...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR THE VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS FOR GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .WINDS HAVE SHIFTED TO ONSHORE ACROSS THE COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS...AS WELL AS THE LOWER MOUNTAIN ELEVATIONS. THE ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE EXTREMELY POOR IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. ON FRIDAY...THE STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN ALLOWING FOR STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WHILE THERE WILL BE SLIGHT COOLING ACROSS COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS...THERE WILL BE LITTLE CHANGE IN THE HOT TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY. RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED INTO FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES DUE TO ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH ON FRIDAY COINCIDING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S AND HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS. PORTIONS OF THE VALLEYS...FOOTHILLS...AND DESERTS WILL ALSO LIKELY SEE SOME BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON BUT DURATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE LONG ENOUGH TO WARRANT AN EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THESE AREAS. CAZ253-254-161700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140517T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 809 PM PDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... * WINDS...ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...6 TO 12 PERCENT ON FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 90S ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS...UPPER 70S AND 80S UPPER ELEVATIONS. * 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. && $$ GOMBERG/SIRARDNWS LOS ANGELES/OXNARD
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