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Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Los Angeles, CA

November 1, 2007Los Angeles County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this red flag warning at Nov 1, 2007, 2:24 PM PDT for Los Angeles County, California. It took effect at Nov 2, 2007, 3:51 PM PDT. It was in force for 53 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
Nov 1, 2007, 2:24 PM PDT (21:24 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 2, 2007, 3:51 PM PDT
Expired
Nov 4, 2007, 8:00 PM PST
In force
53 hr
Issued by
NWS Los Angeles, CA

County Los Angeles County, CA

The radar

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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

Edwards AFB, CA (KEDW), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 89 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, Edwards AFB, CA at 12:00Z on 2007-11-01Temperature 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, Edwards AFB, CA at 12:00Z on 2007-11-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2469 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 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 012124
RFWLOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
224 PM PDT THU NOV 1 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PDT FRIDAY TO 8 PM PST
SUNDAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA
COUNTIES DUE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES
COUNTY FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS DUE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS
AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

.DISCUSSION...LIGHT OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON FRIDAY. AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN...THERE WILL LIKELY BE AN INCREASE IN
AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THE OFFSHORE WINDS ACROSS LOS
ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY EVENING...PEAKING
ON SATURDAY MORNING. DURING THE PEAK OF THIS OFFSHORE WIND EVENT
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYONS...WHILE
VALLEY LOCATIONS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO HAVE GUSTS BETWEEN 35
AND 40 MPH. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN OF VENTURA COUNTY AS WELL AS THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. AS A
RESULT... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THESE COASTAL
LOCATIONS.

HUMIDITY LEVELS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS ON SATURDAY. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY...SINGLE
DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO SUNDAY. AS A
RESULT...THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LONG DURATION OF VERY LOW HUMIDITIES.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL NOT BE
NEARLY AS STRONG AS THE EVENT LAST WEEK...HOWEVER THERE IS STILL
THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE
EXTREMELY DRY FUEL CONDITIONS. WEAK OFFSHORE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
TO PERSIST FROM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...KEEPING MUCH OF THE
REGION WARM AND DRY THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD.


CAZ246-253-254-020530-
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SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
224 PM PDT THU NOV 1 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PDT FRIDAY TO 8 PM PST
SUNDAY DUE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PDT FRIDAY TO 8 PM PST
SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE FRIDAY EVENING WITH
LOWERING HUMIDITIES. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT FROM LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...THERE WILL LIKELY BE AREAS OF
NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH PASSES
AND CANYONS. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS AND TEENS ON SATURDAY. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY...THE RED
FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO
ACCOUNT FOR THE LONG DURATION OF HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS
AND TEENS.

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.

$$

CAZ244-245-288-020530-
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VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
224 PM PDT THU NOV 1 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PDT FRIDAY TO 8 PM PST
SUNDAY DUE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PDT FRIDAY TO 8 PM PST
SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE FRIDAY EVENING WITH
LOWERING HUMIDITIES. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT FROM LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...THERE WILL LIKELY BE AREAS OF
NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BELOW PASSES AND
CANYONS. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS AND TEENS ON SATURDAY. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY...THE RED
FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO
ACCOUNT FOR THE LONG DURATION OF HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS
AND TEENS.

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.

$$

CAZ247-020530-
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LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-
224 PM PDT THU NOV 1 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PDT FRIDAY TO 8 PM PST
SUNDAY FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY DUE TO GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST
WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PDT FRIDAY TO 8 PM PST
SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE FRIDAY
EVENING WITH LOWERING HUMIDITIES. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT
FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...THERE WILL LIKELY BE
AREAS OF NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35
MPH BELOW THE PASSES AND CANYONS IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY.
HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND
TEENS ON SATURDAY. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY...THE RED FLAG WARNING
WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR
THE LONG DURATION OF HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS.

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.

$$

CAZ240-241-020530-
/O.NEW.KLOX.FW.A.0017.071103T1000Z-071104T0300Z/
VENTURA COUNTY COAST-LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST-
224 PM PDT THU NOV 1 2007

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING FOR VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL PLAIN AND LOS ANGELES
COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS DUE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST
WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING. 

NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT WITH LOWERING HUMIDITIES. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT 
ON SATURDAY MORNING...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR NORTH TO NORTHEAST
WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ACROSS THE VENTURA COUNTY
COASTAL PLAIN AND THE LOS ANGELES COAST FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD
HILLS. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS AND TEENS ON SATURDAY. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY...THE
VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO SATURDAY EVENING.

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
11 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS86 KLOX 020014 AAA
RFWLOX

RED FLAG WARNING...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
514 PM PDT THU NOV 1 2007

UPDATED TO ADJUST EXPIRATION TIME IN UGC CODING

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PDT FRIDAY TO 8
PM PST SUNDAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND
VENTURA COUNTIES DUE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW
HUMIDITIES...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS
ANGELES COUNTY FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS DUE TO GUSTY
NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

.DISCUSSION...LIGHT OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON FRIDAY. AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN...THERE WILL LIKELY BE AN INCREASE IN
AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THE OFFSHORE WINDS ACROSS LOS
ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY EVENING...PEAKING
ON SATURDAY MORNING. DURING THE PEAK OF THIS OFFSHORE WIND EVENT
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYONS...WHILE VALLEY
LOCATIONS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO HAVE GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND
40 MPH. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ACROSS
THE COASTAL PLAIN OF VENTURA COUNTY AS WELL AS THE LOS ANGELES
COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. AS A RESULT... A
FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THESE COASTAL LOCATIONS.

