[californiadisasters] Fire Weather Watch - Santa Monica Mts. (9/30/12-PM)

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH  TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS DUE TO LOCALLY  GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES...    .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING A  PERIOD OF WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TO  SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED  FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE REGION TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY.    FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO PEAK ON MONDAY WHEN RECORD BREAKING  TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT AND WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL  COMBINE WITH VERY DRY FUELS. THE MOST CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER  CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND  VENTURA COUNTIES AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...WHERE A RED FLAG  WARNING IS IS IN EFFECT. THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE OFFSHORE  WINDS GUSTING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH ON MONDAY. WHILE  CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY WILL NOT BE QUITE AS HOT AND DRY DUE TO  INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW...AREAS UNDER THE RED FLAG WARNING COULD  STILL SEE TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 DEGREES AND HUMIDITIES AROUND 10  PERCENT ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON...COINCIDING WITH ONSHORE WINDS  GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH.    WHILE OFFSHORE WINDS WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENTLY STRONG TO WARRANT  A RED FLAG WARNING ON MONDAY ACROSS THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...THERE  WILL STILL BE A HEIGHTENED FIRE WEATHER CONCERN DUE TO THE HOT  AND DRY CONDITIONS. ON TUESDAY...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF  CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS  AS ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH COMBINE WITH CONTINUED HOT AND  DRY CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.    CAZ246-011700-  /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.A.0004.121002T1700Z-121003T0100Z/  SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-  148 PM PDT SUN SEP 30 2012    ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH  TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND  LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...    * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH ON    TUESDAY AFTERNOON.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 10 AND 15    PERCENT ON TUESDAY.    * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 90 TO 100 DEGREES ON TUESDAY.    * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT    TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL    POTENTIALLY BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR  CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY  DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR.    PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPDATES  FOR THE POTENTIAL UPGRADE TO A RED FLAG WARNING.    &&    $$    GOMBERG

Source: http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=lox&wwa=fire%20weather%20watch
  

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