Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this red flag warning at Sep 29, 2012, 3:51 PM PDT for Los Angeles County, California. It took effect at Oct 1, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 39 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 29, 2012, 3:51 PM PDT (22:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 1, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2012, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 39 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 22:57 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
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 184 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -619 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
993 WWUS86 KLOX 292251 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 351 PM PDT SAT SEP 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY DUE TO LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS DUE TO LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD OVER THE GREAT BASIN ON SUNDAY BRINGING A PERIOD OF OFFSHORE FLOW WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE REGION FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO PEAK ON MONDAY WHEN RECORD BREAKING TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT AND WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH VERY DRY FUELS. THE MOST CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...WHERE A RED FLAG WARNING IS IS IN EFFECT. THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE OFFSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH ON MONDAY. WHILE CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY WILL NOT BE QUITE AS HOT AND DRY DUE TO INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW...AREAS UNDER THE RED FLAG WARNING COULD STILL SEE TEMPERATURES ABOVE 100 DEGREES AND HUMIDITIES AROUND 10 PERCENT ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON...COINCIDING WITH ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...WHERE THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. CAZ253-254-301700- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0004.121001T1300Z-121003T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0010.121001T1300Z-121003T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 351 PM PDT SAT SEP 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES... AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM PDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 MPH ON MONDAY... DIMINISHING MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES EXPECTED ON MONDAY...WITH VERY POOR RECOVERY MONDAY NIGHT. HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 10 PERCENT ON TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 95 TO 105 DEGREES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS ON MONDAY...THEN A FEW DEGREES COOLER ON TUESDAY. LOWS MONDAY NIGHT IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-301700- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0004.121001T1300Z-121003T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0010.121001T1300Z-121003T0100Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 351 PM PDT SAT SEP 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES... AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM PDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 MPH ON MONDAY... DIMINISHING MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES EXPECTED ON MONDAY WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES MONDAY NIGHT. HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 10 PERCENT ON TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 103 TO 106 DEGREES ON MONDAY...THEN A FEW DEGREES COOLER ON TUESDAY. LOWS MONDAY NIGHT IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-301700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.A.0004.121001T1300Z-121003T0100Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 351 PM PDT SAT SEP 29 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH ON MONDAY... DIMINISHING MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO SINGLE DIGITS ON MONDAY WITH VERY POOR RECOVERIES MONDAY NIGHT. HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 10 TO 15 PERCENT ON TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 95 TO 104 DEGREES ON MONDAY...LOWERING TO BETWEEN 90 AND 100 DEGREES ON TUESDAY. LOWS MONDAY NIGHT IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPDATES FOR THE POTENTIAL UPGRADE TO A RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ GOMBERG
7 follow-up statements
304 WWUS86 KLOX 301633 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 933 AM PDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY DUE TO LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS DUE TO LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING A PERIOD OF WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE REGION TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO PEAK ON MONDAY WHEN RECORD BREAKING TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT AND WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH VERY DRY FUELS. THE MOST CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...WHERE A RED FLAG WARNING IS IS IN EFFECT. THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE OFFSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH ON MONDAY. WHILE CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY WILL NOT BE QUITE AS HOT AND DRY DUE TO INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW...AREAS UNDER THE RED FLAG WARNING COULD STILL SEE TEMPERATURES ABOVE 100 DEGREES AND HUMIDITIES AROUND 10 PERCENT ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON...COINCIDING WITH ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...WHERE THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. CAZ253-254-302300- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0010.121001T1300Z-121003T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 933 AM PDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES... AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 MPH ON MONDAY... DIMINISHING MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES EXPECTED ON MONDAY...WITH VERY POOR RECOVERY MONDAY NIGHT. HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 10 PERCENT ON TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 95 TO 105 DEGREES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS ON MONDAY...THEN A FEW DEGREES COOLER ON TUESDAY. LOWS MONDAY NIGHT IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-302300- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0010.121001T1300Z-121003T0100Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 933 AM PDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES... AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 MPH ON MONDAY... DIMINISHING MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES EXPECTED ON MONDAY WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES MONDAY NIGHT. HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 10 PERCENT ON TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 103 TO 106 DEGREES ON MONDAY...THEN A FEW DEGREES COOLER ON TUESDAY. LOWS MONDAY NIGHT IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-302300- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.A.0004.121001T1300Z-121003T0100Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 933 AM PDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH ON MONDAY... DIMINISHING MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO SINGLE DIGITS ON MONDAY WITH VERY POOR RECOVERIES MONDAY NIGHT. HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 10 TO 15 PERCENT ON TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 95 TO 104 DEGREES ON MONDAY...LOWERING TO BETWEEN 90 AND 100 DEGREES ON TUESDAY. LOWS MONDAY NIGHT IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPDATES FOR THE POTENTIAL UPGRADE TO A RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ GOMBERG