HUMIDITY LEVELS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS ON SATURDAY. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY...SINGLE
DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO SUNDAY. AS A RESULT...THE
RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO
ACCOUNT FOR THE LONG DURATION OF VERY LOW HUMIDITIES. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL NOT BE NEARLY
AS STRONG AS THE EVENT LAST WEEK...HOWEVER THERE IS STILL THE
POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE EXTREMELY
DRY FUEL CONDITIONS. WEAK OFFSHORE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
PERSIST FROM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...KEEPING MUCH OF THE REGION
WARM AND DRY THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD.

CAZ246-253-254-021700-
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SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
514 PM PDT THU NOV 1 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PDT FRIDAY TO 8 PM
PST SUNDAY DUE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PDT FRIDAY TO 8 PM
PST SUNDAY. 

NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE FRIDAY EVENING WITH
LOWERING HUMIDITIES. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT FROM LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...THERE WILL LIKELY BE AREAS OF
NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH PASSES AND
CANYONS. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS
AND TEENS ON SATURDAY. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY...THE RED FLAG WARNING
WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR
THE LONG DURATION OF HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS.

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.

$$

CAZ244-245-288-021700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.071103T0500Z-071105T0400Z/
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
514 PM PDT THU NOV 1 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PDT FRIDAY TO 8 PM
PST SUNDAY DUE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PDT FRIDAY TO 8 PM
PST SUNDAY. 

NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE FRIDAY EVENING WITH
LOWERING HUMIDITIES. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT FROM LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...THERE WILL LIKELY BE AREAS OF
NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BELOW PASSES AND
CANYONS. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS
AND TEENS ON SATURDAY. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY...THE RED FLAG WARNING
WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR
THE LONG DURATION OF HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS.

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.

$$

CAZ247-021700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.071103T0500Z-071105T0400Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-
514 PM PDT THU NOV 1 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PDT FRIDAY TO 8 PM
PST SUNDAY FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY DUE TO GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST
WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PDT FRIDAY TO 8 PM
PST SUNDAY. 

NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE FRIDAY
EVENING WITH LOWERING HUMIDITIES. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT FROM
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...THERE WILL LIKELY BE AREAS
OF NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BELOW
THE PASSES AND CANYONS IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. HUMIDITY LEVELS
ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS ON SATURDAY.
WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MID
AFTERNOON SATURDAY...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LONG DURATION OF
HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS.

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.

$$

CAZ240-241-021700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.A.0017.071103T1000Z-071104T0300Z/
VENTURA COUNTY COAST-LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST-
514 PM PDT THU NOV 1 2007

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL PLAIN AND LOS 
ANGELES COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS DUE TO GUSTY 
NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. 

NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
WITH LOWERING HUMIDITIES. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT ON SATURDAY
MORNING...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO
25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ACROSS THE VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL PLAIN
AND THE LOS ANGELES COAST FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS.
HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND
TEENS ON SATURDAY. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH
SOMEWHAT BY MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY...THE VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ARE
EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO SATURDAY EVENING.

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/SIRARD
000 
WWUS86 KLOX 021623
RFWLOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
923 AM PDT FRI NOV 2 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING
TO 8 PM PST SUNDAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES
AND VENTURA COUNTIES DUE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW
HUMIDITIES...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS
ANGELES COUNTY FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS DUE TO GUSTY
NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

.DISCUSSION...LIGHT OFFSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
AND HIGHER VALLEYS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY. AS SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN...THERE WILL LIKELY BE AN
INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THE OFFSHORE WINDS
ACROSS LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES BEGINNING LATE THIS
EVENING...PEAKING ON SATURDAY MORNING. DURING THE PEAK OF THIS
OFFSHORE WIND EVENT SATURDAY MORNING...WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE FAVORED MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYONS...WHILE
VALLEY LOCATIONS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO HAVE GUSTS BETWEEN 35
AND 40 MPH. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS UP TO 35
MPH ON SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN OF VENTURA COUNTY
AS WELL AS THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO THE
HOLLYWOOD HILLS. AS A RESULT... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FOR THESE COASTAL LOCATIONS.

HUMIDITY LEVELS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS ON SATURDAY. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY...SINGLE
DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO SUNDAY. AS A RESULT...THE
RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO
ACCOUNT FOR THE LONG DURATION OF VERY LOW HUMIDITIES. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL NOT BE NEARLY
AS STRONG AS THE EVENT LAST WEEK...HOWEVER THERE IS STILL THE
POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE EXTREMELY
DRY FUEL CONDITIONS. WEAK OFFSHORE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
PERSIST FROM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...KEEPING MUCH OF THE REGION
WARM AND DRY THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD.

CAZ246-253-254-022300-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.071103T0500Z-071105T0400Z/
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
923 AM PDT FRI NOV 2 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING TO
8 PM PST SUNDAY DUE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING TO
8 PM PST SUNDAY. 

NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE THIS EVENING WITH
LOWERING HUMIDITIES. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT SATURDAY
MORNING...THERE WILL LIKELY BE AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30
MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS. HUMIDITY
LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS ON
SATURDAY. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH
SOMEWHAT BY MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL
REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE
LONG DURATION OF HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS.

