Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this red flag warning at Dec 8, 2012, 3:23 PM PST for Los Angeles County, California. It took effect at Dec 9, 2012, 6:00 PM PST. It was in force for 15 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
- Dec 8, 2012, 3:23 PM PST (23:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 9, 2012, 6:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2012, 8:40 AM PST
- In force
- 15 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 23:27 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, 11.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
317 WWUS86 KLOX 082323 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 323 PM PST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND SOME VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY... .HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL FORM ON SUNDAY...BRINGING A MODERATE SANTA ANA WIND EVENT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS LATE SUNDAY...THEN LOWER FURTHER MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. WITH STILL MODERATELY DRY FUELS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY OVER THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND SELECT VALLEYS. CAZ240-241-548-090030- /O.CAN.KLOX.FW.A.0007.121209T2000Z-121211T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 323 PM PST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY COASTS AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY COASTS AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. WITH GUSTY BUT WEAK WINDS EXPECTED...AND RELATIVELY MOIST FUEL CONDITIONS DUE TO PERSISTENT FOG OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS...THE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL STILL EXIST HOWEVER WITH THE GUSTY WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. $$ CAZ246-253-254-090730- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0007.121209T2000Z-121211T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0014.121209T2200Z-121211T2200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 323 PM PST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 2 PM PST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 2 PM PST TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING THEN PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS LATE ON SUNDAY EVENING...THEN LOWER FURTHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-090730- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0007.121209T2000Z-121211T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0014.121209T2200Z-121211T2200Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 323 PM PST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 2 PM PST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 2 PM PST TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING THEN PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS LATE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN LOWER FURTHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ244-245-090730- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0007.121209T2000Z-121211T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0014.121209T2200Z-121211T2200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 323 PM PST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 2 PM PST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 2 PM PST TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING THEN PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE HILLS. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE EASTERN VALLEYS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS LATE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN LOWER FURTHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HILLS. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ547-090730- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.A.0007.121210T1600Z-121211T2200Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 323 PM PST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS MAY INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING THEN PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...STRONGEST OVER THE NORTHWEST VALLEY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER INTO THE TEENS ON MONDAY THEN LOWER FURTHER ON TUESDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ KITTELL
5 follow-up statements
381 WWUS86 KLOX 090723 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1123 PM PST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND SOME VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY... .HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL DEVELOP LATER SUNDAY...BRINGING A MODERATE SANTA ANA WIND EVENT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS LATE SUNDAY...THEN LOWER FURTHER MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. WITH STILL MODERATELY DRY FUELS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY OVER THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND SELECT VALLEYS. CAZ246-253-254-091530- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0014.121209T2200Z-121211T2200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 1123 PM PST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 2 PM PST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING THEN PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS LATE ON SUNDAY EVENING...THEN LOWER FURTHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-091530- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0014.121209T2200Z-121211T2200Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 1123 PM PST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 2 PM PST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING THEN PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS LATE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN LOWER FURTHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ244-245-091530- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0014.121209T2200Z-121211T2200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 1123 PM PST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 2 PM PST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING THEN PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE HILLS. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE EASTERN VALLEYS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS LATE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN LOWER FURTHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HILLS. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ547-091530- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.A.0007.121210T1600Z-121211T2200Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 1123 PM PST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS MAY INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING THEN PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...STRONGEST OVER THE NORTHWEST VALLEY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER INTO THE TEENS ON MONDAY THEN LOWER FURTHER ON TUESDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
