[californiadisasters] Santa Ana Wind Red Flag Warning (1/18/14-AM)

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR THE INLAND  MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES FOR GUSTY SANTA ANA  WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...    .SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITY...TEMPERATURES 10 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE  SEASONAL NORMAL AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE RED FLAG  CONDITIONS THROUGH 6 PM PST TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL  OCCUR IN THE SOLEDAD CANYON AREA AND ADJACENT MOUNTAINS IN THE  MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.    CAZ253-254-182345-  /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140119T0200Z/  VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-  927 AM PST SAT JAN 18 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING  FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY OVER THE  MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES EXCLUDING THE SANTA  MONICA RANGE...    * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. WINDS WILL    BE STRONGEST IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 10 PERCENT.    * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S AND UPPER 70S.    * 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  ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD  CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR 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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