Wednesday, November 5, 2014

[californiadisasters] Santa Ana Wind Red Flag Warnings (11/05/14-PM)



...RED FLAG WARNING EXPIRES AT 9 PM IN THE SAN BERNARDINO  NATIONAL FOREST AND THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY FOR THE INLAND  EMPIRE...THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...AND THE SAN DIEGO  COUNTY VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS  AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...    .HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION...WITH VERY DRY AND  WARM CONDITIONS PREVAILING THROUGH THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD POOR  OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES AND MINIMUM DAYTIME HUMIDITIES BELOW 10  PERCENT WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE EASTERLY WINDS  WILL BE A LITTLE WEAKER TONIGHT...THOUGH A SECONDARY PEAK WILL  OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY FAVORING SAN  DIEGO COUNTY AS WELL AS THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY  MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS... AND INLAND EMPIRE. THESE EASTERLY WINDS  AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO ELEVATE THE FIRE WEATHER  DANGER THROUGH THURSDAY.    CAZ248-250-256-258-061800-  /O.CON.KSGX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-141107T0100Z/  SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-  SAN DIEGO COUNTY INLAND VALLEYS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-  INCLUDING THE SAN JACINTO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE SAN BERNARDINO  NATIONAL FOREST-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-  INCLUDING THE PALOMAR AND DESCANSO RANGER DISTRICTS OF THE  CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST-  851 PM PST WED NOV 5 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THURSDAY FOR  STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...    A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THURSDAY.    * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS    UP TO 50 MPH THROUGH THE FAVORED CANYONS AND PASSES THURSDAY    MORNING...PRIMARILY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWEST DAYTIME AROUND 5 PERCENT...WITH    POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY.    * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.    * OUTLOOK...CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SOMEWHAT BY THURSDAY NIGHT AS    OFFSHORE FLOW WEAKENS. HOWEVER...VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL    CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND.    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.  


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


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