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.

$$

CAZ244-245-288-022300-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.071103T0500Z-071105T0400Z/
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
923 AM PDT FRI NOV 2 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING TO
8 PM PST SUNDAY DUE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING TO
8 PM PST SUNDAY. 

NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE THIS EVENING WITH
LOWERING HUMIDITIES. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT ON SATURDAY
MORNING...THERE WILL LIKELY BE AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25
MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. HUMIDITY
LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS ON
SATURDAY. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH
SOMEWHAT BY MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL
REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE
LONG DURATION OF HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS.

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.

$$

CAZ247-022300-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.071103T0500Z-071105T0400Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-
923 AM PDT FRI NOV 2 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING TO
8 PM PST SUNDAY FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY DUE TO GUSTY NORTH TO
NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING TO
8 PM PST SUNDAY. 

NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE THIS EVENING
WITH LOWERING HUMIDITIES. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT ON SATURDAY
MORNING...THERE WILL LIKELY BE AREAS OF NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS
15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BELOW THE PASSES AND CANYONS IN
THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO
THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS ON SATURDAY. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY...THE
RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LONG DURATION OF HUMIDITIES IN THE
SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS.

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.

$$

CAZ240-241-022300-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.A.0017.071103T1000Z-071104T0300Z/
VENTURA COUNTY COAST-LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST-
923 AM PDT FRI NOV 2 2007

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL PLAIN AND LOS ANGELES
COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS DUE TO GUSTY NORTH TO
NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING. 

NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT WITH
LOWERING HUMIDITIES. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT ON SATURDAY
MORNING...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15
TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ACROSS THE VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL
PLAIN AND THE LOS ANGELES COAST FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD
HILLS. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS
AND TEENS ON SATURDAY. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY...THE VERY LOW
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO SATURDAY EVENING.

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
000 
WWUS86 KLOX 022251
RFWLOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
351 PM PDT FRI NOV 2 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY FOR THE
MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES DUE TO
GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS
ANGELES COUNTY FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS DUE TO GUSTY
NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

.DISCUSSION...MODERATE OFFSHORE WINDS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED TODAY
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES
COUNTIES...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH AND HUMIDITIES
RAPIDLY FALLING INTO THE TEENS. AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN...THERE WILL BE A FURTHER INCREASE IN AREAL
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THE OFFSHORE WINDS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO PEAK LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...WITH FAVORED MOUNTAIN
PASSES AND CANYONS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH...WHILE VALLEY LOCATIONS
ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO HAVE GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH. 

THE GUSTY OFFSORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE COASTAL
AREAS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING. THE VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL PLAIN AND COASTAL AREAS FROM
MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH...
RESULTING IN THE ISSUANCE OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THESE LOCATIONS.

HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE TEENS ACROSS WIND EXPOSED
AREAS TODAY. ON SATURDAY...WIDESPREAD HUMIDITY READINGS IN THE TEENS
AND SINGLE DIGITS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA. WHILE THE
OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY...SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY
PERSIST INTO SUNDAY. AS A RESULT...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN
IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LONG
DURATION OF VERY LOW HUMIDITIES. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS
SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS THE EVENT LAST
WEEK...HOWEVER THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH
ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE EXTREMELY DRY FUEL CONDITIONS. WEAK
OFFSHORE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST FROM MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...KEEPING MUCH OF THE REGION WARM AND DRY THROUGH THE
EXTENDED PERIOD.

CAZ240-241-031700-
/O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0017.071103T1000Z-071104T0300Z/
/O.EXB.KLOX.FW.W.0018.071103T0700Z-071104T0300Z/
VENTURA COUNTY COAST-LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST-
351 PM PDT FRI NOV 2 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PDT
SATURDAY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL PLAIN AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY
COAST FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS DUE TO GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST
WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PDT
SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATER TONIGHT
WITH LOWERING HUMIDITIES. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT LATE TONIGHT
INTO SATURDAY MORNING...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE VENTURA COUNTY
COASTAL PLAIN AND THE LOS ANGELES COAST FROM MALIBU TO THE
HOLLYWOOD HILLS. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS ON SATURDAY. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY...THE VERY
LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO SATURDAY 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.

$$

CAZ246-253-254-031700-
/O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0018.071102T2251Z-071105T0400Z/
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
351 PM PDT FRI NOV 2 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY DUE TO GUSTY
NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY.

MODERATE NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HUMIDITIES
LOWERING RAPIDLY INTO THE TEENS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO FURTHER INCREASE
IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING. DURING THIS TIME...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND
TEENS ON SATURDAY. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY...THE RED FLAG WARNING
WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR
THE LONG DURATION OF HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS.

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.

$$

CAZ244-245-288-031700-
/O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0018.071102T2251Z-071105T0400Z/
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
351 PM PDT FRI NOV 2 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY DUE TO GUSTY
NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY. 

MODERATE NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS THE
VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HUMIDITIES LOWERING RAPIDLY INTO
THE TEENS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO FURTHER INCREASE IN AREAL
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. DURING
THIS TIME...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS
45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND
TEENS ON SATURDAY. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY...THE RED FLAG WARNING
WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR
THE LONG DURATION OF HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS.

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.

$$

CAZ247-031700-
/O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0018.071102T2251Z-071105T0400Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-
351 PM PDT FRI NOV 2 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY FOR THE
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY DUE TO GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW
HUMIDITIES...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY. 

