Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this red flag warning at May 5, 2007, 3:54 PM PDT for Los Angeles County, California. It took effect at May 6, 2007, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 5 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2007, 3:54 PM PDT (22:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 6, 2007, 8:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- May 10, 2007, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
County Los Angeles County, CA
The radar
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS86 KLOX 052254 RFWLOX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 354 PM PDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA... VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING...WITH VERY WARM TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY. THIS PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO LINGER OVER THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE ONSHORE WINDS BEGIN TO DEVELOP ON TUESDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE BEGINNING TO FALL OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR HUMIDITIES TO FALL TO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH VERY POOR RECOVERIES SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. EXPECT WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND INTERIOR COASTAL VALLEYS DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS...DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...WILL BECOME NORTHEASTERLY TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS AND LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS OF THE COASTAL VALLEYS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOMEWHAT SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN REDEVELOP AGAIN MONDAY MORNING. ALSO...LOOK FOR UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 90S OVER THE INTERIOR VALLEYS AND LOWER COASTAL SLOPES. THE COMBINATION OF HEAT...WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES AND THE COASTAL VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING UNTIL MONDAY EVENING. OUTSIDE OF THE WARNING AREA...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR TRANSIENT RED FLAG CONDITIONS. THESE REGIONS INCLUDE THE MOUNTAINS AND INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY...THE CUYAMA VALLEY... AND LOCALLY THE COASTAL AREAS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. HOWEVER...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO MEET OR EXCEED RED FLAG DURATION CRITERIA IN THESE AREAS. THEREFORE...THEY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RED FLAG WARNING AT THIS TIME. CAZ246-252>254-061700- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0006.070506T1500Z-070508T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0008.070506T1500Z-070508T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 354 PM PDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM PDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM PDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES BY SUNDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE NOW EXPECTED THROUGH THE PASSES AND CANYONS OF THE MOUNTAINS. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 80S TO LOWER 90S. 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. $$ CAZ244-245-247-288-061700- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0006.070506T1500Z-070508T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0008.070506T1500Z-070508T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 354 PM PDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM PDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM PDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...IN COMBINATION WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. AT THE SAME TIME...TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 80S AND 90S. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ DANIELSON/SIRARD
13 follow-up statements
000 WWUS86 KLOX 061644 RFWLOX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 944 AM PDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA... VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...HUMIDITIES NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW 10 PERCENT...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE TO CREATE AN EXTREMELY A HIGH FIRE DANGER THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PEAK THIS MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH THROUGH THE FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. THE LOWEST HUMIDITIES AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE VALLEYS...MOUNTAINS...AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS OF EASTERN VENTURA AND WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR...GENERALLY RISING TO 20-30 PERCENT AT MOST IN THE WARNING AREA. WINDS WILL DECREASE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...HOWEVER EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS A RESULT...THE RED FLAG WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED IN SOME OR ALL OF THE CURRENT WARNING AREA BEYOND MONDAY EVENING. CAZ246-252>254-070045- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070508T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 944 AM PDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT MONDAY. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PASSES AND CANYONS...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS IN EASTERN VENTURA AND WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 80S TO LOWER 90S. 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. $$ CAZ244-245-247-288-070045- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070508T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 944 AM PDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT MONDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT MONDAY. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS OF EASTERN VENTURA AND WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTIES DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 80S AND 90S. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ WOFFORD
