Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this red flag warning at Dec 24, 2007, 9:44 AM PST for Los Angeles County, California. It took effect at Dec 24, 2007, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 22 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2007, 9:44 AM PST (17:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 24, 2007, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2007, 8:00 PM PST
- In force
- 22 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 17:50 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 12:35 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | 5 S Santa Clarita, CA | NORTHEAST WINDS OF 57 MPH MEASURED AT NEWHALL PASS. |
| Dec 25, 7:53 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 81 | 30 E Santa Clarita, CA | NORTHEAST WIND GUST OF 81 MPH MEASURED AT CHILAO...IN THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST. |
| Dec 25, 8:53 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | 15 Nne Santa Clarita, CA | EAST WIND GUST OF 70 MPH MEASURED AT WARM SPRINGS. |
| Dec 25, 9:37 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 78 | 10 Se Santa Clarita, CA | NORTH WIND GUST OF 78 MPH MEASURED AT CAMP NINE. |
| Dec 25, 9:53 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 25 E Santa Clarita, CA | NORTHEAST WIND GUST OF 67 MPH MEASURED AT MILL CREEK...IN THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS86 KLOX 241744 RFWLOX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 944 AM PST MON DEC 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING ISSUED FOR MUCH OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .MODERATE OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES TODAY. A MODERATE TO STRONG STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. THE STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE THIS EVENING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS... SPREADING INTO THE COASTAL PLAIN LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. AREAS UNDER A RED FLAG WARNING WILL HAVE HUMIDITIES FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. SEVERAL DAYS OF OFFSHORE FLOW LEADING INTO CHRISTMAS DAY HAS SUFFICIENTLY DRIED FUELS BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS ACROSS LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...PROMPTING THE ISSUANCE OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. CAZ246-253-254-250030- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0021.071225T0600Z-071226T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0022.071225T0600Z-071226T0400Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 944 AM PST MON DEC 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST TUESDAY DUE TO STRONG 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 THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 70 MPH THROUGH FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT WHEN THE WINDS DEVELOP... FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. 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. $$ CAZ244-245-288-250030- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0021.071225T0600Z-071226T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0022.071225T0600Z-071226T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 944 AM PST MON DEC 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST TUESDAY DUE TO STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH BELOW FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT WHEN THE WINDS DEVELOP... FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ CAZ247-250030- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0021.071225T0600Z-071226T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0022.071225T0600Z-071226T0400Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- 944 AM PST MON DEC 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST TUESDAY DUE TO STRONG 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 THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED TO THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY...WHERE NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL OCCUR. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS THE SAN FERNANDO AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEYS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. 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. $$ CAZ240-250030- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0021.071225T1000Z-071226T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0022.071225T1000Z-071226T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- 944 AM PST MON DEC 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 PM PST TUESDAY DUE TO STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 PM PST TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH BELOW FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER RAPIDLY LATE TONIGHT...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ CAZ241-250030- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0021.071225T1000Z-071226T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0022.071225T1000Z-071226T0400Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST- 944 AM PST MON DEC 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 PM PST TUESDAY DUE TO STRONG 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 2 AM TO 8 PM PST TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH BELOW FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THE WINDS WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER RAPIDLY LATE TONIGHT...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. 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. $$ BOLDT