197 WWUS86 KLOX 091524 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 724 AM PST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND SOME VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY... .HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL DEVELOP LATER TODAY...BRINGING A MODERATE SANTA ANA WIND EVENT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS THIS EVENING...THEN LOWER FURTHER MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. WITH STILL MODERATELY DRY FUELS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY OVER THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND SELECT VALLEYS. CAZ246-253-254-092330- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0014.121209T2200Z-121211T2200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 724 AM PST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 PM PST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND TO NIGHT...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING THEN PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS LATE ON THIS EVENING...THEN LOWER FURTHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-092330- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0014.121209T2200Z-121211T2200Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 724 AM PST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 PM PST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING THEN PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS LATE ON THIS AFTERNOON...THEN LOWER FURTHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ244-245-092330- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0014.121209T2200Z-121211T2200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 724 AM PST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 PM PST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING THEN PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE HILLS. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE EASTERN VALLEYS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS LATE ON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN LOWER FURTHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HILLS. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ547-092330- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.A.0007.121210T1600Z-121211T2200Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 724 AM PST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS MAY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING THEN PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...STRONGEST OVER THE NORTHWEST VALLEY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER INTO THE TEENS ON MONDAY THEN LOWER FURTHER ON TUESDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
307 WWUS86 KLOX 091754 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 954 AM PST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND SOME VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... .HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL DEVELOP LATER TODAY...BRINGING A MODERATE SANTA ANA WIND EVENT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH TUESDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS THIS EVENING...THEN LOWER FURTHER MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. WITH STILL MODERATELY DRY FUELS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY OVER THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND SELECT VALLEYS. CAZ547-091900- /O.CAN.KLOX.FW.A.0007.121210T1600Z-121211T2200Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 954 AM PST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. WHILE GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AND SOME FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS EXIST...A DEEP MARINE LAYER WITH HIGH HUMIDITIES HAVE ALLOWED FUEL CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE...WHICH WILL MODERATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD IF AN IGNITION WERE TO OCCUR. AS A RESULT...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ CAZ253-254-100200- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0014.121210T0200Z-121211T2200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 954 AM PST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM PST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING THEN PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED...STRONGEST NEAR WARM SPRINGS AND CHILAO. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS LATE THIS EVENING...THEN LOWER FURTHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-100200- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0014.121210T0200Z-121211T2200Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 954 AM PST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM PST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING THEN PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS THIS EVENING...THEN LOWER FURTHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ244-245-100200- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0014.121210T0200Z-121211T2200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 954 AM PST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM PST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING THEN PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE HILLS. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE EASTERN VALLEYS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS LATE ON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN LOWER FURTHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HILLS. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN IS OVER THE NORTHEAST VALLEYS WHERE THE WINDS ARE THE STRONGEST AND THE FUELS ARE THE DRIEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-100200- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0014.121210T1400Z-121211T2200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 954 AM PST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 2 PM PST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING THEN PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN PEAKS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS LATE TONIGHT...THEN LOWER FURTHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ KITTELL
