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Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Los Angeles, CA

September 21, 2006Los Angeles County, Santa Barbara County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this red flag warning at Sep 21, 2006, 9:31 AM PDT for Los Angeles County, Santa Barbara County, California. It took effect at Sep 22, 2006, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 54 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 21, 2006, 9:31 AM PDT (16:31 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 22, 2006, 12:00 PM PDT
Expired
Sep 24, 2006, 5:59 PM PDT
In force
54 hr
Issued by
NWS Los Angeles, CA

Counties Los Angeles County, CA, Santa Barbara County, CA

The radar

The Los Angeles radar (KVTX), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Vandenberg AFB, CA (KVBG), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 130 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Vandenberg AFB, CA at 12:00Z on 2006-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Vandenberg AFB, CA at 12:00Z on 2006-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS86 KLOX 211631
RFWLOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
931 AM PDT THU SEP 21 2006

...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA
AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES AND THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY FROM NOON
FRIDAY UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY...AND FOR SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...THE
INLAND AND COASTAL VALLEYS OF VENTURA COUNTY AND FOR THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS FROM 6 PM FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY
EVENING FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

.AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN ON FRIDAY...OFFSHORE FLOW
CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA WITH RAPIDLY LOWERING HUMIDITIES. THE OFFSHORE FLOW
CONDITION IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AND DESCEND INTO THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE FOCUS OF THIS
OFFSHORE WIND EVENT WILL OCCUR BELOW AND THROUGH THE PASSES AND
CANYONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. THE PEAK OF THE EVENT
IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WHERE
WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH FAVORED MOUNTAIN
PASSES AND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ACROSS FAVORED VALLEY LOCATIONS. IN
ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...VERY DRY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH HUMIDITIES LOWERING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. WHILE THE
OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOME LATE SATURDAY INTO
SUNDAY...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH
OF THE WARNING AREA THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF
STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND CRITICALLY DRY FUEL
CONDITIONS HAS PROMPTED THE RED FLAG WARNING.

CAZ253-254-212300-
/O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0005.060922T1900Z-060925T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0009.060922T1900Z-060925T0100Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
931 AM PDT THU SEP 21 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY 
FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT
SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND INCREASE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH RAPIDLY LOWERING HUMIDITIES. OFFSHORE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON
WHEN NORTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME... RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE
DIGITS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY...HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ288-212300-
/O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0005.060923T0700Z-060925T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0009.060922T1900Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
931 AM PDT THU SEP 21 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY
FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT
SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH
RAPIDLY LOWERING HUMIDITIES. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHEN NORTHEAST
WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BELOW
PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE
EXPECTED TO FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...HOWEVER...SINGLE
DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ244-245-212300-
/O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0005.060923T0700Z-060925T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0009.060923T0100Z-060925T0100Z/
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
931 AM PDT THU SEP 21 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY
FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT
SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING
WITH RAPIDLY LOWERING HUMIDITIES. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
PEAK LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHEN
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE
DIGITS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY...HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ247-212300-
/O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0009.060923T0100Z-060925T0100Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-
931 AM PDT THU SEP 21 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY
FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT
SUNDAY. 

OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING
WITH RAPIDLY LOWERING HUMIDITIES. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
PEAK LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHEN
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME... RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE
DIGITS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY...HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ246-212300-
/O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0009.060923T0100Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
931 AM PDT THU SEP 21 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY
FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT
SUNDAY. 

OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING
WITH RAPIDLY LOWERING HUMIDITIES. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
PEAK LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHEN
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME... RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE
DIGITS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY...HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

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 EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE
APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG
WARNING.

$$

GOMBERG
9 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS86 KLOX 212223
RFWLOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
323 PM PDT THU SEP 21 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY
   FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE
   MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND THE SANTA
   CLARITA VALLEY...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
   6 PM SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW
   HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA
   COUNTIES AND THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...

.AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN ON FRIDAY...
OFFSHORE FLOW CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO BUILD ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH RAPIDLY LOWERING
HUMIDITIES. THE OFFSHORE FLOW CONDITION IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN
AND DESCEND INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY. THE FOCUS OF THIS OFFSHORE WIND EVENT WILL OCCUR BELOW
AND THROUGH THE PASSES AND CANYONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA
COUNTIES. THE PEAK OF THE EVENT IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT
INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WHERE WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED THROUGH FAVORED MOUNTAIN PASSES AND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH
ACROSS FAVORED VALLEY LOCATIONS. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG
WINDS...VERY DRY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS OFFSHORE
EVENT WITH HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO LOWER TO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND
LOWER TEENS. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH
SOME LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF POTENTIALLY STRONG OFFSHORE
WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND CRITICALLY DRY FUEL CONDITIONS HAS
PROMPTED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE RED FLAG WARNING MAY NEED TO BE
EXPANDED TO OTHER LOCATIONS IN TIME.