228 WWUS86 KLOX 302048 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 148 PM PDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY DUE TO LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS DUE TO LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING A PERIOD OF WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE REGION TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO PEAK ON MONDAY WHEN RECORD BREAKING TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT AND WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH VERY DRY FUELS. THE MOST CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...WHERE A RED FLAG WARNING IS IS IN EFFECT. THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE OFFSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH ON MONDAY. WHILE CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY WILL NOT BE QUITE AS HOT AND DRY DUE TO INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW...AREAS UNDER THE RED FLAG WARNING COULD STILL SEE TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 DEGREES AND HUMIDITIES AROUND 10 PERCENT ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON...COINCIDING WITH ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH. WHILE OFFSHORE WINDS WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENTLY STRONG TO WARRANT A RED FLAG WARNING ON MONDAY ACROSS THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...THERE WILL STILL BE A HEIGHTENED FIRE WEATHER CONCERN DUE TO THE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS. ON TUESDAY...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS AS ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH COMBINE WITH CONTINUED HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. CAZ253-254-011700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0010.121001T1300Z-121003T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 148 PM PDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES... AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 MPH ON MONDAY... DIMINISHING MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES EXPECTED ON MONDAY...WITH VERY POOR RECOVERY MONDAY NIGHT. HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 10 PERCENT ON TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 95 TO 105 DEGREES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS ON MONDAY...THEN A FEW DEGREES COOLER ON TUESDAY. LOWS MONDAY NIGHT IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-011700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0010.121001T1300Z-121003T0100Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 148 PM PDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES... AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 MPH ON MONDAY... DIMINISHING MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES EXPECTED ON MONDAY WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES MONDAY NIGHT. HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 10 PERCENT ON TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 103 TO 106 DEGREES ON MONDAY...THEN A FEW DEGREES COOLER ON TUESDAY. LOWS MONDAY NIGHT IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-011700- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.A.0004.121002T1700Z-121003T0100Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 148 PM PDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT ON TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 90 TO 100 DEGREES ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPDATES FOR THE POTENTIAL UPGRADE TO A RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ GOMBERG
278 WWUS86 KLOX 011635 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 935 AM PDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY DUE TO LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS DUE TO LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING A PERIOD OF WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH TUESDAY...RESULTING IN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE REGION. FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO PEAK TODAY WHEN RECORD BREAKING TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT AND WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES COMBINE WITH VERY DRY FUELS. THE MOST CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...WHERE A RED FLAG WARNING IS IS IN EFFECT. THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE OFFSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH TODAY. WHILE CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY WILL NOT BE QUITE AS HOT AND DRY DUE TO INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW...AREAS UNDER THE RED FLAG WARNING COULD STILL SEE TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 DEGREES AND HUMIDITIES AROUND 10 PERCENT ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON...COINCIDING WITH ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH. WHILE OFFSHORE WINDS WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENTLY STRONG TO WARRANT A RED FLAG WARNING TODAY ACROSS THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... THERE WILL STILL BE A HEIGHTENED FIRE WEATHER CONCERN DUE TO THE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS. ON TUESDAY...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS AS ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH COMBINE WITH CONTINUED HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. CAZ253-254-020000- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-121003T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 935 AM PDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES... AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 MPH TODAY...DIMINISHING TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES TODAY...WITH VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT. HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 10 PERCENT ON TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 95 TO 105 DEGREES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS TODAY...THEN A FEW DEGREES COOLER ON TUESDAY. LOWS TONIGHT IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-020000- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-121003T0100Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 935 AM PDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 MPH TODAY... DIMINISHING TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES TODAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES TONIGHT. HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 10 PERCENT ON TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 104 TO 107 DEGREES TODAY...THEN A FEW DEGREES COOLER ON TUESDAY. LOWS TONIGHT IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-020000- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.A.0004.121002T1700Z-121003T0100Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 935 AM PDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT ON TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 90 TO 100 DEGREES ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPDATES FOR THE POTENTIAL UPGRADE TO A RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ GOMBERG
