...GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS WITH HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH FIRE DANGER RETURN TO SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DIVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...BRINGING MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SANTA ANA WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES ON SUNDAY...WHEN GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WIND PRONE VALLEY LOCATIONS SHOULD GENERALLY SEE GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE. WEAK TO MODERATE SANTA ANA WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL BRING A WARMING AND DRYING TREND ON SUNDAY...WITH HIGHS GENERALLY CLIMBING INTO THE 80S ACROSS INLAND AREAS. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA ON MONDAY AND REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH OFFSHORE FLOW NEAR THE SURFACE WILL LIKELY BRING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS TO THE AREA...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPERATURES TO APPROACH RECORD LEVELS. WARMEST COASTAL AND VALLEY LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S ON MONDAY...NUDGING UPWARD INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S BY TUESDAY. THE HOTTEST DAYS OF THIS EARLY SEASON HEAT WAVE ARE EXPECTED TO BE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WHEN SOME VALLEY LOCATIONS ARE FORECASTED TO REACH 100 DEGREES. WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ARE ALSO EXPECTED DURING THE HEAT WAVE. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL BRING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF ELEVATED FIRE DANGER TO SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA NEXT WEEK. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WHEN A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING HEAT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED FIRE DANGER. $$ GOMBERG/RORKE
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