980 WWUS86 KLOX 092329 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 329 PM PST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND SOME VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... .HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP LATER TODAY...BRINGING A MODERATE SANTA ANA WIND EVENT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH TUESDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS THIS EVENING...THEN LOWER FURTHER MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. WITH STILL MODERATELY DRY FUELS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY OVER THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND SELECT VALLEYS. CAZ253-254-101830- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0014.121210T0200Z-121211T2200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 329 PM PST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM PST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING THEN PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED...STRONGEST NEAR WARM SPRINGS AND CHILAO. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS LATE THIS EVENING...THEN LOWER FURTHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-101830- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0014.121210T0200Z-121211T2200Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 329 PM PST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM PST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING THEN PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS THIS EVENING...THEN LOWER FURTHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ244-245-101830- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0014.121210T0200Z-121211T2200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 329 PM PST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM PST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING THEN PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE HILLS. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE EASTERN VALLEYS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS LATE ON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN LOWER FURTHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HILLS. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN IS OVER THE NORTHEAST VALLEYS WHERE THE WINDS ARE THE STRONGEST AND THE FUELS ARE THE DRIEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-101830- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0014.121210T1400Z-121211T2200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 329 PM PST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 2 PM PST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT... PEAKING MONDAY MORNING THEN PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN PEAKS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS LATE TONIGHT...THEN LOWER FURTHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ KITTELL
137 WWUS86 KLOX 101640 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 840 AM PST MON DEC 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNINGS FOR ALL AREAS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED... CAZ244>246-253-254-288-101745- /O.CAN.KLOX.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121211T2200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 840 AM PST MON DEC 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS FOR ALL AREAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WIDESPREAD GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES HAVE FAILED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVED TOO FAR EAST. ISOLATED GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS TODAY AND TUESDAY WITH PEAK GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. HUMIDITIES IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL BOTTOM OUT BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT AND SLIGHTLY LOWER IN THE VALLEYS. $$ MW
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 8, 2:45 PM PST, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 2:45 PM PST, 38 minutes before
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 245 PM PST SAT DEC 8 2012 .SYNOPSIS... LOW CLOUDS AND DENSE FOG WILL AFFECT THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL AREAS TONIGHT. A MODERATE SANTA WIND EVENT WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES THROUGH TUESDAY. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A CHANCE OF RAIN WILL AFFECT THE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE IN THE WEEK. && .SHORT TERM (TODAY-TUE)... VISIBLE IMAGES SHOW CLEAR SKIES ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWING WIDESPREAD HAZE ACROSS THE LA BASIN AND THE VENTURA COASTAL AREAS. EXPECT THAT ANOTHER ROUND OF DENSE FOG WILL AFFECT BOTH THESE AREAS AGAIN TONIGHT...AND HAVE ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID-MORNING SUNDAY. THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MAY HAVE TO BE ADDED...ALTHOUGH AT THIS TIME LOCALLY DENSE PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED. MODELS CONTINUE WITH A WEAKER SOLUTION FOR THE SANTA ANA EVENT EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...AND HAVE BACKED OFF ON THE TIMING BY A FEW HOURS. A BROAD UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. WILL DIG SOUTH OVER THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...BUT THE LATEST MODELS ARE KEEPING IT FURTHER EAST COMPARED TO EARLIER RUNS SO THE UPPER SUPPORT IS NOT AS STRONG. IN ADDITION...