[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warnings - LA / Ventura Co's (10/25/11-PM)

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA
COUNTY MOUNTAINS FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...

.HIGH PRESSURE WILL FORM OVER THE SURFACE OF THE GREAT BASIN ON
 WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS OVER THE LOS
ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS STARTING LATE WEDNESDAY
MORNING...WHICH WILL THEN SPREAD INTO THE VALLEYS WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE WEAKENING.
 THESE WINDS WILL ALSO BRING A VERY DRY AIR MASS TO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA...WHICH WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD HUMIDITIES BELOW
10 PERCENT BY LATE WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY LASTING THROUGH THE END
OF THE WEEK.

WHILE THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ONLY THE MOUNTAINS...
 HEIGHTENED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL EXIST FOR THE VALLEYS OF
LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AS WELL...ESPECIALLY THE SANTA
CLARITA AND EASTERN VENTURA VALLEYS WHICH MAY APPROACH RED FLAG
CRITERIA.

CAZ253-254-261700-
 /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0003.111026T2200Z-111027T2200Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
248 PM PDT TUE OCT 25 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO 3 PM PDT
 THURSDAY FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO 3 PM PDT
 THURSDAY. THE PREVIOUS FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO
THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

* WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40
  MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY
   AFTERNOON. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH FAVORED
  PASSES AND CANYONS.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...EXPECTED TO FALL TO BELOW 10 PERCENT LATER
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. OVERNIGHT
   RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY POOR...WITH MOST HUMIDITIES
  STAYING UNDER 20 PERCENT.

* 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
WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY
WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY...AS WELL AS DRY FUEL CONDITIONS...
 IS EXPECTED TO CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR 6
HOURS OR MORE...WHICH COULD RESULT IN EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

Source: http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=lox&wwa=red%20flag%20warning

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