000 WWUS86 KLOX 062208 RFWLOX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 308 PM PDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA... VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL VALLEYS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...HUMIDITIES NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW 10 PERCENT...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE TO CREATE AN EXTREMELY A HIGH FIRE DANGER THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN OVERNIGHT AND PEAK DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS MONDAY WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH THROUGH AND BELOW THE FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. THE LOWEST HUMIDITIES AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE VALLEYS...MOUNTAINS...AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS OF EASTERN VENTURA AND WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR...GENERALLY RISING TO 20-30 PERCENT AT MOST IN THE WARNING AREA. WINDS WILL DECREASE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...HOWEVER EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS A RESULT...THE RED FLAG WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED IN SOME OR ALL OF THE CURRENT WARNING AREA BEYOND MONDAY EVENING. CAZ246-252>254-071700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070508T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 308 PM PDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT MONDAY. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PASSES AND CANYONS...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS IN EASTERN VENTURA AND WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 80S TO LOWER 90S. 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. $$ CAZ244-245-247-288-071700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070508T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 308 PM PDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT MONDAY. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS OF EASTERN VENTURA AND WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTIES DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 80S AND 90S. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$
000 WWUS86 KLOX 071650 RFWLOX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 950 AM PDT MON MAY 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT AND EXTENDED FOR AREAS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA FOR PROLONGED LOW HUMIDITIES... .OFFSHORE WINDS WILL REDEVELOP TONIGHT AFTER A BRIEF RESPITE THIS AFTERNOON. HUMIDITIES MAY RECOVER BRIEFLY IN AREAS NEAR THE COAST AS A MODERATE SEABREEZE DEVELOPS IN THE AFTERNOON THOUGH AS THE OFFSHORE WINDS REDEVELOP OVERNIGHT HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN LOWER TO AROUND 10 PERCENT THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING IS EXTENDED THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA WILL SHIFT EAST AND ONSHORE WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. AN INCREASING HUMIDITY RECOVERY TREND WILL DEVELOP AND GRADUALLY SHIFT INLAND WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. CAZ246-252>254-072330- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070509T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 950 AM PDT MON MAY 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT TUESDAY... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT TUESDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL IN EASTERN VENTURA AND WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. LOW HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY WILL PERSIST AS OFFSHORE WINDS PREVAIL. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 80S TO LOWER 90S. $$ CAZ244-245-247-288-072330- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070509T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 950 AM PDT MON MAY 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT TUESDAY... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT TUESDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING WILL DIMINISH TO 10 MPH INLAND...AS WELL AS BECOME WEST 10 TO 15 MPH NEAR THE COAST IN THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL IN EASTERN VENTURA AND WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER TO AROUND 30 PERCENT IN THE EVENING THOUGH LOWER TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS OVERNIGHT. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 80S AND 90S. $$ FORWOOD
000 WWUS86 KLOX 071726 CCA RFWLOX RED FLAG WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1021 AM PDT MON MAY 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT AND EXTENDED FOR AREAS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA FOR PROLONGED LOW HUMIDITIES... .OFFSHORE WINDS WILL REDEVELOP TONIGHT AFTER A BRIEF RESPITE THIS AFTERNOON. HUMIDITIES MAY RECOVER BRIEFLY IN AREAS NEAR THE COAST AS A MODERATE SEABREEZE DEVELOPS IN THE AFTERNOON THOUGH AS THE OFFSHORE WINDS REDEVELOP OVERNIGHT HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN LOWER TO AROUND 10 PERCENT THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING IS EXTENDED THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA WILL SHIFT EAST AND ONSHORE WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. AN INCREASING HUMIDITY RECOVERY TREND WILL DEVELOP AND GRADUALLY SHIFT INLAND WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. CAZ246-252>254-080015- /O.COR.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070509T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 1021 AM PDT MON MAY 7 2007 CORRECTED HEADLINE ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR PROLONGED LOW HUMIDITIES... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT TUESDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL IN EASTERN VENTURA AND WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. LOW HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY WILL PERSIST AS OFFSHORE WINDS PREVAIL. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 80S TO LOWER 90S. $$ CAZ244-245-247-288-080015- /O.COR.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070509T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 1021 AM PDT MON MAY 7 2007 CORRECTED HEADLINE ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR PROLONGED LOW HUMIDITIES... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT TUESDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING WILL DIMINISH TO 10 MPH INLAND...AS WELL AS BECOME WEST 10 TO 15 MPH NEAR THE COAST IN THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL IN EASTERN VENTURA AND WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER TO AROUND 30 PERCENT IN THE EVENING THOUGH LOWER TO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS OVERNIGHT. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 80S AND 90S. $$ FORWOOD
000 WWUS86 KLOX 072201 RFWLOX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 301 PM PDT MON MAY 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PROLONGED LOW HUMIDITIES OVER AREAS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... .LITTLE OR NO HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT AS LIGHT TO MODERATE EAST AND NORTHEAST WINDS REDEVELOP. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA WILL SHIFT EAST AND ONSHORE WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. AN INCREASING HUMIDITY RECOVERY TREND WILL DEVELOP AND GRADUALLY SHIFT INLAND WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. CAZ246-252>254-081700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070509T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 301 PM PDT MON MAY 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR PROLONGED LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT TUESDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL DIMINISH TO 5 TO 15 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL IN EASTERN VENTURA AND WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. LOW HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY WILL PERSIST AS OFFSHORE WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH. ONSHORE WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER TO 30-40 PERCENT LOW ELEVATIONS TO 45-65 PERCENT VALLEYS AND PEAKS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY. $$ CAZ244-245-247-288-081700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070509T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 301 PM PDT MON MAY 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR PROLONGED LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT TUESDAY. VARIABLE WINDS TO 10 MPH INLAND...AND WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH AND GUSTY NEAR THE COAST WILL DIMINISH IN THE EVENING. NORTHEAST AND EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH WILL REDEVELOP OVERNIGHT OVER THE ENTIRE AREA WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH OVER THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS. HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 10 AND 20 PERCENT WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY WILL PERSIST AS THE OFFSHORE WINDS REDEVELOP. THE WEAKEST RECOVERY WILL OCCUR OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF VENTURA THROUGH THE WESTERN HALF OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. ONSHORE WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER TO AROUND 70 PERCENT NEAR THE COAST TO 35 PERCENT IN THE HILLS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY. $$ FORWOOD
000 WWUS86 KLOX 081625 RFWLOX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 925 AM PDT TUE MAY 8 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PROLONGED LOW HUMIDITIES OVER AREAS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... .HUMIDITY LEVELS REMAINED IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING AS LIGHT OFFSHORE WINDS CONTINUE TO REINFORCE VERY WARM AND DRY AIR ACROSS THE REGION. AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 90S AND PERHAPS TOP THE CENTURY MARK TODAY...THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ROUND OF PROLONGED SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. RED FLAG WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO THURSDAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS DUE TO VERY WARM AND DRY AIR PERSISTING. CAZ246-252>254-082300- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070509T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 925 AM PDT TUE MAY 8 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR PROLONGED LOW HUMIDITY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...THEN DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AS ONSHORE FLOW BEGINS TO DEVELOP. THERE WILL ONCE AGAIN BE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HUMIDITIES OF AROUND 10 PERCENT OR LESS TODAY...WITH TEMPERATURES SOARING INTO THE 90S IN MANY AREAS. $$ CAZ244-245-247-288-082300- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070509T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 925 AM PDT TUE MAY 8 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. LIGHT OFFSHORE WINDS CONTINUE TO REINFORCE VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE VALLEYS THIS MORNING. THERE WILL ONCE AGAIN BE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HUMIDITIES OF AROUND 10 PERCENT OR LESS TODAY...WITH TEMPERATURES SOARING INTO THE 90S TO AROUND 100 IN MANY AREAS. THE LOWEST HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED IN THE FOOTHILLS...WHICH COULD FALL AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT TODAY. $$ GOMBERG