CAZ253-254-221700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.060922T1900Z-060925T0100Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
323 PM PDT THU SEP 21 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT
SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT
SUNDAY. 

OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND
INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH RAPIDLY LOWERING HUMIDITIES.
OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHEN NORTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL
GUSTS TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE
SAME TIME... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO THE LOWER
TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ288-221700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.060922T1900Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
323 PM PDT THU SEP 21 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT
SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT
SUNDAY. 

OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH RAPIDLY
LOWERING HUMIDITIES. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHEN NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO
40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BELOW PASSES AND
CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO
FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ244-245-221700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.060923T0100Z-060925T0100Z/
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
323 PM PDT THU SEP 21 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT
SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT
SUNDAY. 

OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR
EVENING WITH RAPIDLY LOWERING HUMIDITIES. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON
WHEN NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE
DIGITS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...
HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ247-221700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.060923T0100Z-060925T0100Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-
323 PM PDT THU SEP 21 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT
SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT
SUNDAY. 

OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR
EVENING WITH RAPIDLY LOWERING HUMIDITIES. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON
WHEN NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME... RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE
DIGITS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...
HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ246-221700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.060923T0100Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
323 PM PDT THU SEP 21 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT
SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT
SUNDAY. 

OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR
EVENING WITH RAPIDLY LOWERING HUMIDITIES. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON
WHEN NORTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME... RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE
DIGITS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...
HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

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
EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

$$

GOMBERG
000 
WWUS86 KLOX 221650
RFWLOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
950 AM PDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH 6
   PM SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS
   THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND THE SANTA
   CLARITA VALLEY...

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TONIGHT THROUGH
   6 PM SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES 
   ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND
   THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR POTENTIALLY STRONG
   EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA
   BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES...THE INTERIOR VALLEYS OF
   SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY...AND THE CUYAMA VALLEY FROM 6 AM
   SATURDAY THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY ...

.AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN TODAY...OFFSHORE
FLOW CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO BUILD ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH LOWERING HUMIDITIES. THE OFFSHORE FLOW
CONDITION IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AND DESCEND INTO THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE FOCUS OF THIS OFFSHORE WIND
EVENT WILL OCCUR BELOW AND THROUGH THE PASSES AND CANYONS OF LOS
ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. THE PEAK OF THE EVENT IS EXPECTED TO
OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WHERE WIND
GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH FAVORED MOUNTAIN PASSES
AND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ACROSS FAVORED VALLEY LOCATIONS. IN
ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...VERY DRY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THIS OFFSHORE EVENT WITH HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO LOWER TO THE
SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR RED
FLAG CONDITIONS TO AFFECT INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SANTA BARBARA AND
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WHICH HAS
PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOME LATE
SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS...LOW
HUMIDITIES...AND CRITICALLY DRY FUEL CONDITIONS HAS PROMPTED THE
RED FLAG WARNING.

CAZ253-254-230100-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.060922T1900Z-060925T0100Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
950 AM PDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG 
   NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER THIS MORNING AND INCREASE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH RAPIDLY LOWERING HUMIDITIES LATER TODAY.
OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHEN NORTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL
GUSTS TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE
SAME TIME... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO THE LOWER
TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOME LATE
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ288-230100-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.060922T1900Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
950 AM PDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG 
   NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON WITH RAPIDLY
LOWERING HUMIDITIES. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHEN NORTHEAST WINDS OF
30 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BELOW
PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE
EXPECTED TO FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOME LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...HOWEVER...SINGLE
DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ244-245-247-230100-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.060923T0100Z-060925T0100Z/
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-
950 AM PDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
PDT SUNDAY. 

OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING WITH INCREASING AREAL
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
PEAK SATURDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHEN NORTHEAST
WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOME LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...
HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ246-230100-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.060923T0100Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
950 AM PDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
PDT SUNDAY. 

OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING WITH INCREASING
AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO PEAK SATURDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHEN
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME... RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE
DIGITS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOME LATE SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY... HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

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
EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

$$

CAZ252-230100-
/O.NEW.KLOX.FW.A.0006.060923T1300Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
950 AM PDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR STRONG EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TONIGHT WITH LOWERING HUMIDITIES.
THE PEAK OF THE OFFSHORE WINDS IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON SATURDAY...
WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR EAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME
TIME... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL...POSSIBLY TO
THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH
SOME SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY... HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
FORECAST TO OCCUR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE
CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. LISTEN FOR LATER
FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

$$

CAZ237-238-251-230100-
/O.NEW.KLOX.FW.A.0006.060923T1300Z-060925T0100Z/
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
950 AM PDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR STRONG EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TONIGHT WITH LOWERING
HUMIDITIES. THE PEAK OF THE OFFSHORE WINDS IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON
SATURDAY...WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WIND SPEEDS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN AND THE CARRIZO PLAIN.
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL RAPIDLY ON
SATURDAY...POSSIBLY REACHING THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOME LATE SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY...HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
FORECAST TO OCCUR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE
CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. LISTEN FOR LATER
FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

$$

GOMBERG/DANIELSON
000 
WWUS86 KLOX 222310
RFWLOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
410 PM PDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR STRONG EAST WINDS AND
   LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS
   OBISPO COUNTIES...THE INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY...
   AND THE CUYAMA VALLEY FROM 3 AM SATURDAY THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY...

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY FOR
   STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
   OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING 
   UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW 
   HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM TONIGHT 
   THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW
   HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA
   COUNTIES AND THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...

.DISCUSSION...OFFSHORE FLOW WITH LOWERING HUMIDITIES HAVE SPREAD INTO
THE ANTELOPE VALLEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD
THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS A LINGERING MARINE INFLUENCE ACROSS COASTAL
AND VALLEY AREAS THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO A RATHER STRONG EDDY CIRCULATION.
AS A RESULT...THE OFFSHORE CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING
ACROSS THE VALLEYS RESULTING IN A SLIGHT DELAY TO THE ONSET OF THE RED
FLAG WARNING FOR THESE LOCATIONS. THE OFFSHORE FLOW CONDITION IS EXPECTED
TO STRENGTHEN AND DESCEND INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY.
THE STRONGEST OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED BELOW AND THROUGH THE PASSES AND
CANYONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. THE PEAK OF THE EVENT IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WHERE WIND
GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH FAVORED MOUNTAIN PASSES AND
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ACROSS FAVORED VALLEY LOCATIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING
HAS NOW BEEN EXTENDED TO THE MOUNTAINS AND INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SANTA
BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES...WITH STRONG EASTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING
ACROSS THESE AREAS LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. 

IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...VERY DRY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
THIS OFFSHORE EVENT WITH HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO LOWER TO THE SINGLE DIGITS
AND LOWER TEENS. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOME
LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING.
THE COMBINATION OF STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND
CRITICALLY DRY FUEL CONDITIONS HAS PROMPTED THE RED FLAG WARNING. 

CAZ252-230715-
/O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0006.060923T1300Z-060925T0100Z/
/O.EXB.KLOX.FW.W.0009.060923T1000Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
410 PM PDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM PDT
SUNDAY FOR STRONG EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM PDT
SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

OFFSHORE WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT WITH SHARPLY FALLING
HUMIDITIES. THE PEAK OF THE OFFSHORE WINDS WILL OCCUR ON SATURDAY...
WITH EAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH
PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH
SOME SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING.

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
EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

$$

CAZ237-238-251-230715-
/O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0006.060923T1300Z-060925T0100Z/
/O.EXB.KLOX.FW.W.0009.060923T1000Z-060925T0100Z/
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
410 PM PDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM PDT
SUNDAY FOR STRONG EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM PDT
SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

OFFSHORE WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT WITH SHARPLY LOWERING
HUMIDITIES. THE STRONGEST OFFSHORE WINDS WILL OCCUR SATURDAY...
WITH EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN AND THE CARRIZO
PLAIN. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE
DIGITS ON SATURDAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME LATE SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY. HOWEVER...THE SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

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
EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

$$

CAZ288-230715-
/O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0009.060923T0100Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
410 PM PDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG 
NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 6
PM PDT SUNDAY.

OFFSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH 
RAPIDLY LOWERING HUMIDITIES. THESE NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
PEAK LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON
WITH SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH BELOW
PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL
TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME
LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ244-245-247-230715-
/O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0009.060923T0400Z-060925T0100Z/
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-
410 PM PDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PDT
SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
PDT SUNDAY. 

OFFSHORE WINDS WILL INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
OVERNIGHT. THESE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PEAK SATURDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS 25 TO 35 MPH
AND LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME
TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND
SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME LATE SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY. HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ246-230715-
/O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0009.060923T0400Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
410 PM PDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PDT
SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
PDT SUNDAY. 

OFFSHORE WINDS WILL INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
OVERNIGHT. THESE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PEAK SATURDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40
MPH AND LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE
SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND
SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

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
EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

$$

CAZ253-254-230715-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
410 PM PDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG 
NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

OFFSHORE WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH
RAPIDLY LOWERING HUMIDITIES. THESE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PEAK LATE
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH
SPEEDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH THROUGH PASSES
AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 
THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME LATE
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG OFFSHORE 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.

$$

GOMBERG/DANIELSON/SULLIVAN
000 
WWUS86 KLOX 230734
RFWLOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
1234 AM PDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR STRONG EAST WINDS AND   
LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS   
OBISPO COUNTIES...THE INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY... 
 AND THE CUYAMA VALLEY FROM 3 AM THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY...

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY FOR   
STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS 
  OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY FOR
STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE SANTA
CLARITA VALLEY...

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY FOR
STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE VALLEYS
OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND THE SANTA MONICA
MOUNTAINS...

.DISCUSSION...OFFSHORE FLOW WITH LOWERING HUMIDITIES ARE ALREADY
AFFECTING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AND HAVE BEGUN TO SPREAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS
OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AT THIS TIME. THE PERSISTENT
MARINE LAYER WHICH LINGERED THROUGH MOST OF YESTERDAY HAS QUICKLY
SCOURED OUT LEAVING CLEAR SKIES ACROSS MUCH OF THE LOS ANGELES AND
VENTURA COUNTIES. THE OFFSHORE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
LATER THIS MORNING ACROSS THE VALLEYS. THE OFFSHORE FLOW
CONDITION IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AND DESCEND INTO THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS THIS MORNING. THE STRONGEST OFFSHORE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED BELOW AND THROUGH THE PASSES AND CANYONS OF LOS
ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. THE PEAK OF THE EVENT IS EXPECTED TO
OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...WHERE WIND
GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH FAVORED MOUNTAIN PASSES
AND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ACROSS FAVORED VALLEY LOCATIONS. A RED FLAG
WARNING HAS NOW BEEN EXTENDED TO THE MOUNTAINS AND INTERIOR
VALLEYS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES...WITH
STRONG EASTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING ACROSS THESE AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING.

IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...VERY DRY CONDITIONS CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THIS OFFSHORE EVENT WITH HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO LOWER
TO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOME LATE TODAY INTO SUNDAY...VERY LOW
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG OFFSHORE
WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND CRITICALLY DRY FUEL CONDITIONS HAS
PROMPTED THE RED FLAG WARNING.

CAZ253-254-231700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
1234 AM PDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

OFFSHORE WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH RAPIDLY
LOWERING HUMIDITIES. THESE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PEAK EARLY THIS
MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS OF 35
TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS.
AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO THE LOWER
TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME LATE TODAY
AND SUNDAY. HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ288-231700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
1234 AM PDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

OFFSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THIS MORNING WITH
RAPIDLY LOWERING HUMIDITIES. THESE NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
PEAK THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH
SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH BELOW PASSES AND
CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO THE
LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME LATE
TODAY AND SUNDAY. HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ244-245-247-231700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-
1234 AM PDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

OFFSHORE WINDS WILL INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
THIS MORNING. THESE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PEAK THIS MORNING AND
CONTINUE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS 25 TO 35 MPH AND LOCAL
GUSTS TO 50 MPH BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME...
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE
DIGITS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME LATE TODAY AND SUNDAY.
HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ246-231700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
1234 AM PDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

OFFSHORE WINDS WILL INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
THIS MORNING. THESE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PEAK THIS MORNING AND
CONTINUE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND
LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME
TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE
DIGITS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME LATE TODAY AND SUNDAY.
HOWEVER... SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

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
EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

$$

CAZ252-231700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.060923T1000Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
1234 AM PDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

OFFSHORE WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING WITH SHARPLY FALLING
HUMIDITIES. THE PEAK OF THE OFFSHORE WINDS WILL OCCUR TODAY...
WITH EAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH
PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING.

