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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-LOS ANGELES COUNTY
MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY COASTS AND
COASTAL VALLEYS DUE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...
.A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES OVER THE VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES
COUNTY MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE SANTA MONICA RANGE DUE TO WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH AT TIMES AND PROLONGED LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. WINDS AT
LOWER ELEVATIONS ARE WEAKER... HOWEVER ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
COMPUTER MODELS THIS MORNING INDICATED THE NEXT SURGE IN OFFSHORE
WINDS WILL BE DELAYED UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING. FOR THIS
REASON... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE COAST AND VALLEYS HAS ALSO
BEEN DELAYED. HOWEVER... IT NOW APPEARS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS WILL LINGER INTO AT LEAST SATURDAY EVENING AND POSSIBLY
INTO SUNDAY AS WELL. AS A RESULT... THE WATCH AND WARNING HAS BEEN
EXTENDED THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT OR BELOW 20 PERCENT ACROSS MOST
OF THE MOUNTAIN AND VALLEY AREAS THROUGH THURSDAY WITH LITTLE OR NO
OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. HUMIDITIES MAY RISE 5 TO 10 PERCENT THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY... HOWEVER INCREASING WINDS DURING THAT PERIOD WILL
KEEP THE CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS GOING ACROSS LOS ANGELES AND
VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH SATURDAY.
DRY OFFSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY... HOWEVER
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN BELOW CRITICAL LEVEL BY SUNDAY. VERY
LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE ONSHORE
FLOW RETURNS TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
... RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SATURDAY DUE TO
GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SATURDAY.
AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH
WILL PERSIST AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY AND POSSIBLY THROUGH SUNDAY
AS WELL. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS EASTERN VENTURA AND
WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE MINIMAL...
GENERALLY REMAINING AT OR BELOW 20 PERCENT OVERNIGHT.
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
OCCURRING NOW. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY... AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN
THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.
sent at: Wednesday, January 14 2009 3:31:54 PM
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