...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST AND SANTA YNEZ RANGE... .RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST AND THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE FOR GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE MIDDLE TEENS AND TEMPERATURES 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE SEASONAL NORMAL FROM MID AFTERNOON TO LATE TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WEST PORTION OF THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE AND SOUTH COAST. CAZ239-252-302300- /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0008.140830T2200Z-140831T1000Z/ SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 940 AM PDT SAT AUG 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL SECTION... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. STRONGEST IN THE WEST PORTION AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. * TIMING...WIND WILL INCREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND PEAK IN THE EVENING AND THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DECREASE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON AND EVENING TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S TO NEAR 100. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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.
NWS LOS ANGELES/OXNARD--
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