[californiadisasters] Santa Ana Wind Weather Statement - SoCal (10/17/12-AM)

...VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WITH ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTHWEST     CALIFORNIA THROUGH THURSDAY...    AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM COMBINED WITH WEAK OFFSHORE  FLOW NEAR THE SURFACE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS  TO SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THROUGH THURSDAY. OFFSHORE FLOW WILL INCREASE  SLIGHTLY WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...WHEN OFFSHORE WINDS  WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...VALLEYS...AND  CENTRAL COAST.    TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK ON WEDNESDAY WHEN VALLEY  TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 95 AND 102 DEGREES. THE  OFFSHORE TRENDS WILL ALSO BRING CLIMBING TEMPERATURES TO THE  COASTAL PLAIN WITH HIGHS FROM 85 TO 98 DEGREES. WHILE THESE  PROJECTED TEMPERATURES WILL BE 15 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR  MANY AREAS...RECORDS WILL NOT LIKELY BE BROKEN SINCE RECORDS ARE  UNUSUALLY HIGH FOR THIS DATE. HIGHS WILL LIKELY DROP A FEW  DEGREES ON THURSDAY...HOWEVER THERE WILL BE A BETTER CHANCE OF  RECORDS BEING BROKEN FOR THIS DATE.    THE VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH OFFSHORE BREEZES AND VERY  DRY FUELS WILL BRING ELEVATED FIRE DANGER TO THE SOUTHLAND THROUGH  THURSDAY. OF GREATEST CONCERN WILL BE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY  MORNING WHEN OFFSHORE WINDS WILL BRING NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER  CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS.    PEOPLE PLANNING TO BE OUTDOORS OR THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING  SHOULD REVIEW HEAT SAFETY TIPS. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHT-COLORED LOOSE  FITTING CLOTHING AND DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS. AVOID  STRENUOUS ACTIVITY DURING THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY WHICH IS  TYPICALLY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. NEVER LEAVE  CHILDREN...PETS OR THE ELDERLY IN A VEHICLE...EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS  DOWN AS TEMPERATURES CAN CLIMB TO LIFE-THREATENING LEVELS WITHIN  MINUTES.      $$    GOMBERG

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

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