Tuesday, November 25, 2014

[californiadisasters] Santa Ana Wind Red Flag Warnings (11/24/14-PM) 



...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR  GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS  ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY  AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER THE  VENTURA VALLEYS...    .THE GUSTY WINDS FROM TODAY WILL REMAIN MOSTLY UNCHANGED THROUGH  WEDNESDAY. HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 6 AND 15 PERCENT WILL BE COMMON  OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. THIS WILL  LIKELY RESULT IN CRITICAL CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY OVER  SEVERAL AREAS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY IN  THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. RED FLAG DURATIONS (6 HOURS  OR MORE) HOWEVER WILL LIKELY ONLY BE MET WHERE THE WINDS ARE THE  STRONGEST...NAMELY THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY  MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS THE VENTURA COUNTY AND SANTA CLARITA  VALLEYS. THIS INCLUDES THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS AND MALIBU  FOOTHILLS WHERE THE THREAT IS HIGHEST.    CAZ246-253-254-288-251845-  /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-141127T0200Z/  SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-  VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-  SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-  148 PM PST MON NOV 24 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY  FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF  LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...    * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45    MPH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS STRONGEST IN THE LATE    MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING HOURS.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...6 TO 15 PERCENT. LOWEST ON TUESDAY. POOR    OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES BELOW 25 PERCENT.    * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS GENERALLY 65 TO 75 DEGREES.    * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS    EXPECTED IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    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.    &&    $$    KITTELL
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA  148 PM PST MON NOV 24 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR  GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS  ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY  AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER THE  VENTURA VALLEYS...    .THE GUSTY WINDS FROM TODAY WILL REMAIN MOSTLY UNCHANGED THROUGH  WEDNESDAY. HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 6 AND 15 PERCENT WILL BE COMMON  OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. THIS WILL  LIKELY RESULT IN CRITICAL CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY OVER  SEVERAL AREAS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY IN  THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. RED FLAG DURATIONS (6 HOURS  OR MORE) HOWEVER WILL LIKELY ONLY BE MET WHERE THE WINDS ARE THE  STRONGEST...NAMELY THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY  MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS THE VENTURA COUNTY AND SANTA CLARITA  VALLEYS. THIS INCLUDES THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS AND MALIBU  FOOTHILLS WHERE THE THREAT IS HIGHEST.    CAZ244-245-251845-  /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0012.141125T1200Z-141127T0200Z/  /O.EXB.KLOX.FW.W.0015.141125T1100Z-141127T0200Z/  VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-  148 PM PST MON NOV 24 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM PST  WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER THE  VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A  RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH  IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE  WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.    * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH LATE    TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WINDS STRONGEST IN THE LATE MORNING    THROUGH EARLY EVENING HOURS SOUTHEAST OF OJAI.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...6 TO 12 PERCENT. LOWEST ON TUESDAY. POOR    OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES.    * TEMPERATURES...HIGH GENERALLY 80 TO 90 DEGREES.    * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS    EXPECTED IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    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 SAN DIEGO CA  238 PM PST MON NOV 24 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS AND LOW  HUMIDITIES THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS...VALLEYS...AND  INLAND ORANGE COUNTY...    .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN AND NORTH WINDS ALOFT  WILL BRING PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS TO THE  MOUNTAINS...COASTAL FOOTHILLS...AND INLAND VALLEYS THROUGH  WEDNESDAY WITH STRONGEST WINDS FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY  MORNING. LOWEST DAYTIME HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 10 PERCENT  WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. WEAKER NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS WITH  LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE INTO THANKSGIVING DAY.    CAZ242-248-250-255>258-251200-  /O.CON.KSGX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-141127T0200Z/  ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-  SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-  SAN DIEGO COUNTY INLAND VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-  INCLUDING THE MOUNTAIN TOP AND FRONT COUNTRY RANGER DISTRICTS OF  THE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-  INCLUDING THE SAN JACINTO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE SAN BERNARDINO  NATIONAL FOREST-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS-  INCLUDING THE TRABUCO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL  FOREST-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-  INCLUDING THE PALOMAR AND DESCANSO RANGER DISTRICTS OF THE  CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST-  238 PM PST MON NOV 24 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY  FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...    A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY.    * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. HIGHEST    WIND GUSTS WILL BE BELOW THE BANNING PASS AND ALONG THE COASTAL    SLOPES OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...LOWEST DAYTIME HUMIDITY AROUND 5 PERCENT    WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY.    * TIMING...WINDS HIGHEST IN THE MORNINGS...WITH STRONGEST    WINDS LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.    * OUTLOOK...LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THANKSGIVING...    WITH LOCALLY GUSTY EAST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF    RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    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  CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
NWS LOS ANGELES/OXNARD


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


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