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
EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

$$

CAZ237-238-251-231700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.060923T1000Z-060925T0100Z/
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
1234 AM PDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

OFFSHORE WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH SHARPLY LOWERING
HUMIDITIES. THE STRONGEST OFFSHORE WINDS WILL OCCUR TODAY... WITH
EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN AND THE CARRIZO
PLAIN. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE
DIGITS TODAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.
HOWEVER...THE SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

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
EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

$$

KAPLAN
000 
WWUS86 KLOX 231632
RFWLOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
932 AM PDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY FOR
   STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS
   THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES...
   THE INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY...AND THE CUYAMA
   VALLEY...

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY FOR 
   STRONG NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS
   THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...THE SANTA
   MONICA MOUNTAINS...THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...AND THE VALLEYS 
   OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...

.STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING WITH HUMIDITIES MOSTLY IN THE TEENS. 
HOWEVER...THE MARINE INVERSION HAS REMAINED MUCH DEEPER THAN
PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. THIS HAS PREVENTED THE OFFSHORE WINDS FROM
SURFACING INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND HAS KEPT RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES RATHER HIGH. BUT THIS IS ONLY TEMPORARY. AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES...THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO DESCEND INTO
THE VALLEYS. HOWEVER...WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE QUITE
AS STRONG AT LOWER ELEVATIONS THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. THE PEAK OF
THE OFFSHORE WINDS IS STILL EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS
THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...WHERE LOCAL GUSTS OVER 60 MPH
WILL CONTINUE. FAVORED VALLEY LOCATIONS BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS
ARE STILL EXPECTED TO RECEIVE WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH TODAY.
STRONG EASTERLY WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD
TODAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SANTA BARBARA
AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES. WIND DIRECTIONS WILL SHIFT TO A MORE
EASTERLY DIRECTION ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY OVERNIGHT AND
SUNDAY...AND MORE SOUTHEASTERLY ACROSS VENTURA AND SANTA BARBARA
COUNTIES.

IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...VERY DRY CONDITIONS CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THIS OFFSHORE EVENT WITH HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO
LOWER TO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOME LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...VERY LOW
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING
AREA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG
OFFSHORE WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND CRITICALLY DRY FUEL
CONDITIONS HAS PROMPTED THE RED FLAG WARNING.

CAZ253-254-232300-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
932 AM PDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR 
   STRONG NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

GUSTY...OFFSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON
WITH SPEEDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH THROUGH
PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH
SOME AND BECOME MORE EASTERLY LATE TODAY AND SUNDAY. HOWEVER...
SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ288-232300-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
932 AM PDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR 
   STRONG NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

GUSTY...OFFSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON
WITH SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH BELOW PASSES
AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO
THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME AND
BECOME MORE EASTERLY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. HOWEVER... SINGLE DIGIT
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ244-245-247-232300-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-
932 AM PDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR 
   STRONG NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

GUSTY...OFFSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON
WITH SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH BELOW PASSES
AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO
THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME AND
BECOME MORE EASTERLY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. HOWEVER... SINGLE DIGIT
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ246-232300-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
932 AM PDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR 
   STRONG NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

GUSTY...OFFSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON
WITH SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH THROUGH
PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH
SOME AND BECOME MORE EASTERLY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. HOWEVER... SINGLE
DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

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
EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

$$

CAZ252-232300-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
932 AM PDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR 
   STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

GUSTY...OFFSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON
WITH SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH
PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH
SOME AND BECOME MORE SOUTHEASTERLY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. HOWEVER...
SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.

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 EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE
APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG
WARNING.

$$

CAZ237-238-251-232300-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
932 AM PDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR 
   STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

GUSTY...OFFSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON
WITH SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH BELOW AND
THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WILL FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS WILL
DIMINISH SOME AND BECOME MORE SOUTHEASTERLY LATE TODAY AND SUNDAY.
HOWEVER...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

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
EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

$$

GOMBERG/DANIELSON
000 
WWUS86 KLOX 232242
RFWLOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
342 PM PDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY FOR   
STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS 
THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES...
THE INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY...AND THE CUYAMA
VALLEY...