000 WWUS86 KLOX 082111 RFWLOX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 211 PM PDT TUE MAY 8 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PROLONGED LOW HUMIDITIES OVER AREAS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... .LIGHT OFFSHORE WINDS THIS MORNING HELPED TO REINFORCE A VERY WARM AND DRY AIR MASS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. MANY AREAS UNDER THE RED FLAG WARNING HAVE REPORTED SEVERAL HOURS OF SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES TODAY... WITH TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 90S AND LOCALLY REACHING 100 DEGREES. WHILE ONSHORE FLOW WILL GRADUALLY BRING AN INCREASE IN HUMIDITY LEVELS ACROSS COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS... THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROLONGED PERIODS OF SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES IN THE MOUNTAINS...PROMPTING THE EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. IN ADDITION...OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY POOR IN THE MOUNTAINS. CAZ246-252>254-091700- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070511T0400Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 211 PM PDT TUE MAY 8 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THURSDAY DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THURSDAY. PROLONGED PERIODS OF HUMIDITIES AROUND 10 PERCENT OR LESS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE 90S. IN ADDITION...OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN VERY POOR EACH NIGHT...GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 10 AND 20 PERCENT. $$ CAZ244-245-247-288-090200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070509T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 211 PM PDT TUE MAY 8 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. LIGHT OFFSHORE WINDS CONTINUE TO REINFORCE VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE VALLEYS TODAY. HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE BEEN AT 10 PERCENT OR LESS FOR SEVERAL HOURS TODAY...AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED WELL INTO THE 90S TODAY...LOCALLY REACHING 100 DEGREES. AS ONSHORE FLOW INCREASES...HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE GRADUALLY EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...EXCEPT FOOTHILL LOCATIONS WILL LOCALLY EXPERIENCE HUMIDITIES OF 10 PERCENT OR LESS EACH DAY. $$ GOMBERG
000 WWUS86 KLOX 090119 RFWLOX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 619 PM PDT TUE MAY 8 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PROLONGED LOW HUMIDITIES OVER AREAS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... .A DRY AIRMASS CONTINUES TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. VERY POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH MOST LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. WHILE ONSHORE FLOW WILL GRADUALLY BRING AN INCREASE IN HUMIDITY LEVELS ACROSS COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS... THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROLONGED PERIODS OF SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES IN THE MOUNTAINS. CAZ244-245-247-288-091600- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070509T1600Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 619 PM PDT TUE MAY 8 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS EXTENDED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THIS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT WEDNESDAY AND IS FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS. VERY LITTLE RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY IS OCCURRING THIS EVENING. MOST VALLEY SITES ARE STILL IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. LIGHT OFFSHORE WINDS WILL TO CONTINUE TO REINFORCE WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE VALLEYS TONIGHT. HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE BEEN AT 10 PERCENT OR LESS FOR SEVERAL HOURS TODAY...AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE GRADUALLY EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...EXCEPT FOOTHILL LOCATIONS WILL LOCALLY EXPERIENCE HUMIDITIES OF 10 PERCENT OR LESS EACH DAY. $$ CAZ246-252>254-091600- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070511T0400Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 619 PM PDT TUE MAY 8 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CONTINUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THIS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THURSDAY AND IS FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE. PROLONGED PERIODS OF HUMIDITIES AROUND 10 PERCENT OR LESS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE 90S. IN ADDITION...OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN VERY POOR EACH NIGHT...GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 10 AND 20 PERCENT. $$ HALL/GOMBERG
000 WWUS86 KLOX 091554 RFWLOX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 854 AM PDT WED MAY 9 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PROLONGED LOW HUMIDITIES OVER AREAS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... .A DRY AIRMASS CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS ABOVE AROUND 800 FEET ELEVATION WHERE HUMIDITIES IN MOST LOCATIONS WILL AGAIN DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING HIGHER HUMIDITIES TO THE COAST AND LOWER COASTAL VALLEYS. LITTLE CHANGE IN THIS PATTERN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY WITH VERY POOR RECOVERIES TONIGHT IN THE WARNING AREA. CAZ244-245-247-288-100000- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070511T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 854 AM PDT WED MAY 9 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOOTHILL LOCATIONS DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THURSDAY. INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW IS BRINGING SOME HUMIDITY RELIEF AND COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE LOWER VALLEY LOCATIONS. HOWEVER...IN THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE 800 FEET ELEVATION AND IN THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY HUMIDITIES TODAY WILL AGAIN DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. RECOVERIES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE POOR AND HUMIDITIES ON THURSDAY WILL AGAIN DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. $$ CAZ246-252>254-100000- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070511T0400Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 854 AM PDT WED MAY 9 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THURSDAY DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THURSDAY. PROLONGED PERIODS OF HUMIDITIES 10 PERCENT OR LESS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE 90S. IN ADDITION...OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN VERY POOR EACH NIGHT...GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 10 AND 20 PERCENT. $$ WOFFORD
000 WWUS86 KLOX 092124 RFWLOX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 224 PM PDT WED MAY 9 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PROLONGED LOW HUMIDITIES OVER AREAS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... .A DRY AIRMASS CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS WHERE HUMIDITIES IN MOST LOCATIONS AGAIN DROPPED INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. MEANWHILE...INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING HIGHER HUMIDITIES TO THE COAST AND LOWER COASTAL VALLEYS. LITTLE CHANGE IN THIS PATTERN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY WITH VERY POOR RECOVERIES TONIGHT IN THE WARNING AREA. CAZ246-252>254-101700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070511T0400Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 224 PM PDT WED MAY 9 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THURSDAY DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THURSDAY. PROLONGED PERIODS OF HUMIDITIES 10 PERCENT OR LESS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE 90S. IN ADDITION...OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE POOR TONIGHT...GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 15 AND 25 PERCENT. $$ CAZ244-245-247-288-101700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070511T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 224 PM PDT WED MAY 9 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THURSDAY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THURSDAY. INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW HAS USHERED IN HIGHER HUMIDITIES AND COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE COAST AND COASTAL VALLEYS TODAY. HOWEVER...IN THE FOOTHILLS AND IN THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY HUMIDITIES ARE STILL EXTREMELY LOW...BETWEEN 8 AND 12 PERCENT. RECOVERIES IN THE FOOTHILLS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE POOR AND HUMIDITIES ON THURSDAY WILL AGAIN DROP INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. $$ WOFFORD
000 WWUS86 KLOX 101701 RFWLOX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1001 AM PDT THU MAY 10 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PROLONGED LOW HUMIDITIES OVER AREAS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... .HUMIDITIES RECOVERED RELATIVELY WELL OVER THE VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS BELOW 2000 FEET WITH LITTLE OR NO RECOVERY ABOVE 2000 FEET THIS MORNING. WEST WINDS WILL REDEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN OVER THE VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON AND HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE IN THE MID TEENS TO LOWER TWENTIES...THUS THE RED FLAG FOR THE VALLEYS AND SANTA MONICA RANGE WAS CANCELLED. AFTERNOON VALLEY TEMPERATURES WILL TREND COOLER THOUGH REMAIN SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL TODAY THEN COOL TO NORMAL OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL BY SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES OVER THE HIGH COUNTRY WILL REMAIN TEN TO FIFTEEN DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THOUGH COOL TO NEAR NORMAL WITH LITTLE OR NO OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY THROUGH SATURDAY. CAZ244>247-288-101815- /O.CAN.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070511T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 1001 AM PDT THU MAY 10 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. HUMIDITIES AVERAGED 50 TO 70 PERCENT OVER THE MAJORITY OF AREA AND RECOVERED OVER SANTA CLARITA VALLEY TO THE 30S AND 40S THIS MORNING. WEST WINDS WILL REDEVELOP AND REINFORCE THE RECOVERY THIS AFTERNOON AND MINIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID TEENS TO MID TWENTIES...UP 5 TO 10 PERCENT FROM WEDNESDAY. THE LOWEST HUMIDITIES WILL OCCUR OVER THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. THE MARINE AIR WILL RETURN OVERNIGHT AND HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER AS WELL. $$ CAZ252>254-110000- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070511T0400Z/ SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 1001 AM PDT THU MAY 10 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR PROLONGED LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. HUMIDITIES 10 PERCENT OR LESS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL AVERAGE SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. $$ FORWOOD
