Red Flag Warning
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
250 PM PDT WED JUN 19 2013
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 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. A SURGE OF DRIER AIR
WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY AND PERSIST THROUGH 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 THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
CAZ252-201700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130620T1700Z/
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
250 PM PDT WED JUN 19 2013
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 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 20 TO 35
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 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 TODAY...WILL PERSIST 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.
&&
$$
MW
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
250 PM PDT WED JUN 19 2013
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 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. A SURGE OF DRIER AIR
WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY AND PERSIST THROUGH 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 THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
CAZ253-254-201700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130620T1700Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
250 PM PDT WED JUN 19 2013
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 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 20 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 50 MPH. 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 TODAY...WILL PERSIST 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.
&&
$$