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS86 KLOX 242240 RFWLOX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 240 PM PST MON DEC 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING ISSUED FOR MUCH OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .A BRIEF BUT STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES STARTING THIS EVENING...SPREADING TO THE COASTAL AREAS OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. WIDESPREAD AREAS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 30 PERCENT ACROSS VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS BY TUESDAY MORNING. AREAS UNDER THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPERIENCE A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY. HUMIDITY LEVELS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE WARNED AREA ON CHRISTMAS DAY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND FALL BELOW RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA BY TUESDAY EVENING. FUEL MOISTURE HAS DROPPED BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF OFFSHORE WINDS LEADING INTO THIS EVENT ACROSS VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. CAZ246-253-254-251830- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0022.071225T0600Z-071226T0400Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 240 PM PST MON DEC 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST TUESDAY DUE TO STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST TUESDAY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 70 MPH THROUGH FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT... AND CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT WHEN THE WINDS DEVELOP... FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. 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. $$ CAZ244-245-288-251830- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0022.071225T0600Z-071226T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 240 PM PST MON DEC 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST TUESDAY DUE TO STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST TUESDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH BELOW FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT WHEN THE WINDS DEVELOP... FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. 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. $$ CAZ247-251830- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0022.071225T0600Z-071226T0400Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- 240 PM PST MON DEC 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST TUESDAY DUE TO STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST TUESDAY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED TO THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY...WHERE NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL OCCUR. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT... FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS THE SAN FERNANDO AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEYS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ CAZ240-251830- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0022.071225T1000Z-071226T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- 240 PM PST MON DEC 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 PM PST TUESDAY DUE TO STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 PM PST TUESDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH BELOW FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT... AND CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER RAPIDLY LATE TONIGHT...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. 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. $$ CAZ241-251830- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0022.071225T1000Z-071226T0400Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST- 240 PM PST MON DEC 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 PM PST TUESDAY FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS DUE TO STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 PM PST TUESDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH BELOW FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT... AND CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THE WINDS WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER RAPIDLY LATE TONIGHT...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ BOLDT
000 WWUS86 KLOX 251808 RFWLOX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1008 AM PST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .A BRIEF BUT STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY. WIDESPREAD RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 30 PERCENT ARE OCCURRING WITH LOCAL VALUES IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. AT THE SAME TIME...FUEL MOISTURES HAVE FALLEN TO CRITICAL VALUES AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF OFFSHORE WINDS LEADING INTO THIS EVENT ACROSS VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY. ALL TOGETHER THIS HAS RESULTED IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND RISE ABOVE RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA BY THIS EVENING. CAZ246-253-254-260000- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071226T0400Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 1008 AM PST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 80 MPH THROUGH FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. SCATTERED HUMIDITY LEVELS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WILL BE COMMON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING NOW. A COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ CAZ244-245-288-260000- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071226T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 1008 AM PST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 80 MPH BELOW FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. SCATTERED HUMIDITY LEVELS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WILL BE COMMON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING NOW. A COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ CAZ247-260000- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071226T0400Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- 1008 AM PST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. SCATTERED HUMIDITY LEVELS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WILL BE COMMON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING NOW. A COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ CAZ240-260000- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071226T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- 1008 AM PST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH BELOW FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. SCATTERED HUMIDITY LEVELS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WILL BE COMMON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING NOW. A COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ CAZ241-260000- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071226T0400Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST- 1008 AM PST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH BELOW FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. SCATTERED HUMIDITY LEVELS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WILL BE COMMON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING NOW. A COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ TRM