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY FOR   
STRONG NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS 
THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...THE SANTA
MONICA MOUNTAINS...THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...AND THE VALLEYS OF
LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...

.STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS
AND VALLEYS TODAY...WITH MANY LOCATIONS REPORTING HUMIDITIES INTO
THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WERE
FOCUSED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...
WHERE LOCAL WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 70 MPH WERE RECORDED. OFFSHORE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SLIGHTLY ACROSS LOS ANGELES AND
VENTURA COUNTIES TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...WITH A MORE
SIGNIFICANT DECREASE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS ACROSS
SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES COULD ACTUALLY INCREASE
SLIGHTLY WITH THE DIRECTION SHIFTING TO A MORE SOUTHEASTERLY
DIRECTION WITH TIME.

HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE LOWERED INTO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE
DIGITS TODAY WHERE THE STRONGER OFFSHORE WINDS SURFACED. THESE
VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS...VERY LOW
HUMIDITIES...AND CRITICALLY DRY FUEL CONDITIONS HAS PROMPTED THE
RED FLAG WARNING.


CAZ253-254-241700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
342 PM PDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR 
   STRONG EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

EAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER ONLY MARGINALLY OVERNIGHT...
BEFORE AGAIN FALLING TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS SUNDAY
MORNING. SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ288-241700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
342 PM PDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR 
   GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

EAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE
BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE
EXPECTED TO RECOVER ONLY MARGINALLY OVERNIGHT...BEFORE AGAIN
FALLING TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS SUNDAY MORNING.
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ244-245-247-241700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-
342 PM PDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR 
   GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY.

EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE BELOW PASSES
AND CANYONS UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO
RECOVER ONLY MARGINALLY OVERNIGHT...BEFORE AGAIN FALLING TO THE
LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS SUNDAY MORNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
IN THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ246-241700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
342 PM PDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR 
   GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

EAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE
EXPECTED TO RECOVER ONLY MARGINALLY OVERNIGHT...BEFORE AGAIN
FALLING TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS SUNDAY MORNING.
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

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
EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

$$

CAZ252-241700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
342 PM PDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR 
   STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 40 MPH
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO
RECOVER ONLY MARGINALLY OVERNIGHT...BEFORE AGAIN FALLING TO THE
LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS SUNDAY MORNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
IN THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.

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 EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE
APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG
WARNING.

$$

CAZ237-238-251-241700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
342 PM PDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR 
   GUSTY EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 35 MPH
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO
RECOVER ONLY MARGINALLY OVERNIGHT...BEFORE AGAIN FALLING TO THE
LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS SUNDAY MORNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
IN THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.

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 EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE
APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG
WARNING.

$$

GOMBERG/DANIELSON
000 
WWUS86 KLOX 241647
RFWLOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
947 AM PDT SUN SEP 24 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING CANCELED FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS AND
   SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR GUSTY
   EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS
   ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR
   GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF
   VENTURA COUNTY...

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR GUSTY
   EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE
   MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES...THE
   INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY...AND THE CUYAMA
   VALLEY...

.GUSTY EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TODAY...AS
WELL AS THE VALLEY PASSES OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. UPPER
LEVEL WIND AND THERMAL SUPPORT IS WEAKER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY...RESULTING
IN DECREASED WIND SPEEDS AND AREAL COVERAGE. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS
COULD LOCALLY REACH 45 MPH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...WHILE
THE VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY COULD
EXPERIENCE GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING. THE MARINE LAYER DEPTH
ACROSS THE LOS ANGELES BASIN REMAINS BETWEEN 1500 AND 2000 FEET.
AS A RESULT...IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT ANY SIGNIFICANT OFFSHORE
PUSH WILL AFFECT THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS OR SANTA MONICA
MOUNTAINS...RESULTING IN THE CANCELLATION OF THE RED FLAG WARNING
FOR THESE AREAS. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS ALL AREAS. HOWEVER...VERY DRY
CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH EARLY
THIS EVENING...WITH HUMIDITIES LINGERING INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE
DIGITS. THE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL BEGIN TO TREND ONSHORE ON MONDAY
AND TUESDAY...WHICH WILL BRING SOME INCREASE IN HUMIDITY LEVELS
ACROSS COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS. WHILE HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN RATHER LOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS ON MONDAY AND
TUESDAY...IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT RED FLAG CRITERIA WILL BE MET.