806 WWUS86 KLOX 012209 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 309 PM PDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY DUE TO LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW BROUGHT RECORD BREAKING TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT AND SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES TO MANY INLAND AREAS TODAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HIGH FIRE DANGER TO MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY. THE MOST CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...WHERE A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. WHILE CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE QUITE AS HOT AND DRY ON TUESDAY...INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING STRONGER ONSHORE WINDS TO THE REGION...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY WHERE GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES OVER 100 DEGREES AND HUMIDITIES AROUND 10 PERCENT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY. CAZ246-012315- /O.CAN.KLOX.FW.A.0004.121002T1700Z-121003T0100Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 309 PM PDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS TODAY...WITH HIGHS OVER 100 DEGREES AND HUMIDITIES AROUND 10 PERCENT. AS ONSHORE FLOW INCREASES ON TUESDAY...IT WILL NOT BE QUITE AS HOT OR DRY. IT NO LONGER APPEARS THAT CRITICAL RED FLAG THRESHOLDS WILL BE MET IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...ALLOWING FOR THE CANCELLATION OF THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. HOWEVER...THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THROUGH TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WHEN ONSHORE WINDS WILL GUST BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH. $$ CAZ253-254-021700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-121003T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 309 PM PDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES... AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... * WINDS...GUSTY AND ERRATIC OFFSHORE AND ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASING ONSHORE WINDS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES TODAY... WITH VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT. HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 10 PERCENT ON TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 95 TO 105 DEGREES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS TODAY...THEN A FEW DEGREES COOLER ON TUESDAY. LOWS TONIGHT IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-021700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-121003T0100Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 309 PM PDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... * WINDS...LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS WILL TRANSITION TO ONSHORE AND REMAIN LOCALLY GUSTY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASING ONSHORE WINDS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES TODAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES TONIGHT. HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 10 PERCENT ON TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 104 TO 108 DEGREES TODAY...THEN A FEW DEGREES COOLER ON TUESDAY. LOWS TONIGHT IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ GOMBERG
694 WWUS86 KLOX 021553 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 853 AM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT TODAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY DUE TO LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES... AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT AND WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW AT THE SURFACE CONTINUE. A SLIGHT WEAKENING OF THE OFFSHORE FLOW TODAY SHOULD RESULT IN A LITTLE COOLING FOR COAST AND VALLEYS TODAY AND AN EARLIER SEA BREEZE ARRIVAL. HOWEVER...HUMIDITIES ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS IN MANY INLAND AREAS. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE CANYONS AND PASSES WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...MAINTAINING A HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE AREA. CAZ253-254-030100- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-121003T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 853 AM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... * WINDS...LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL TURN TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...ESPECIALLY THROUGH CANYONS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 12 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 91 TO 101 DEGREES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 80 TO 90 AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-030100- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-121003T0100Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 853 AM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... * WINDS...LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS WILL TRANSITION TO SOUTH 10 T0 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 12 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 100 TO 104. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
384 WWUS86 KLOX 030109 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 609 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY DUE TO GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .HOT AND DRY AIR MASS IN PLACE ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...WITH MANY LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA STILL REPORTING HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT. INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE COOLER TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL PREVENT RED FLAG THRESHOLDS TO BE MET ON WEDNESDAY...THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ACROSS MUCH INLAND AREAS ON WEDNESDAY DUE TO GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS AND HUMIDITIES RANGING BETWEEN 10 AND 20 PERCENT. CAZ253-254-030400- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-121003T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 609 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR FOR GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...REMAINING IN THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-030400- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-121003T0400Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 609 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...REMAINING IN THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ GOMBERG