000 WWUS86 KLOX 252356 RFWLOX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 356 PM PST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .A BRIEF BUT STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY. WIDESPREAD RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE TEENS ARE OCCURRING WITH LOCAL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. AT THE SAME TIME...FUEL MOISTURES HAVE FALLEN TO CRITICAL VALUES AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF OFFSHORE WINDS LEADING INTO THIS EVENT ACROSS VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY. ALL TOGETHER THIS HAS RESULTED IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE INTO THIS EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE ON THE RISE. BY MID EVENING...OVERALL CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE ABOVE RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA. CAZ246-253-254-260400- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071226T0400Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 356 PM PST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE IN THE TEENS WITH LOCAL SINGLE DIGIT VALUES IN THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING NOW. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ CAZ244-245-288-260400- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071226T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 356 PM PST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH THROUGH AND BELOW CANYONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME... HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE IN THE TEENS WITH LOCAL SINGLE DIGIT VALUES IN THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING NOW. A COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ CAZ247-260400- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071226T0400Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- 356 PM PST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE IN THE TEENS WITH LOCAL SINGLE DIGIT VALUES IN THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING NOW. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ CAZ240-260400- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071226T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- 356 PM PST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH THROUGH AND BELOW CANYONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME... HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE IN THE TEENS WITH LOCAL SINGLE DIGIT VALUES IN THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING NOW. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ CAZ241-260400- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071226T0400Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST- 356 PM PST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH BELOW CANYONS FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE IN THE TEENS WITH LOCAL SINGLE DIGIT VALUES IN THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING NOW. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ TRM
000 WWUS86 KLOX 260404 RFWLOX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 804 PM PST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAD EXPIRED FOR AREAS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTH OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY. STRONG AND COLD NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SOMEWHAT HIGHER THAN THE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAYS OFFSHORE WIND EVENT. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO THE ENTIRE REGION ON FRIDAY. A STRONGER OFFSHORE WIND EVENT IS IN THE FORECAST FOR NEW YEARS EVE AND NEW YEARS DAY. CAZ246-253-254-260515- /O.EXP.KLOX.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071226T0400Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 804 PM PST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO RECOVER WITH MAX HUMIDITIES AVERAGING 50 PERCENT WHILE NORTHEAST WINDS DIMINISH. $$ CAZ244-245-288-260515- /O.EXP.KLOX.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071226T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 804 PM PST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO RECOVER WITH MAX HUMIDITIES AVERAGING 60 PERCENT WHILE NORTHEAST WINDS DIMINISH. $$ CAZ247-260515- /O.EXP.KLOX.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071226T0400Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- 804 PM PST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO RECOVER WITH MAX HUMIDITIES AVERAGING 50 PERCENT WHILE NORTHEAST WINDS DIMINISH. $$ CAZ240-260515- /O.EXP.KLOX.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071226T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- 804 PM PST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO RECOVER WITH MAX HUMIDITIES AVERAGING 60 PERCENT WHILE NORTHEAST WINDS DIMINISH. $$ CAZ241-260515- /O.EXP.KLOX.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071226T0400Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST- 804 PM PST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO RECOVER WITH MAX HUMIDITIES AVERAGING 60 PERCENT WHILE NORTHEAST WINDS DIMINISH. $$ 30
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 Dec 24, 9:25 AM PST, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 9:25 AM PST, 19 minutes before