CAZ246-247-241800-
/O.CAN.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-
947 AM PDT SUN SEP 24 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELED THE
RED FLAG WARNING. 

WINDS AND HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH RED FLAG
CRITERIA TODAY...BUT BRIEF OFFSHORE WINDS COULD AFFECT THESE AREAS
THIS MORNING.

$$

CAZ253-254-242300-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
947 AM PDT SUN SEP 24 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

EAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS THIS MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY OFFSHORE
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.

$$

CAZ288-242300-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
947 AM PDT SUN SEP 24 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE
BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS THIS MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED
TO FALL INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS TODAY.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
GUSTY OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ244-245-242300-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
947 AM PDT SUN SEP 24 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE
BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS THIS MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED
TO FALL INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS TODAY.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
GUSTY OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ252-242300-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
947 AM PDT SUN SEP 24 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST TO EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH
WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO
FALL INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS TODAY.

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 EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE
APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG
WARNING.

$$

CAZ237-238-251-242300-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
947 AM PDT SUN SEP 24 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST TO EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH
WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN AND
ACROSS THE CARRIZO PLAIN. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS TODAY.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
GUSTY OFFSHORE 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.

$$

GOMBERG
000 
WWUS86 KLOX 242137
RFWLOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
237 PM PDT SUN SEP 24 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR GUSTY 
   EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS
   ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... 

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR  
   VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA COUNTY...

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR VERY LOW
   HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO
   COUNTIES...THE INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY...AND THE
   CUYAMA VALLEY...

.DISCUSSION...OFFSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH GRADUALLY THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND TONIGHT...BUT COULD CONTINUE TO SEE SOME
LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS OVER 20 MPH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING. DESPITE THE WEAKENING OFFSHORE WIND CONDITIONS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF DAY...WITH MANY LOCATIONS
REPORTING HUMIDITIES IN THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS THE
WARNING AREA. HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB ABOVE 10 PERCENT
ACROSS MOST AREAS THIS EVENING...WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN HUMIDITIES
WITH TIME. AS A RESULT...IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM TODAY. HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TO
BE RATHER POOR ACROSS MOUNTAIN AND FOOTHILL LOCATIONS TONIGHT...WITH MUCH
BETTER RECOVERIES IN THE COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS. THE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL
BEGIN TO TREND ONSHORE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WHICH WILL BRING SOME INCREASE
IN HUMIDITY LEVELS ACROSS COASTAL AREAS. WHILE HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN RATHER LOW ACROSS INLAND AREAS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...IT
DOES NOT APPEAR THAT RED FLAG CRITERIA WILL BE MET. ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED
TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH A CONTINUATION OF WARM AND
DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS INLAND LOCATIONS. 

CAZ253-254-250100-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
237 PM PDT SUN SEP 24 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY
OFFSHORE 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.

$$

CAZ288-250100-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
237 PM PDT SUN SEP 24 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP HUMIDITIES IN THE LOWER
TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...
WITH A GRADUAL RISE IN HUMIDITY LEVELS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF VERY 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.

$$

CAZ244-245-250100-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
237 PM PDT SUN SEP 24 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP HUMIDITIES IN THE LOWER
TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...
WITH A GRADUAL RISE IN HUMIDITY LEVELS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF VERY 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.

$$

CAZ252-250100-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
237 PM PDT SUN SEP 24 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY SOUTHEAST
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.

$$

CAZ237-238-251-250100-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
237 PM PDT SUN SEP 24 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY
OFFSHORE 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.

$$

GOMBERG
000 
WWUS86 KLOX 250059
RFWLOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
559 PM PDT SUN SEP 24 2006

...RED FLAG WARNINGS CANCELLED...

.RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AT ALL ELEVATIONS HAVE STARTED TO INCREASE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER TONIGHT
...ESPECIALLY IN VALLEYS AND FOOTHILLS...AND REMAIN GENERALLY
ABOVE 10 PERCENT. IN ADDITION...EASTERLY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS
HAVE BEEN ON THE DECREASE. SINCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
HAVE ENDED THE RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE HEREBY CANCELLED.