MODERATE NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS THE
NORTHERN SAN FERNANDO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HUMIDITIES
BEGINNING TO LOWER. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO FURTHER INCREASE IN
AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING
ACROSS THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. DURING THIS TIME...NORTHEAST WINDS
OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND
TEENS ON SATURDAY. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY...THE RED FLAG WARNING
WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR
THE LONG DURATION OF HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS.

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 030642
RFWLOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
1142 PM PDT FRI NOV 2 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TONIGHT THROUGH
8 PM SATURDAY FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS
ANGELES COUNTY FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS DUE TO GUSTY
NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY FOR THE
MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES DUE TO
GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

.DISCUSSION...OFFSHORE WINDS ARE INCREASING OVER THE AREA TONIGHT
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES
COUNTIES...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH AND HUMIDITIES
RAPIDLY FALLING INTO THE TEENS. A FURTHER INCREASE IN THE WINDS IS
EXPECTED AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE GREAT
BASIN LATER TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL PEAK
WITH FAVORED MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYONS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55
MPH...WHILE VALLEY LOCATIONS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO HAVE GUSTS
BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH.

THE COASTAL AREAS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES ARE EXPECTED
TO SEE GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS SPREADING INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT.
THE VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL PLAIN AND COASTAL AREAS FROM MALIBU TO
HOLLYWOOD HILLS CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.

HUMIDITY READINGS IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS CAN BE EXPECTED
TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE WARNING AREA. WHILE THE
OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY...SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY
PERSIST INTO SUNDAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LONG DURATION OF
VERY LOW HUMIDITIES. RELATIVE TO THE LAST SANTA ANA EVENT...THIS
EVENT WILL NOT BE AS STRONG...HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL THE
POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE
EXTREMELY DRY FUEL CONDITIONS. WEAK OFFSHORE CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK...KEEPING MUCH OF
THE REGION WARM AND DRY THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD.

CAZ240-241-031700-
/O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0018.071103T1200Z-071104T0300Z/
VENTURA COUNTY COAST-LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST-
1142 PM PDT FRI NOV 2 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY 
FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY 
FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS DUE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND 
LOW HUMIDITIES...

RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY.

A STRONG MARINE INVERSION IS INHIBIT THE STRONGER WINDS AND LOWER
HUMIDITIES MAKING IT INTO THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY
COASTAL AREA. HOWEVER...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE STILL
EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT WITH LOWERING HUMIDITIES.
NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL PLAIN AND
THE LOS ANGELES COAST FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS.
HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND
TEENS ON SATURDAY. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY...THE VERY LOW
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO SATURDAY 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.

$$

CAZ246-253-254-031700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071105T0400Z/
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
1142 PM PDT FRI NOV 2 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY FOR 
THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY DUE TO GUSTY 
NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CONTINUED
A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA
COUNTIES. THIS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY.

LOCAL CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES LATE
THIS EVENING. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD LATER TONIGHT. FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS
55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH HUMIDITY LEVELS FALLING INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS LATER TONIGHT. 

WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MID
AFTERNOON SATURDAY...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LONG DURATION OF
HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS.

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.

$$

CAZ244-245-288-031700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071105T0400Z/
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
1142 PM PDT FRI NOV 2 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY FOR 
THE VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY DUE TO
GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CONTINUED
A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA COUNTY AND THE SANTA
CLARITA VALLEY. THIS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST
SUNDAY.

LOCAL CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED
ACROSS THE VENTURA COUNTY AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEYS LATE THIS
EVENING. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD
LATER TONIGHT. FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...NORTHEAST
WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED...WITH HUMIDITY LEVELS FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND
TEENS LATER TONIGHT.

WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MID
AFTERNOON SATURDAY...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LONG DURATION OF
HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS.

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.

$$

CAZ247-031700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071105T0400Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-
1142 PM PDT FRI NOV 2 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY FOR 
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS DUE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND
LOW HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CONTINUED
A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS. THIS
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY.

LOCAL CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS LATE THIS EVENING. RED FLAG CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATER TONIGHT. FROM LATE
TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH HUMIDITY
LEVELS FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS LATER TONIGHT.

WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MID
AFTERNOON SATURDAY...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LONG DURATION OF
HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS.

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.

$$

HALL
000 
WWUS86 KLOX 031155
RFWLOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
455 AM PDT SAT NOV 3 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING CANCELLED FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF VENTURA
COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS DUE
TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY FOR THE
MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES DUE TO
GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

.DISCUSSION...OFFSHORE WINDS ARE INCREASING OVER THE AREA ACROSS
THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES
THIS MORNING WITH WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH AND HUMIDITIES
CRASHING INTO THE TEENS. LATER THIS MORNING...WINDS WILL PEAK
WITH FAVORED MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYONS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50
MPH...WHILE VALLEY LOCATIONS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO HAVE GUSTS
BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH.

HUMIDITY READINGS IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS CAN BE EXPECTED
TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE WARNING AREA ASS THE MORNING
PROGRESSES. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH
SOMEWHAT THIS AFTERNOON...SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY
PERSIST INTO SUNDAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LONG DURATION OF
VERY LOW HUMIDITIES. THIS EVENT WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS THE LAST
SANTA ANA EVENT...HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR
RAPID FIRE GROWTH ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE EXTREMELY DRY FUEL
CONDITIONS. WEAK OFFSHORE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST
THROUGH MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK...KEEPING MUCH OF THE REGION WARM AND
DRY THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD.

