Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Los Angeles, CA
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
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 3:27 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 35 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.