT COUNTRY RANGER DISTRICTS OF  THE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS-  INCLUDING THE TRABUCO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL  FOREST-  1044 AM PDT WED MAY 14 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING  FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...    A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING.    * WIND...AREAS OF EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH    GUSTS TO 55 MPH. GUSTS TO 65 MPH BELOW THE BANNING PASS.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWEST DAYTIME AROUND 5 PERCENT WITH POOR    OVERNIGHT RECOVERY.    * OUTLOOK...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE WEAKER AND LESS    WIDESPREAD FOR THURSDAY MORNING...BUT HOTTER AND VERY DRY    CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. SLOW COOLING WILL OCCUR ON FRIDAY...    WITH GREATER COOLING AND INCREASING HUMIDITIES FOR THE WEEKEND    INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.    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 TEMPERATURES WILL  CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.    &&    $$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA  1044 AM PDT WED MAY 14 2014    ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS...THE  SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS...THE INLAND EMPIRE...THE SAN BERNARDINO  COUNTY MOUNTAINS...THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...THE SAN DIEGO  COUNTY MOUNTAINS...AND THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS FOR STRONG  WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING...    .HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL STRENGTHEN ALONG THE WEST COAST THROUGH  THURSDAY...BRINGING HOT AND VERY DRY WEATHER TO SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL ALSO  BRING STRONG GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH TODAY.  ALTHOUGH IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE HOT AND VERY DRY THURSDAY...THE  OFFSHORE WINDS SHOULD WEAKEN A BIT. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS WILL  CONTINUE FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS ON  THURSDAY...SO THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH  THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THOSE AREAS. WEAK ONSHORE FLOW WILL RETURN  ON FRIDAY...AND STRENGTHEN THIS WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING A  COOLING TREND ALONG WITH INCREASING HUMIDITIES FOR NEXT WEEKEND.  GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS  THIS WEEKEND.    CAZ250-258-150300-  /O.EXT.KSGX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140516T0000Z/  SAN DIEGO COUNTY INLAND VALLEYS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-  INCLUDING THE PALOMAR AND DESCANSO RANGER DISTRICTS OF THE  CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST-  1044 AM PDT WED MAY 14 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR  STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...    THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY.    * WIND...AREAS OF EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH    GUSTS TO 65 MPH AND ISOLATED GUSTS TO 85 MPH TODAY. WINDS    STRONGEST ALONG THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND IN THE INLAND    VALLEYS. WINDS ON THURSDAY WILL BE OUT OF THE EAST AT 15 TO 25    MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWEST DAYTIME AROUND 5 PERCENT WITH POOR    OVERNIGHT RECOVERY.    * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE    THROUGH THE DAY. WEAKER WINDS THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY.    * OUTLOOK...SLOW COOLING WILL OCCUR ON FRIDAY...WITH GREATER    COOLING AND INCREASING HUMIDITIES FOR THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY    NEXT WEEK.    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 TEMPERATURES WILL  CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
NWS LOS ANGELES/OXNARD


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