CAZ240-241-031300-
/O.CAN.KLOX.FW.W.0018.071103T1200Z-071104T0300Z/
VENTURA COUNTY COAST-LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST-
455 AM PDT SAT NOV 3 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF 
VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD 
HILLS DUE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELLED
THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY
COASTS.

A PERSISTENT MARINE LAYER IS INHIBITING THE DEVELOPMENT OF
OFFSHORE WINDS AND KEEPING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HIGH OVER THE
COASTAL AREAS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THIS MORNING.
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CRITERIA MAY STILL DEVELOP OVER THE
AREA...HOWEVER...THE DURATION MAY ONLY BE FOR ABOUT TWO TO FOUR
HOURS TODAY. IT IS ALSO LIKELY THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
MAY ONLY DEVELOP IN A LOCALIZED AREA...IN THE UPPER ELEVATIONS OF
THE AREA ABOVE 800 FEET.

$$

CAZ246-253-254-031700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071105T0400Z/
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
455 AM PDT SAT NOV 3 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY FOR
THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES DUE TO GUSTY 
NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CONTINUED
A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA
COUNTIES. THIS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST
SUNDAY...AND IS FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES.

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THIS MORNING.
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED...WITH HUMIDITY LEVELS FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS
AND TEENS LATER TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION STRONG WINDS AND LOW
HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE
AREA.

WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY THIS
AFTERNOON...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LONG DURATION OF
HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS.

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.

$$

CAZ244-245-288-031700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071105T0400Z/
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
455 AM PDT SAT NOV 3 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY FOR
THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA COUNTY AND THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY DUE 
TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CONTINUED
A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA COUNTY AND THE
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY. THIS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
PST SUNDAY...AND IS FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES.

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THIS MORNING.
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED...WITH HUMIDITY LEVELS FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS
AND TEENS LATER TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION STRONG WINDS AND LOW
HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE
AREA.

WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY THIS
AFTERNOON...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LONG DURATION OF
HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS.

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.

$$

CAZ247-031700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071105T0400Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-
455 AM PDT SAT NOV 3 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY FOR
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS DUE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND 
LOW HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CONTINUED
A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS. THIS
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY...AND IS FOR
GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES.

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THIS MORNING.
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED...WITH HUMIDITY LEVELS FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS
AND TEENS LATER TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION STRONG WINDS AND LOW
HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE
AREA.

WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT THIS
AFTERNOON...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LONG DURATION OF
HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS.

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.

$$

HALL
000 
WWUS86 KLOX 031615
RFWLOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
915 AM PDT SAT NOV 3 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY FOR THE 
MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES DUE TO 
GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TODAY AND A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITIES...

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG INVERSION AROUND 800 FEET DEEP HAS KEPT
CONSIDERABLE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG ACROSS THE COASTAL AREAS OF
LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THIS MORNING. ANY OFFSHORE
WINDS THAT DEVELOP LATER TODAY ACROSS COASTAL AREAS IS EXPECTED
TO BE BRIEF AND LOCALIZED...PROMPTING THE CANCELLATION OF THE
RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE COASTAL AREAS.

ABOVE THE MARINE INVERSION...NORTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS
THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND
VENTURA COUNTIES...WITH HUMIDITY LEVELS IN THE TEENS ACROSS WIND
EXPOSED LOCATIONS. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO INCREASE
SLIGHTLY IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE LATE MORNING
AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. PEAK WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE FAVORED MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYONS...WITH
VALLEY LOCATIONS GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH.

HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TODAY...
WITH WIDESPREAD READINGS IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS EXPECTED
ACROSS WIND EXPOSED AREAS. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH SOMEWHAT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY...HUMIDITY LEVELS
IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO SUNDAY. AS A
RESULT...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY
SUNDAY EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LONG DURATION OF VERY LOW HUMIDITIES.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL NOT BE AS
STRONG AS THE EVENT LAST WEEK...HOWEVER THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL
FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE EXTREMELY DRY FUEL
CONDITIONS. WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS
INLAND AREAS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.


CAZ246-253-254-032300-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071105T0400Z/
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
915 AM PDT SAT NOV 3 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY DUE TO GUSTY
NORTHEAST WINDS TODAY AND A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY. 

THERE WILL BE AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH THROUGH FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS UNTIL
EARLY AFTERNOON. WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH
SOMEWHAT BY MID AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...WIDESPREAD HUMIDITY
READINGS IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WILL CONTINUE. AS A RESULT...
THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LONG DURATION OF LOW HUMIDITIES.

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.

$$

CAZ244-245-288-032300-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071105T0400Z/
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
915 AM PDT SAT NOV 3 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY DUE TO
GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TODAY AND A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY. 

THERE WILL BE AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL
GUSTS TO 40 MPH BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON. WHILE
THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MID
AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...WIDESPREAD HUMIDITY READINGS IN THE
TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WILL CONTINUE. AS A RESULT... THE RED FLAG
WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO
ACCOUNT FOR THE LONG DURATION OF LOW HUMIDITIES.

