Tuesday, September 16, 2014

[californiadisasters] Sundowner Wind Warnings (9/16/14-PM) 



...RED FLAG WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 4 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE  SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND SOUTH COAST DUE TO GUSTY  NORTHWEST WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND HOT TEMPERATURES...    ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS OF  LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM...    .ACROSS SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY...MODERATE SUNDOWNER WINDS  WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL  RESULT IN VERY WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES AND LITTLE...IF ANY...  RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY. SO...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  WILL CONTINUE...AND THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 4 AM  WEDNESDAY MORNING.    FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS OF VENTURA AND LOS  ANGELES COUNTIES...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE ABATED.  THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT  9 PM.    CAZ239-252-171100-  /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140917T1100Z/  SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-  858 PM PDT TUE SEP 16 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR  THE SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST DUE TO GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...LOW  HUMIDITIES...AND HOT TEMPERATURES...    * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH    BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS THROUGH THIS EVENING...STRONGEST ACROSS    WESTERN PORTIONS.    * TEMPERATURES...OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL REMAIN IN THE UPPER 60S AND    70S.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY RECOVERY OVERNIGHT WILL BE POOR IN    THE FOOTHILLS AND WINDY AREAS...GENERALLY IN THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT    RANGE.    * 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


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Posted by: Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com>


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