...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT LATER TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE FORMING OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING GUSTY OFFSHORE FLOW TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THESE NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE ALREADY FORMED OVER INTERIOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY...AND WILL PUSH DOWN INTO THE VALLEY AND COASTAL SECTIONS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE OF THE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH VARIETY...BUT WILL BE LOCALLY STRONGER. MEANWHILE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER CALIFORNIA...BRINGING HOT AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS TO THE REGION WITH HUMIDITIES AROUND 10 PERCENT OVER MOST AREAS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY OVER MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES ON THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HOTTER AND DRIER THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...BUT THE WINDS WILL WEAKEN EACH DAY. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...BUT LESS CERTAIN THAN THURSDAY DUE TO THE WEAKER WINDS. CAZ246-253-254-021730- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0010.141002T0700Z-141003T0100Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.FW.A.0008.141003T0100Z-141004T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 819 PM PDT WED OCT 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DAILY MINIMUM HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 4 AND 10 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY...WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES BETWEEN 10 AND 20 PERCENT. DRIEST ON FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURES...DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN MID 70S TO MID 80S ON THURSDAY...RISING TO 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. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME 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 819 PM PDT WED OCT 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT LATER TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE FORMING OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING GUSTY OFFSHORE FLOW TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THESE NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE ALREADY FORMED OVER INTERIOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY...AND WILL PUSH DOWN INTO THE VALLEY AND COASTAL SECTIONS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE OF THE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH VARIETY...BUT WILL BE LOCALLY STRONGER. MEANWHILE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER CALIFORNIA...BRINGING HOT AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS TO THE REGION WITH HUMIDITIES AROUND 10 PERCENT OVER MOST AREAS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY OVER MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES ON THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HOTTER AND DRIER THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...BUT THE WINDS WILL WEAKEN EACH DAY. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...BUT LESS CERTAIN THAN THURSDAY DUE TO THE WEAKER WINDS. CAZ244-245-288-547-021730- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0010.141002T1300Z-141003T0100Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.FW.A.0008.141003T0100Z-141004T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 819 PM PDT WED OCT 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS STRONGEST FROM SANTA PAULA THROUGH VAN NUYS...INCLUDING SANTA CLARITA. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DAILY MINIMUM HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 4 AND 12 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY...WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES BETWEEN 15 AND 30 PERCENT. DRIEST ON FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURES...DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S ON THURSDAY...RISING TO 95 TO 105 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. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ HALL--
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