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.

$$

CAZ247-032300-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071105T0400Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-
915 AM PDT SAT NOV 3 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY FOR THE
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY DUE TO GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS TODAY AND
A PROLONGED PERIOD LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY. 

THERE WILL BE AREAS OF NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS UNTIL EARLY
AFTERNOON...MAINLY NORTHERN SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND FOOTHILL LOCATIONS.
WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MID
AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...WIDESPREAD HUMIDITY READINGS IN THE
TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WILL CONTINUE. AS A RESULT... THE RED FLAG
WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING TO
ACCOUNT FOR THE LONG DURATION OF LOW HUMIDITIES.

WHILE THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT THIS
AFTERNOON...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY
SUNDAY EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LONG DURATION OF HUMIDITIES IN THE
SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS.

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 032111
RFWLOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
211 PM PDT SAT NOV 3 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY FOR THE
MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES DUE TO
GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TODAY AND A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LOW
HUMIDITIES...

.DISCUSSION...THE CURRENT SANTA ANA WIND EVENT HAS PEAKED LATE
THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH PEAK WIND GUSTS GENERALLY
AROUND 50 MPH IN THE FAVORED MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYONS...WHILE
VALLEY AREAS HAVE GENERALLY GUSTED TO AROUND 40 MPH. THESE WINDS 
ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED
TONIGHT THROUGH FAVORED MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYONS OF LOS ANGELES
AND VENTURA COUNTIES. AFTER TODAY...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL
MAINLY BE IN EFFECT FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITIES IN
THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES.

THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY
HAS NOW BEEN LIMITED TO THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE 1000 FEET DUE TO THE MARINE
INFLUENCE AT LOWER ELEVATIONS.

CAZ246-253-254-040400-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071105T0400Z/
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
211 PM PDT SAT NOV 3 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY DUE TO
GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TODAY AND A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY. 

THE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THAT AFFECTED THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS
ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. HOWEVER...LOCAL WIND
GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH FAVORED
MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES.

SEVERAL LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY REPORTED SEVERAL HOURS OF HUMIDITIES
AROUND 10 PERCENT TODAY...WITH SIMILAR READINGS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. 
IN ADDITION...HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY POOR OVERNIGHT...
WITH MANY LOCATIONS REMAINING BELOW 20 PERCENT. 

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

$$

CAZ244-245-288-040400-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071105T0400Z/
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
211 PM PDT SAT NOV 3 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY DUE TO
GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TODAY AND A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY. 

THE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THAT AFFECTED THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS
ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. HOWEVER...LOCAL WIND
GUSTS TO 25 MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED TONIGHT BELOW FAVORED
PASSES AND CANYONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES.

SEVERAL LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY REPORTED SEVERAL HOURS OF HUMIDITIES
AT 10 PERCENT OR LESS TODAY...WITH SIMILAR READINGS EXPECTED ON
SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY POOR
OVERNIGHT...WITH SOME FOOTHILL AND WIND EXPOSED LOCATIONS REMAINING
BELOW 20 PERCENT.

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

$$

CAZ247-040400-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071105T0400Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-
211 PM PDT SAT NOV 3 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY FOR THE
FOOTHILLS DUE TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY. 

WHILE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AFFECTED SOME OF THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET TODAY...A STRONG MARINE INVERSION
PREVENTED THESE WINDS FROM SURFACING INTO LOWER ELEVATIONS. AS A
RESULT...THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE 1000 FEET HAVE REPORTED SEVERAL HOURS
OF HUMIDITIES AROUND 10 PERCENT TODAY...WITH SIMILAR READINGS
EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED
TO BE POOR TONIGHT IN THE FOOTHILLS. THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE
LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEY ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER
HUMIDITIES DUE TO THE MARINE LAYER INFLUENCE.

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 040342
RFWLOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
842 PM PDT SAT NOV 3 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY FOR THE
MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES DUE TO
A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITIES...

.DISCUSSION...TODAYS SANTA ANA WIND HAS SUBSIDED. WINDS
TONIGHT COULD STILL GUST TO 35 MPH THROUGH FAVORED MOUNTAIN
PASSES AND CANYONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. THE RED
FLAG WARNING WILL MAINLY BE IN EFFECT FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
LOW HUMIDITIES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND
VENTURA COUNTIES.

THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY IS LIMITED TO
THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE 1000 FEET DUE TO THE MARINE INFLUENCE AT LOWER
ELEVATIONS.

CAZ246-253-254-041700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071105T0400Z/
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
842 PM PDT SAT NOV 3 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY. 

WINDS HAVE GREATLY SUBSIDED THIS EVENING. ONLY LOCAL WIND GUSTS
TO 35 MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH FAVORED MOUNTAIN
PASSES AND CANYONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES.

SEVERAL LOCATIONS TODAY REPORTED SEVERAL HOURS OF HUMIDITIES
AROUND 10 PERCENT. SIMILAR READINGS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY. IN
ADDITION...HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY POOR
OVERNIGHT... WITH MANY LOCATIONS REMAINING BELOW 20 PERCENT.

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

$$

CAZ244-245-288-041700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071105T0400Z/
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
842 PM PDT SAT NOV 3 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY. 

WINDS HAVE GREATLY SUBSIDED THIS EVENING. ONLY LOCAL WIND GUSTS
TO 35 MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED TONIGHT BELOW FAVORED PASSES
AND CANYONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES.

