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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
309 PM PDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PDT
THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES...VENTURA...AND SANTA
BARBARA COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE.

.INCREASING NORTHWEST FLOW WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS AND LOW
HUMIDITIES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...
ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST...RESULTING IN
ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ACROSS THESE AREAS. HOWEVER...A SURGE OF
DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND EARLY
THURSDAY. VERY LOW HUMIDITIES COUPLED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY WINDS
AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL LIKELY BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES...VENTURA...AND
SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS OF THE
SANTA YNEZ RANGE FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

CAZ253-254-191700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0002.130619T1300Z-130620T1700Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
309 PM PDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PDT
THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR
THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...

* WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 45 MPH...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS OVER 50 MPH NEAR
  WHITAKER PEAK. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MAINLY BE FOCUSED NEAR
  THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND MORNING
  HOURS.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE TEENS AND
  SINGLE DIGITS ON WEDNESDAY AND PERSISTING THROUGH EARLY
  THURSDAY.

* 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.

&&

$$

CAZ252-191700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0002.130619T1300Z-130620T1700Z/
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
309 PM PDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PDT
THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY
FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS
OF THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE...

* WINDS AND TIMING...AREAS OF NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30
  MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOCUSED
  THROUGH THE PASSES AND CANYONS OF THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE FROM THE
  LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MORNING HOURS.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE TEENS AND
  SINGLE DIGITS ON WEDNESDAY AND PERSISTING THROUGH EARLY
  THURSDAY.

* 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.

&&

$$

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