000 WWUS86 KLOX 102253 RFWLOX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 353 PM PDT THU MAY 10 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PROLONGED LOW HUMIDITIES OVER AREAS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... .INCREASING HUMIDITY RECOVERY TREND WILL CONTINUE FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 2000 FEET THROUGH THE WEEKEND...OTHERWISE LOW HUMIDITIES WITH LITTLE OR NO OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES WILL PERSIST FOR THE HIGH COUNTRY. A COOLING TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL COOL A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL OVER THE NORTH HALF OF THE AREA THOUGH REMAIN SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL OVER THE SOUTH HALF FRIDAY THEN COOLING A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL OVER THE ENTIRE AREA SATURDAY. A WEAK TROUGH WILL MOVE ASHORE SATURDAY AND MODERATE NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE HIGH COUNTRY AND WEST AND SOUTH SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SATURDAY EVENING. CAZ252>254-110400- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070511T0400Z/ SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 353 PM PDT THU MAY 10 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR PROLONGED LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. HUMIDITIES 10 PERCENT OR LESS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 PERCENT OVER THE LOW ELEVATIONS TO 15 PERCENT OVER THE HIGH VALLEYS AND PEAKS OVERNIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THEN DECREASE TO 10 MPH AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT. $$ FORWOOD
000 WWUS86 KLOX 110353 RFWLOX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 853 PM PDT THU MAY 10 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT... .ONSHORE FLOW AND COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL HELP TO INCREASE HUMIDITY VALUES TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AFTERNOON MINIMUM HUMIDITIES FRIDAY ARE STILL EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TEENS...BUT THE WIDESPREAD AND PROLONGED PERIOD OF HUMIDITIES OF 10 PERCENT OR LOWER ARE NOT EXPECTED. AS A RESULT...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. CAZ252>254-110500- /O.EXP.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070511T0400Z/ SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 853 PM PDT THU MAY 10 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH AFTERNOON MINIMUM HUMIDITIES FRIDAY ARE STILL EXPECTED TO BE QUITE LOW...THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF HUMIDITIES OF 10 PERCENT OR LOWER ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$ SIRARD
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 May 5, 2:56 PM PDT, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 5, 2:56 PM PDT, 58 minutes before
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
256 PM PDT SAT MAY 5 2007
.SHORT TERM...GUIDANCE WAS CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS RUNS...DRY
AIR WILL DESCEND OVER THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITHIN A MODERATE
OFFSHORE COMPONENT OVERNIGHT. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL
CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE PAC NW THIS AFTERNOON AND SHIFT EAST
OVER THE GREAT BASIN AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER
ARIZONA REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY OVERNIGHT. THE PATTERN IS
EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH TUE THOUGH THE OFFSHORE COMPONENT WILL
DECELERATE AS THE MODERATE PRESSURE GRADIENT CENTERED OVER THE
TRANSVERSE RANGE WEAKENS IN RESPONSE TO THE LOW DOWNSTREAM LIFTING
NORTHEAST AND RIDGE WEAKENING OVER THE GREAT BASIN. WARMING TREND
WILL PRESIST WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL OVER
THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH MON. CURRENT TREND INDICATED A 5 TO 10
DEGREE WARMING FROM YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME EXCLUDING THE HIGHEST
ELEVATIONS...THOUGH REMAINED 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AT THIS
TIME. WILL CONTINUE THE WARMING TREND AND HIGHS WILL EXCEED 10
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL SUN WITH SEVERAL DEGREE MORE WARMING MON. A
MIXED TEMPERATURE TREND WILL OCCUR TUE AS THE OFFSHORE COMPONENT
WEAKENS AND THE COAST AREAS WILL COOL TO NORMAL AS THE ONSHORE
WINDS DEVELOP.
.LONG TERM...COOLING TREND WILL OCCUR OVER THE ENTIRE AREA WED AS
GUIDANCE WAS CONSISTENT WITH ADVANCING THE LONG WAVE TROUGH
UPSTREAM EAST. AREA WILL PERSIST 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
THROUGH THU THEN COOL TO AT OR BELOW NORMAL FRI...HAVE CONTINUED
THE TREND SAT WITH NEARLY 3 DEGREE ADDITIONAL COOLING AS THE COOLER
AIR MASS GRADUALLY MOVES SOUTH OVER THE AREA.
&&
.AVIATION...05/1915Z
ASIDE FROM A FEW CLOUDS IN EASTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND NEAR
SOME OF THE MOUNTAINS...SKIES WERE CLEAR ACROSS THE FORECAST
DISTRICT. THE ONLY AIRFIELD TO BE AFFECTED BY ANY CLOUDS WAS
KLGB...AND THE CLOUDS ARE NOW DISSIPATING IN DRIER AIR. GUSTY
WINDS WILL AGAIN PLAGUE THE FORECAST AREA CAUSING TURBULENCE AND
LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR NEAR THE MOUNTAINS AND BELOW PASSES AND
CANYONS. KSBA MAY SEE SOME PROBLEMS WITH LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR.
KLAX...SKIES WILL REMAIN CLEAR AND A FAIRLY STRONG SEA BREEZE WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DISSIPATING AROUND MIDNIGHT.
KBUR...SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE EVENING HOURS. SKIES WILL
REMAIN CLEAR THROUGH SUNDAY. LOCALLY GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING.
&&
.LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CA...RED FLAG WARNING (SEE LAXRFWLOX).
WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX).
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...GALE WARNING (SEE LAXCWFLOX).
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXCWFLOX).
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK (SEE LAXSRFLOX).
&&
PUBLIC...FORWOOD
AVIATION...SWEET
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELESHazardous weather outlook, May 5, 6:00 AM PDT, 9 hours 54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2:38 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 21 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.