SEVERAL LOCATIONS TODAY REPORTED SEVERAL HOURS OF HUMIDITIES
AROUND 10 PERCENT. SIMILAR READINGS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY. IN
ADDITION...HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY POOR
OVERNIGHT... WITH MANY LOCATIONS REMAINING BELOW 20 PERCENT.

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

$$

CAZ247-041700-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071105T0400Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-
842 PM PDT SAT NOV 3 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY. 

DRY AIR IN THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE 1000 FEET CAUSED SEVERAL HOURS
OF HUMIDITIES AROUND 10 PERCENT TODAY. SIMILAR READINGS ARE EXPECTED
SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR TONIGHT IN
THE FOOTHILLS. THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEY
ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER HUMIDITIES DUE TO THE
MARINE LAYER INFLUENCE.

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

$$

ASR
000 
WWUS86 KLOX 041704
RFWLOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
904 AM PST SUN NOV 4 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY FOR THE
MOUNTAINS AND VALLEY OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES DUE TO A
PROLONGED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITIES...

.DISCUSSION...SEVERAL HOURS OF 10 PERCENT OR LESS HUMIDITIES ARE
EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY AS WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW CONTINUES ACROSS
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WINDS HAVE MOSTLY SUBSIDED...HOWEVER ISOLATED
NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING
THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS.

IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND THE VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS
THE RED FLAG WARNING IS LIMITED TO THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE 1000 FEET
DUE TO THE MARINE INFLUENCE AT LOWER ELEVATIONS.

ALTHOUGH RECOVERY IS AGAIN EXPECTED TO BE POOR AGAIN
TONIGHT...MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD RISE TO 15 PERCENT OR ABOVE WITH
LIGHT WINDS.

CAZ246-253-254-050400-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071105T0400Z/
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
904 AM PST SUN NOV 4 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING 
DUE TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

SEVERAL HOURS OF 10 PERCENT OR LESS HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED AGAIN
TODAY. WINDS WILL MOSTLY BE LIGHT...HOWEVER ISOLATED WIND GUSTS UP
TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS IN THE
MORNING.

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

$$

CAZ244-245-288-050400-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071105T0400Z/
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
904 AM PST SUN NOV 4 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING 
DUE TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

SEVERAL HOURS OF 10 PERCENT OR LESS HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED AGAIN
TODAY. WINDS WILL MOSTLY BE LIGHT...HOWEVER ISOLATED WIND GUSTS UP
TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS IN THE
MORNING...PARTICULARLY IN THE SANTA CLARITA AND INTERIOR VENTURA
COUNTY VALLEYS.

IN THE VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS THE RED FLAG WARNING IS
LIMITED TO THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE 1000 FEET DUE TO THE MARINE
INFLUENCE AT LOWER ELEVATIONS.

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

$$

CAZ247-050400-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071105T0400Z/
LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-
904 AM PST SUN NOV 4 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING 
FOR THE FOOTHILLS DUE TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

SEVERAL HOURS OF 10 PERCENT OR LESS HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED AGAIN
TODAY IN THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE 1000 FEET. WINDS WILL MOSTLY BE
LIGHT...HOWEVER LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
NORTHERN SAN FERNANDO VALLEY.

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

$$

WOFFORD
000 
WWUS86 KLOX 042312
RFWLOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
312 PM PST SUN NOV 4 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY FOR THE
MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...EXCEPT THE SANTA
MONICA MOUNTAINS...DUE TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITIES...

.DISCUSSION...HUMIDITIES AT OR BELOW 10 PERCENT ARE STILL COMMON
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THIS
AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH RECOVERY IS AGAIN EXPECTED TO BE POOR AGAIN
TONIGHT...MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD RISE TO 15 PERCENT OR ABOVE WITH
LIGHT WINDS. IN THE MEANTIME...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT.

AN INCREASED MARINE INFLUENCE IS PUSHING INLAND AND BRINGING
HIGHER HUMIDITIES TO THE VALLEYS AND SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS. MOST
LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE RISEN TO ABOVE 20 PERCENT AND THIS
RISING TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING.

CAZ244>247-288-050015-
/O.CAN.KLOX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071105T0400Z/
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
312 PM PST SUN NOV 4 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

HUMIDITIES HAVE RISEN TO ABOVE 20 PERCENT IN MOST AREAS AS MARINE
AIR FILTERS IN. HUMIDITIES IN THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY ARE STILL
HOVERING NEAR 10 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER THESE READINGS
ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. FAIR TO EXCELLENT
RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED IN ALL AREAS TONIGHT.

$$

CAZ253-254-050400-
/O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071105T0400Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
312 PM PST SUN NOV 4 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING 
DUE TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

SEVERAL LOCATIONS CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE HUMIDITIES AT OR BELOW 10
PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH RECOVERY IS AGAIN EXPECTED TO BE
POOR AGAIN TONIGHT...MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD RISE TO 15 PERCENT OR
ABOVE WITH LIGHT WINDS. IN THE MEANTIME...THE RED FLAG WARNING
WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT.

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

$$

WOFFORD
000 
WWUS86 KLOX 050411
RFWLOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
811 PM PST SUN NOV 4 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES
AND VENTURA COUNTIES...


