...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... .MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND ASSOCIATED COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS. THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST WEDNESDAY FROM SUNRISE TO LATE AFTERNOON WITH WIND GUSTS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF 45 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED WHILE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WIND PRONE VALLEY AREAS. THE SANTA ANA WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN THURSDAY EVENING...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH FAVORED CANYONS AND PASSES. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT WEDNESDAY MORNING MOST AREAS...WITH VALUES IN THE LOWER TEENS COMMON ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ALSO...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN VALLEYS AND FAVORED COASTAL AREAS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S AND 80S. POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH MANY LOCATIONS REMAINING BELOW 25 PERCENT. ON THURSDAY...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DRY WITH AREAS OF SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LIKELY. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE OFFSHORE WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND ABNORMALLY DRY FUELS. CAZ240-241-244-245-288-547-250645- /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0008.131225T1400Z-131227T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 238 PM PST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...SAN FERNANDO VALLEY...AND VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS...VENTURA COUNTY COAST...AND THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 70S AND 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY. 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. && $$ JACKSON
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 238 PM PST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... .MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND ASSOCIATED COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS. THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST WEDNESDAY FROM SUNRISE TO LATE AFTERNOON WITH WIND GUSTS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF 45 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED WHILE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WIND PRONE VALLEY AREAS. THE SANTA ANA WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN THURSDAY EVENING...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH FAVORED CANYONS AND PASSES. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT WEDNESDAY MORNING MOST AREAS...WITH VALUES IN THE LOWER TEENS COMMON ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ALSO...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN VALLEYS AND FAVORED COASTAL AREAS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S AND 80S. POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH MANY LOCATIONS REMAINING BELOW 25 PERCENT. ON THURSDAY...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DRY WITH AREAS OF SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LIKELY. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE OFFSHORE WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND ABNORMALLY DRY FUELS. CAZ246-253-254-250645- /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0008.131225T1400Z-131227T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 238 PM PST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 70S LOW ELEVATIONS TO 50S HIGHER ELEVATIONS. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 80S...EXCEPT 70S COASTAL SLOPES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY. 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.Source: NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard
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