Tuesday, September 30, 2014

[californiadisasters] Fire Weather Watches - SoCal & CenCal (9/30/14-PM)



...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LIKELY WEDNESDAY NIGHT  THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY  MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS DUE TO LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY NORTHEAST  WINDS...    .AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE REGION WILL BRING AN  EXTENDED PERIOD OF VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TO SOUTHWEST  CALIFORNIA STARTING THURSDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS  EARLY AS WEDNESDAY MORNING...PEAKING WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY  MORNING WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS AND UP TO 30 MPH  ACROSS THE VALLEYS. THE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO DIMINISH SOME THURSDAY  AFTERNOON AND THEN STRENGTHEN AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY  MORNING. HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER RAPIDLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND  CONTINUE FALLING THURSDAY WITH WIDESPREAD VALUES AT OR BELOW 10  PERCENT.    THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY  WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE  LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS. THERE IS A  POSSIBILITY THAT A FEW HOURS OF CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD  TO THE VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL PLAIN THURSDAY MORNING. THE HOT AND  DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.    CAZ246-253-254-011700-  /O.CON.KLOX.FW.A.0008.141002T0700Z-141004T0200Z/  SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-  VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-  1252 PM PDT TUE SEP 30 2014    ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT  THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY  MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS FOR LOW HUMIDITIES  AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...    * WINDS...POTENTIAL FOR NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25    MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH    THURSDAY MORNING. THE WINDS MAY DIMINISH SOME THURSDAY    AFTERNOON BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES IN THE LOWER TEENS TO UPPER    SINGLE DIGITS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY. POOR HUMIDITY    RECOVERIES ARE LIKELY THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH WIDESPREAD SINGLE    DIGIT HUMIDITIES POSSIBLE FRIDAY.    * TEMPERATURES...RISING INTO THE 80S TO LOWER 90S BY THURSDAY...    AND INTO THE MID 80S TO MID 90S ON FRIDAY.    * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FUELS IN PLACE...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 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.    &&    $$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA  1252 PM PDT TUE SEP 30 2014    ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LIKELY WEDNESDAY NIGHT  THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY  MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS DUE TO LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY NORTHEAST  WINDS...    .AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE REGION WILL BRING AN  EXTENDED PERIOD OF VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TO SOUTHWEST  CALIFORNIA STARTING THURSDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS  EARLY AS WEDNESDAY MORNING...PEAKING WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY  MORNING WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS AND UP TO 30 MPH  ACROSS THE VALLEYS. THE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO DIMINISH SOME THURSDAY  AFTERNOON AND THEN STRENGTHEN AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY  MORNING. HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER RAPIDLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND  CONTINUE FALLING THURSDAY WITH WIDESPREAD VALUES AT OR BELOW 10  PERCENT.    THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY  WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE  LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS. THERE IS A  POSSIBILITY THAT A FEW HOURS OF CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD  TO THE VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL PLAIN THURSDAY MORNING. THE HOT AND  DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.    CAZ244-245-288-547-548-011700-  /O.CON.KLOX.FW.A.0008.141002T0700Z-141004T0200Z/  VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-  SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY-  LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY-  1252 PM PDT TUE SEP 30 2014    ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT  THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY  VALLEYS FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...    * WINDS...POTENTIAL FOR NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25    MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH    THURSDAY MORNING. THE WINDS MAY DIMINISH SOME THURSDAY    AFTERNOON BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES IN THE LOWER TEENS TO UPPER    SINGLE DIGITS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY. POOR HUMIDITY    RECOVERIES ARE LIKELY THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH WIDESPREAD SINGLE    DIGIT HUMIDITIES POSSIBLE FRIDAY.    * TEMPERATURES...WIDESPREAD 90S THURSDAY...AND INTO THE LOWER    100S ON FRIDAY.    * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FUELS IN PLACE...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 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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