CAZ253-254-050515-
/O.EXP.KLOX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071105T0400Z/
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-
811 PM PST SUN NOV 4 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

OFFSHORE WINDS HAVE DISSIPATED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING.
IN ADDITION...HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE GRADUALLY RISING. WHILE HUMIDITY
LEVELS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TEENS ON MONDAY...IT IS NOT
EXPECTED TO REACH CRITICAL RED FLAG THRESHOLDS.

$$

GOMBERG

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 Nov 1, 1:55 PM PDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 1, 1:55 PM PDT, 29 minutes before
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
155 PM PDT THU NOV 1 2007

.SHORT TERM (TODAY-SUN)...LOW CLOUDS BEING UNUSUALLY STUBBORN ALONG
THE COAST TODAY KEEPING TEMPS DOWN SEVERAL DEGREES LOWER THAN
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE FOR AN INTERESTING BATTLE ON FRIDAY WITH
LOW CLOUDS FIGHTING THE OFFSHORE TRENDS. HAVE LOWERED MAX TEMPS
FRIDAY ALONG THE COAST WITH THE IDEA THAT THE MARINE INFLUENCE WILL
BE PRESENT THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS BEFORE SUCCUMBING TO THE
OFFSHORE FLOW.

NEW 18Z RUN COMING IN A LITTLE STRONGER THAN THE 12Z RUN WITH
GRADIENTS AS HIGH AS 6 MB OFFSHORE LAX-DAG SATURDAY MORNING. DONT
WANT TO JUMP ON THIS TOO MUCH YET BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. FOR
NOW HAVE GONE WITH A LOW END ADVISORY EVENT FOR THE LA/VTU MOUNTAINS
AND VALLEYS, AND MARGINAL ADVISORY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST.
STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE SATURDAY MORNING, BUT GUSTY WINDS WILL
LINGER THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMING UP SEVERAL DEGREES SAT AND SUN WITH
HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE 80S AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH SOME LOW TO MID 90S
IN THE WARMEST SPOTS, PARTICULARLY THE WESTERN SAN FERNANDO VALLEY.

.LONG TERM (MON-THU)...WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW DURING THE MORNING HOURS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUE, TURNING TO WEAK ONSHORE DURING THE
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL MAINTAIN WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA
WITH JUST SOME SLIGHT COOLING AT THE COAST. A COUPLE MORE DEGREES OF
COOLING EXPECTED WED AND THU, THOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE NEAR
TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS.

&&

.AVIATION...01/1800Z
MARINE LAYER NEAR 1000 FT. MOST COASTAL SITES REMAIN UNDER IFR/MVFR
CATS AS OF 18Z. STRATUS DECK IS SOLID WITH LITTLE BREAK UP OVER THE
OCEAN. MOST SITES WILL SEE IMPROVEMENT TO VFR THROUGH ABOUT
21Z...THOUGH KLAX KOXR AND POSSIBLY KSMX SEEING VERY LITTLE IF ANY
IMPROVEMENT BEYOND MVFR. STRATUS WILL LIKELY REMAIN VERY NEAR THE
COAST ALL DAY...THEN SURGE BACK IN EARLY IN THE EVENING. FLYING CATS
WILL BE ABOUT THE SAME AS LAST NIGHT...IF NOT A TAD BIT IMPROVED AS
MARINE LAYER SHOULD DEEPEN A BIT. BIG QUESTION WILL BE WHAT HAPPENS
AFTER 10Z...WITH WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW STARTING FRIDAY. THIS SHOULD
KEEP THE STRATUS FROM VALLEY SITES SAVE KPRB...BUT MAY ALSO CLEAR
THINGS OUT MUCH EARLIER...ESPECIALLY AT KOXR WHERE SOME OF THE WINDS
MAY ACTUALLY SURFACE BY 15Z.

.KLAX...MVFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST OF TODAY...WITH CIGS
NEAR 012. STRATUS MAY SCATTER SOMETIME BETWEEN 21Z AND 01Z...BUT
PREVAILING BKN CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT...
LOWERING BELOW 010 AFTER 03Z. WESTERLY SEABREEZE NEAR 10-12KT SHOULD
FORM BETWEEN 19Z AND 20Z. STRATUS MAY SCOUR EARLIER ON FRI DUE TO
WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW FORMING...BUT WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.

.KBUR...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TONIGHT...AFTER MVFR
HAZE BURNS OFF BY 20Z. WEAK SOUTHERLY SEABREEZE NEAR 8KT WILL FORM
BY 20Z.

.LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING (SEE LAXRFWLOX).
FIRE WEATHER WATCH (SEE LAXRFWLOX).
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXCWFLOX).

&&

PUBLIC...WOFFORD
AVIATION...KITTELL

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 1, 9:11 AM PDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
911 AM PDT THU NOV 1 2007

CAZ034>041-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-021300-
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-
911 AM PDT THU NOV 1 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY

PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL CREATE DRIVING HAZARDS FOR MOTORISTS ALONG THE
COASTAL SECTIONS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO...SANTA BARBARA AND VENTURA
COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE SANTA YNEZ VALLEY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

DRY BREEZY WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK SANTA ANA WILL CREATE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGLES
AND VENTURA COUNTIES.

* 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.

WOFFORD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 31, 10:50 PM PDTDense Fog AdvisoryLOX10 hr
Nov 1, 2:24 PM PDTFire Weather WatchLOX25 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in California, 2007Every red flag warning in 2007

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.