CAZ237-238-244-245-251>254-288-250200-
/O.CAN.KLOX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060925T0100Z/
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
559 PM PDT SUN SEP 24 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELLED THE
RED FLAG WARNINGS. 

$$

TRM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Sep 21, 3:00 AM PDT, 6 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 3:00 AM PDT, 6 hours 31 minutes before
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
300 AM PDT THU SEP 21 2006

.SHORT TERM...HAVE ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF
VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES AS WELL AS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL
VALLEYS AND SANTA MONICA RANGE. HAVE INCLUDED THE VALLEYS TO ACCOUNT
FOR LOCALLY STRONG WINDS EXPANDING OUT BEYOND THE ADJACENT MOUNTAINS
IN THE VICINITY OF CANYONS. GUIDANCE WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE
RELATIVELY DRY FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EARLY THIS
MORNING DIVING SOUTH AND MOVING OVER THE AREA IN THE EVENING.
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE AREA
TONIGHT AS THE FRONT ACCELERATES OVER THE AREA AND LOW CLOUDS WILL
DEVELOP OVER THE OCEAN SIDE OF THE COASTAL AND TRANVERSE RANGES.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND SHIFT EAST THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. THE STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS WILL REDEVELOP SAT AND SUN NIGHT
THOUGH STRENGTH WILL WANE EACH NIGHT. WILL CONTINUE WITH SIGNIFICANT
COOLING FRI WITH TEMPERATURES 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW SEASONAL
NORMAL. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE THROUGH THE PERIOD THOUGH WILL
REMAIN SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

.LONG TERM...MADE NO CHANGES THROUGH THE PERIOD. GUIDANCE DIFFERED
FROM PREVIOUS RUN AND THE LONG WAVE RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN
UPSTREAM CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC. TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE TO MODERATE AND WARM A DEGREE OR TWO THROUGH THE PERIOD
THOUGH REMAIN BELOW SEASONAL NORMAL.

&&

.AVIATION...EXCEPT FOR AREAS OF SMOKE ACROSS PORTIONS OF LA/VTU
COUNTIES THIS MORNING...SKIES REMAIN CLEAR FROM STRATUS THIS
MORNING. LAX-DAG PRES GRADIENTS ARE TRENDING SHARPLY OFFSHORE THIS
MORNING. THIS IS KEEPING THE MAJORITY OF STRATUS OFF THE COAST.
HOWEVER...SATELLITE IMAGERY DOES INDICATE SOME PATCHY LOW CLOUDS
TRYING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST OF LA/VTU AND SBA
COUNTIES...BUT SEEMS TO DETERIORATE AS SOON AS IT FORMS.
ALSO...LOCAL PATCHY FOG COULD DEVELOP NEAR KSMX BEFORE SUNRISE AS
WELL WITH LIFR CIGS AND VSBYS...BUT BURNOFF BY 16Z. LAX PROFILERS
SHOWS INVERSION BEGINS ABOVE 1100 FT...SO PATCHY LOW CLOUDS WITH IFR
CIGS COULD OCCUR ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST OF LA/VTU SBA COASTAL
AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING BUT SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED. EXPECT MOSTLY
VFR CONDITIONS TODAY FOR ALL AIRFIELDS TODAY AFTER 17Z.

KLAX...VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH TODAY WITH VARIABLE
WINDS 6 KT OR LESS...BECOMING W BY 17Z UP TO 13 KT THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. MODELS DO SUGGEST A DECENT EDDY DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT
WHICH WILL BRING LOW CLOUDS AND A DECENT EASTERLY COMPONENT AFTER 9Z
WITH WIND SPEEDS UP TO 10 KT. WIND DIRECTION SHOULD BECOME SW BY 20Z
ON FRI.

&&

.LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FIRE WEATHER WATCH (SEE LAXRFWLOX).
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXCWFLOX).
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK (SEE LAXSRFLOX).
HIGH WIND WATCH (SEE LAXNPWLOX).

&&

PUBLIC...FORWOOD
AVIATION...KAPLAN
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 21, 6:00 AM PDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
600 AM PDT THU SEP 21 2006

CAZ034>041-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-221300-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES-
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
600 AM PDT THU SEP 21 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY

IF SWIMMERS ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM...DO NOT FIGHT
THE CURRENT...SWIM OUT OF CURRENT BY SWIMMING PARALLEL TO SHORELINE
UNTIL YOU ARE OUT OF CURRENT...THEN SWIM INTO SHORE.

* HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SANTA ANA WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW
HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

* HIGH WIND WATCH............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* FIRE WEATHER WATCH.........SEE WWUS86 KLOX - RFWLOX FOR DETAILS *

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

FORWOOD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 21, 3:27 AM PDTHigh Wind WatchLOXLos Angeles35 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.