587 WWUS86 KLOX 030407 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 907 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... CAZ253-254-288-030515- /O.EXP.KLOX.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-121003T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 907 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT WHILE HUMIDITY LEVELS SLOWLY RECOVER...ALLOWING FOR THE EXPIRATION OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS COMBINED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL BRING NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. $$ 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 Sep 29, 1:50 PM PDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 29, 1:50 PM PDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 150 PM PDT SAT SEP 29 2012 .SYNOPSIS... AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE GREAT BASIN..TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...WITH RECORD BREAKING HEAT POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY FOR SOME LOCATIONS. ONSHORE FLOW WILL RETURN LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH A COOLING TREND EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF NEXT WEEK. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-TUE)... MAIN FORECAST ISSUE WILL BE TEMPERATURES THROUGH TUESDAY. MARINE LAYER CONTINUES TO SHRINK TO JUST A FEW HUNDRED FEET THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER LOW CLOUDS PERSIST ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST BEACHES. EXPECT STRATUS AND FOG IN THESE AREAS TONIGHT BUT QUICKLY DISSIPATING EARLY SUNDAY. A FEW HIGH CLOUDS CONTINUE TO STREAM ACROSS SOUTHERN COUNTIES AND A FEW CUMULUS BUILD-UPS OCCURRING IN THE MOUNTAINS DUE TO LEFTOVER MOISTURE. ONLY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER FEATURE TONIGHT IS A WEAK SUNDOWNER FOR THE SANTA YNEZ MOUNTAINS. EXPECT UP TO 20KT NORTHERLY WINDS TO CREATE SOME GUSTY WINDS THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY...BUT REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL. THE UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WELL OFF THE WEST COAST WOBBLES BACK TO THE WEST ON SUNDAY. THIS ALLOWS HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD ACROSS CALIF WITH THE OFFSHORE PRESSURE GRADIENTS BRINGING DRIER AIR ACROSS THE REGION. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE 3-6 DEGREES FOR MOST VALLEY AND COASTAL AREAS ON SUNDAY. THE HOTTEST AND DRIEST DAY WILL BE MONDAY WITH SLIGHTLY STRONGER OFFSHORE TRENDS. ALL TEMP STUDY DATA AND CURRENT BIAS-CORRECTED MODEL GUIDANCE ARE SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN PREVIOUS FORECASTS...SO HAVE REDUCED HIGHS BY A DEGREE OR TWO. THIS STILL WILL CREATE NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...MAKING IT FEEL LESS HOT OVERALL. THE MAIN FORECAST CHANGE OCCURS ON TUESDAY. 950MB TEMPS COOL BY 6-8 DEGREES CELSIUS OVER NORTHERN COUNTIES AND 2-5 DEGREES OVER VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...PLUS WINDS TURN ONSHORE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAVE REDUCED MAXIMUM TEMP FORECASTS BY 3-6 DEGREES FOR TUESDAY OVER WHAT WE EXPECT ON MONDAY. THIS ONSHORE FLOW TRANSITION WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO REACH MAX HEATING ALONG COASTAL AREAS DEPENDING ON WHEN THE MARINE AIR KICKS IN. THIS WILL ALSO BE A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PERIOD ON TUESDAY WHEN ONSHORE WINDS COMBINE WITH HOT INLAND TEMPERATURES. SEE FIRE DISCUSSION BELOW. OTHER ADJUSTMENTS INCLUDED HIGHER NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES FOR THE SANTA MONICA AND SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAIN FOOTHILL AREAS WHERE READINGS WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE 70S AND LOWER 80S SUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHTS. .LONG TERM (WED-SAT)... THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BE FURTHER MODIFIED ON WEDNESDAY AS THE UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE COAST SHIFTS NORTHWARD AND THE FIRST WINTER STORM SYSTEM OF THE SEASON ENTERS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. OUR HEIGHTS SLOWLY DROP ON WEDNESDAY WITH A STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW WHICH WILL KNOCK ANOTHER 4-8 DEGREES OFF THE AFTERNOON HIGHS. THIS COOLING TREND CONTINUES ALL WEEK WITH A DEEPENING MARINE LAYER LEADING TO HIGHER INLAND HUMIDITIES AND MORNING/NIGHT COASTAL CLOUDS AND FOG. EXPECT A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO BE PARKED OFF THE NORTHERN CALIF COAST BY SATURDAY. && .AVIATION...29/1800Z. MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE UPSTREAM WILL SHIFT NORTH AND WEST WHILE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED SOUTH APPROACHES THE AREA. UPPER LEVEL MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME WEST SOUTHWEST WHILE MID LEVEL LIGHT NORTH WINDS BECOME EAST THEN SOUTHEAST AFTER 30/15Z. MARINE LAYER TOP WAS .8KFT THIS MORNING AND WILL DIFFER BY MINUS .6KFT...LOW CLOUD FIELD WILL DISSIPATE AND OR SHIFT OFFSHORE. WEAK TO MODERATE ONSHORE PRESSURE GRADIENT THROUGH 30/01Z AND AFTER 30/21Z OTHERWISE WEAK TO MODERATE NORTHERLY GRADIENT BETWEEN 30/05-30/18Z. KLAX...VERY LIKELY SCT 250 AFTER 30/03Z. CHANCE LOW LEVEL WINDS 08010KT AT APPROXIMATELY 1KFT BETWEEN 30/07-30/12Z. KBUR...VERY LIKELY SCT AFTER 30/03Z. CHANCE LOW LEVEL WINDS 01010KT AT APPROXIMATELY 2KFT BETWEEN 30/05-30/11Z. VIRTUALLY CERTAIN - 95-100% VERY LIKELY - 80-95% LIKELY - 60-80% CHANCE - 30-60% VERY UNLIKELY - 20% OR LESS && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING (SEE LAXRFWLOX). FIRE WEATHER WATCH (SEE LAXRFWLOX). SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXMWWLOX). HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK (SEE LAXSRFLOX). SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT (SEE LAXSPSLOX). && PUBLIC...BOLDT AVIATION...30 SYNOPSIS...BARTLING WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 29, 3:45 PM PDT, 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 345 PM PDT SAT SEP 29 2012 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-301300- 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- 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- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 345 PM PDT SAT SEP 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TONIGHT A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS NEAR SHORE. * HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS NEAR SHORE. HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AS OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPS ACROSS THE AREA. POTENTIAL RECORD BREAKING HEAT WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHLAND WITH HOT TEMPERATURES SPREADING TO THE COAST ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS...HOT TEMPERATURES...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL BRING EXTREME FIRE DANGER TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. * RED FLAG WARNING.........SEE WWUS86 KLOX - RFWLOX FOR DETAILS * * SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS * BOLDT/THOMPSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2:45 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOX | 30 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.