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 925 AM PST MON DEC 24 2007 .SHORT TERM...FORECAST ON TRACK FOR SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT TO OCCUR ACROSS THE LA/VTU COUNTY MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. EXPECT AREAS OF NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 70 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE PEAK OF THIS 24-HOUR WIND EVENT. CHANCES ARE VALLEYS AND CERTAIN COASTAL LOCATIONS BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS WILL EXPERIENCE NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH AS WELL DURING TH SAME TIME PERIOD. WENT AHEAD AND UPGRADED HIGH WIND WATCH TO HIGH WIND WARNINGS FOR THESE AREAS. THERE WILL BE AN EXCELLENT CHANCE THAT THE LA/VTU COUNTY VALLEYS AND COASTAL AREAS WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED TO CONVERT HIGH WIND WATCHES INTO WARNINGS AS WELL. BUT WILL WAIT FOR 18Z MODEL RUNS TO CONFIRM THIS. DECISION WILL BE MADE FOR THE AFTERNOON ZONE PACKAGE. RED FLAG WARNINGS WILL ALSO BE ISSUED THIS MORNING FOR LA/VTU COUNTIES...EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR COMBINATION OF HIGH WIND GUSTS AND LOW RH VALUES. TEMPS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY WARM TODAY. IN FACT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF A COUPLE AREAS REACH 80 IN LA/VTU COUNTY COASTAL AND VALLEY LOCATIONS. ...FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... W-E OFFSHORE GRADS HAVE WEAKENED A BIT DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS...BUT OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...N-S GRADS HAVE INCREASED. GUSTY WINDS WERE FAIRLY LOCALIZED ACROSS THE MTNS OF L.A. AND VTU COUNTIES...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING. WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE MTNS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. IN THE VLYS OF L.A. AND VTU COUNTIES...GUSTY WINDS WILL BE MORE LOCALIZED AND SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS TODAY. TEMPS SHOULD BE QUITE SIMILAR TO THOSE ON SUNDAY IN MOST AREAS. NLY GRADS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH DIGS INTO THE GREAT BASIN. AN AREA OF FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE SUBSIDENCE WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE STRONGEST NEAR THE I-5 CORRIDOR. WINDS COULD REACH ADVISORY LVLS THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE AND THE S CST OF SBA COUNTY BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. A STRONG SFC HIGH WILL BUILD INTO THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT...OFFSHORE GRADIENTS WILL BECOME VERY STEEP...WITH THE WRF STILL INDICATING ABOUT 10 MB OFFSHORE BETWEEN KLAX AND KDAG. THE WRF HAS BACKED OFF A BIT ON THE FLOW AT 850 AND 950 MB...WHICH IS NOT TOTALLY SURPRISING SINCE IT HAS A PENCHANT FOR DOING THAT AS WE GET CLOSER TO AN EVENT. HOWEVER...WINDS AT 950 MB PEAK AROUND 60 KNOTS ACROSS ERN VTU AND L.A. COUNTY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUE MORNING. IN ADDITION...STRONG SUBSIDENCE IS STILL SHOWN TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA...ALONG WITH A GOOD COLD AIR ADVECTION PATTERN. AND...ISENTROPIC CROSS SECTIONS STILL LOOK IMPRESSIVE LATE TONIGHT AND TUE MORNING. WILL LET THE DAY SHIFT LOOK AT ONE MORE MODEL RUN TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO UPGRADE TO A HIGH WIND WARNING. IT LOOKS LIKE PRETTY GOOD BET FOR THE MTNS OF L.A. AND VTU COUNTIES INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICAS. HOWEVER... CONFIDENCE IS LOWER AS TO WHETHER THERE WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN MORE THAN ISOLATED LOCATIONS IN THE VLYS OF L.A. AND VTU COUNTIES... ACROSS COASTAL SXNS OF VTU COUNTY AND COASTAL SXNS OF L.A. COUNTY BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS FROM THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS TO LEO CARRILLO STATE PARK. WITH THE STRONG COLD ADVECTION...IT WILL LIKELY COOL A FEW DEGREES ON TUE...EVEN W OF THE MTNS...DESPITE THE OFFSHORE FLOW. WITH THE EXPECTED STRONG WINDS AND A SHARP DECREASE IN HUMIDITY LEVELS...FIRE WEATHER WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF VENTURA COUNTY AND MUCH OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. PLEASE REFER FOR LAXRFWLOX FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ANOTHER TROUGH IS FCST TO PUSH INTO THE PAC NW TUE NIGHT AND WED. OFFSHORE GRADS ARE FCST TO WEAKEN RATHER DRAMATICALLY TUE NIGHT...SO XPCT MUCH LESS IN THE WAY OF WIND TUE NIGHT. W-E GRADS ACTUALLY TURN ONSHORE ON WED AND HEIGHTS FALL...SO XPCT SIGNIFICANT COOLING IN MOST AREAS ON WED. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH GUSTY NWLY WINDS WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS WED AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS N-S GRADS TIGHTEN AGAIN IN THE WAKE OF THE TROUGH SLIDING TO THE E. XPCT GUSTY WINDS TO POSSIBLE SPREAD INTO THE S CST OF SBA COUNTY WED EVENING. .LONG TERM... STRONG W TO NWLY FLOW ALOFT SETS UP ACROSS THE REGION THU THROUGH SUN. A COUPLE OF WEAKENING FRONTAL SYSTEMS COULD THREATEN THE AREA WITH SOME RAIN...WITH THE BEST THREAT OF WDSPRD RAIN ACROSS THE AREA ON FRI AND FRI NIGHT. WILL KEEP SLIGHT POPS FOR AREAS N OF PT CONCEPTION FOR SAT AND SAT NIGHT AS ANOTHER SYSTEM BRUSHES BY TO THE N. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOW SIDE. IT WILL BE QUITE COOL ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THU THRU SUN. && .AVIATION... 24/1200Z... HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL KEEP VFR CONDS OVER THE AREA...WHILE INCREASING HIGH PRESSURE IN NEVADA WILL BRING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF OFFSHORE WINDS TO THE AREA. LGT-MDT TURBC AND LLWS ARE POSSIBLE OVER AND NEAR HIER TRRN. FOR KLAX...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN TAF. FOR KBUR...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN TAF. LGT-MDT TURBC FROM SFC-070. LLWS POSSIBLE AFTER NOON. ISOLD SVR TURBC POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WATCH (SEE LAXNPWLOX). FIRE WEATHER WATCH (SEE LAXRFWLOX). WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX). SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXCWFLOX). && PUBLIC...KAPLAN/BRUNO AVIATION...RORKE WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 6:00 AM PST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 9:13 AM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.