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE GREAT BASIN ON SUNDAY IS NOT QUITE AS STRONG...AND ENDS UP CENTERED OVER UTAH AND COLORADO INSTEAD OF NEVADA. THE LAX-DAGGETT SURFACE GRADIENTS FROM THE WRF HAVE WEAKENED FOR BOTH 00Z AND 12Z MONDAY. WITH THESE WEAKENING TRENDS DECIDED THAT WINDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW WARNING LEVEL. ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LA/VTU MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE STA MONICAS...ALONG WITH THE STA CLARITA AND VENTURA VALLEYS. EXPECT THE WESTERN FOOTHILLS OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND THE AREA NEAR TONNER CANYON IN THE SAN GABRIEL WILL SEE SOME LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY...ALONG WITH THE VENTURA COAST AND THE LA COAST FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. THE NAM12 SHOWS THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING BETWEEN 03Z AND 12Z MONDAY...BUT EXPECT THAT WINDS WILL BEGIN TO RAMP UP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS SUNDAY...AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING. THERE MAY BE A RESURGENCE OF GUSTY NE WINDS AROUND SUNDOWN MONDAY...BUT SHOULD BE BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL. ON TUESDAY A WEAK UPPER RIDGE WILL CROSS THE AREA...AS AN UPPER TROUGH IN THE GULF OF ALASKA APPROACHES THE WEST COAST. EXPECT SUNNY SKIES AND MOSTLY LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S ACROSS THE AREA. .LONG TERM (WED-SAT)... BY WEDNESDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN...PUSHING AN UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE WEST COAST OVER CENTRAL/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE MODELS FORM A CLOSED LOW ALOFT NEAR POINT CONCEPTION WEDNESDAY EVENING...FORECAST TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS S CALIFORNIA DEPENDING ON THE MODEL. THERE IS GENERAL AGREEMENT NOW IN PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING INTO THURSDAY SO BUMPED POPS UP HIGHER INTO THE CHANCE CATEGORY. SCATTERED/ISOLATED SHOWERS COULD LINGER OVER THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. AT THAT POINT THE MODEL AGREEMENT BEGINS TO FALL APART...ALTHOUGH ALL INDICATE AN END TO PRECIPITATION THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH ANOTHER DISTURBANCE APPROACHING BY SUNDAY. HIGH TEMPS WILL BE WELL BELOW NORMAL BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS ALL MODELS INDICATE A FAIRLY COLD AIRMASS MOVING INTO THE AREA. SNOW LEVELS ARE LIKELY TO FALL TO AROUND 4000 FEET BY THURSDAY...SO THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF SNOW ISSUES AFFECTING SOME OF THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. && .AVIATION...08/1800Z. MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE AREA WILL SHIFT EAST WHILE HIGH PRESSURE UPSTREAM BUILDS OVER THE AREA. UPPER LEVEL MODERATE WEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG NORTH WHILE MID LEVEL LIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE NORTH AFTER 08/12Z. LOW LEVEL CLOUD TOPS WERE APPROXIMATELY 1.7KFT THIS MORNING AND WILL DIFFER BY MINUS .7KFT SUN MORNING. MIXED ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE PRESSURE GRADIENT THROUGH 09/01Z AND AFTER 09/19Z OTHERWISE A WEAK OFFSHORE GRADIENT WILL EXIST. .KLAX...CHANCE SCT009 AND VSBY 4SM BR BETWEEN 08/20-09/09Z THEN CHANCE INDEFINITE CIGS 009 VSBY 1/2SM FG VV001 BETWEEN 09/09-09/15Z. CHANCE CIGS 002 VSBY 1SM BR 09/15-09/17Z AND CIGS 005 VSBY 3SM BR BETWEEN 09/17-09/19Z. .KBUR...CHANCE SCT002 VSBY 5SM HZ THROUGH 08/19Z. CHANCE VSBY 5SM HZ AFTER 09/03Z. VIRTUALLY CERTAIN - 95-100% VERY LIKELY - 80-95% LIKELY - 60-80% CHANCE - 30-60% VERY UNLIKELY - 20% OR LESS && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FIRE WEATHER WATCH (SEE LAXRFWLOX). DENSE FOG ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX). WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX). SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXMWWLOX). SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT (SEE LAXSPSLOX). && PUBLIC...SMITH AVIATION...30 SYNOPSIS...SMITH/DUMAS WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 6:00 AM PST, 9 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 600 AM PST SAT DEC 8 2012 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-091400- 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- 600 AM PST SAT DEC 8 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL BRING VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE FOR THE LOS ANGELES COASTAL AREAS THIS MORNING. THERE WILL BE PATCHY DENSE FOG ALSO OCCURRING ACROSS THE COASTAL AREAS OF VENTURA COUNTY THIS MORNING. * DENSE FOG ADVISORY.........SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A MODERATE SANTA ANA WILL DEVELOP ACROSS VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS COULD REACH 60 MPH IN THE FAVORED MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYONS DURING THIS EVENT. HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY DROP INTO THE TEENS DURING THIS WIND EVENT WHICH WILL CREATE HEIGHTENED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH THERE IS PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST NEXT WEEK...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF RAIN ACROSS SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY. IF THIS SYSTEM SLIDES MORE TO OUR EAST THERE WOULD BE LESS RISK OF RAIN AND A GREATER THREAT OF GUSTY WINDS RETURNING TO THE REGION. * HIGH WIND WATCH............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * FIRE WEATHER WATCH.........SEE WWUS86 KLOX - RFWLOX FOR DETAILS * * SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS * .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. KAPLAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2:46 AM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 7 hr |
| Dec 8, 1:55 PM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | LOX | 14 hr | |
| Dec 8, 1:55 PM PST | Wind Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 36 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.