Tuesday, September 16, 2014

[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warnings - SoCal (9/16/14-AM) 



...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS  AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS OF LOS ANGELES...VENTURA...AND SANTA  BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS...    .ANOTHER DAY OF EXTREME HEAT EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA  TODAY. THE VERY HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH  MODERATELY LOW HUMIDITIES AND EXTREMELY DRY FUELS WILL BRING THE  POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH OVER THE LOCAL  MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS.  INCREASED MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL ALSO BRING A  SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EASTERN SAN GABRIEL  MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND  EVENING...BRINGING THE ADDED RISK OF ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING  STRIKES AND GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS. GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS AND LOW  HUMIDITIES WILL ADD TO THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE SANTA BARBARA  COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTS  RANGING BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SANTA  YNEZ RANGE. POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES AT  NIGHT WILL ADD TO THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND  ADJACENT FOOTHILLS.      CAZ254-162300-  /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140917T0400Z/  LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-  1009 AM PDT TUE SEP 16 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE LOS  ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS DUE TO VERY HOT  AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WITH POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING  STRIKES AND GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS...    * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS GENERALLY BETWEEN 95 AND 105 DEGREES.    OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY 15 TO 25 PERCENT TODAY. POOR    OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS.    * THUNDERSTORMS...SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON    AND EVENING WITH POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES    AND GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS.    * FIRE BEHAVIOR...ANY FIRE IGNITION WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR    LARGE PLUME DOMINATED GROWTH OVER THE MOUNTAINS DUE TO HOT AND    UNSTABLE CONDITIONS...MODERATELY LOW HUMIDITIES NEAR THE SURFACE    AND EXTREMELY DRY FUELS.    * IMPACTS...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 RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD  CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR 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  1009 AM PDT TUE SEP 16 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS  AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS OF LOS ANGELES...VENTURA...AND SANTA  BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS...    .ANOTHER DAY OF EXTREME HEAT EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA  TODAY. THE VERY HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH  MODERATELY LOW HUMIDITIES AND EXTREMELY DRY FUELS WILL BRING THE  POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH OVER THE LOCAL  MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS.  INCREASED MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL ALSO BRING A  SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EASTERN SAN GABRIEL  MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND  EVENING...BRINGING THE ADDED RISK OF ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING  STRIKES AND GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS. GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS AND LOW  HUMIDITIES WILL ADD TO THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE SANTA BARBARA  COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTS  RANGING BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SANTA  YNEZ RANGE. POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES AT  NIGHT WILL ADD TO THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND  ADJACENT FOOTHILLS.      CAZ252-162300-  /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140917T0400Z/  SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-  1009 AM PDT TUE SEP 16 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE SANTA  BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS DUE TO VERY HOT  AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WITH MODERATELY LOW HUMIDITIES...FOLLOWED  BY GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS THIS EVENING...    * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS GENERALLY BETWEEN 95 AND 105 DEGREES.    OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID 70S TO MID 80S ACROSS THE LOWER MOUNTAINS    AND FOOTHILLS.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY 15 TO 25 PERCENT TODAY. POOR    OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS.    * WINDS...NORTHWEST TO NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH    THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS OF THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE AND ADJACENT    FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS EVENING. STRONGEST WINDS WESTERN PORTIONS.    * FIRE BEHAVIOR...ANY FIRE IGNITION WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR    LARGE PLUME DOMINATED GROWTH OVER THE MOUNTAINS TODAY DUE TO HOT    AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND EXTREMELY DRY    FUELS. AS THE SUNDOWNER WINDS DEVELOP THIS EVENING...THE POTENTIAL    FOR WIND DRIVEN FIRE ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE.    * IMPACTS...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 RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD  CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR 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  1009 AM PDT TUE SEP 16 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS  AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS OF LOS ANGELES...VENTURA...AND SANTA  BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS...    .ANOTHER DAY OF EXTREME HEAT EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA  TODAY. THE VERY HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH  MODERATELY LOW HUMIDITIES AND EXTREMELY DRY FUELS WILL BRING THE  POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH OVER THE LOCAL  MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS.  INCREASED MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL ALSO BRING A  SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EASTERN SAN GABRIEL  MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND  EVENING...BRINGING THE ADDED RISK OF ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING  STRIKES AND GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS. GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS AND LOW  HUMIDITIES WILL ADD TO THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE SANTA BARBARA  COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTS  RANGING BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SANTA  YNEZ RANGE. POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES AT  NIGHT WILL ADD TO THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND  ADJACENT FOOTHILLS.      CAZ253-162300-  /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140917T0400Z/  VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  1009 AM PDT TUE SEP 16 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE  VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS DUE TO VERY HOT  AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WITH MODERATELY LOW HUMIDITIES...    * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS GENERALLY BETWEEN 95 AND 103 DEGREES.    OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 70S TO AROUND 80 ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY 15 TO 25 PERCENT TODAY. POOR    OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS.    * FIRE BEHAVIOR...ANY FIRE IGNITION WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR    LARGE PLUME DOMINATED GROWTH OVER THE MOUNTAINS DUE TO HOT AND    UNSTABLE CONDITIONS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND EXTREMELY DRY FUELS.    * IMPACTS...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 RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD  CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR.    PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE  FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.
NWS LOS ANGELES/OXNARD


__._,_.___
Posted by: Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com>


Be sure to check out our Links Section at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/californiadisasters/links
Please join our Discussion Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/californiadisasters_discussion/ for topical but extended discussions started here or for less topical but nonetheless relevant messages.




__,_._,___
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)