Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this red flag warning at Jan 12, 2012, 9:44 AM PST for Los Angeles County, California. It took effect at Jan 12, 2012, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 20 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
- Jan 12, 2012, 9:44 AM PST (17:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2012, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2012, 6:00 PM PST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
County Los Angeles County, CA
The radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 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, 5.7 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
- 3065 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
188 WWUS86 KLOX 121744 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 944 AM PST THU JAN 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST FRIDAY FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .LIGHT OFFSHORE WINDS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES TODAY...BRINGING A WARMING AND DRYING TREND TO THE REGION. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A BIT STRONGER OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY...WITH WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY...WHERE GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH A LONG DURATION OF SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH ON SATURDAY...HOWEVER SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MANY AREAS. IN ADDITION...VERY POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AS WELL AS WIND PRONE AREAS. CAZ246-254-130000- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0002.120113T1400Z-120114T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0002.120113T0600Z-120114T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 944 AM PST THU JAN 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...STRONGEST THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...A LONG DURATION OF SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH HUMIDITY LEVELS AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH 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 FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES (ALL LOWER CASE)
4 follow-up statements
357 WWUS86 KLOX 122311 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 311 PM PST THU JAN 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST FRIDAY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .LIGHT OFFSHORE WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES TODAY...BRINGING A WARMING AND DRYING TREND. HUMIDITIES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION WITH SOME SITES OBSERVING SINGLE DIGIT READINGS. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A BIT STRONGER OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY...WITH WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOCUSED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...WHERE GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES...AND DRYING FUELS HAVE PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH ON SATURDAY...HOWEVER SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MANY AREAS. IN ADDITION...VERY POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AS WELL AS WIND PRONE AREAS. CAZ288-131800- /O.EXA.KLOX.FW.W.0002.120113T0600Z-120114T0200Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 311 PM PST THU JAN 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...A LONG DURATION OF SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH 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. && $$ CAZ246-254-131800- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0002.120113T0600Z-120114T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 311 PM PST THU JAN 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...A LONG DURATION OF SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH 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 FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES (ALL LOWER CASE)
560 WWUS86 KLOX 131758 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 958 AM PST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .NUMEROUS STATIONS ARE REPORTING SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE WARNING AREA THIS MORNING WITH NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WERE THROUGH AND EITHER SIDE OF A CORRIDOR EXTENDING FROM LAKE PALMDALE THROUGH THE SOLEDAD CANYON...THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... AND THEN OFFSHORE THROUGH THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS. DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING. EXPECT THE WINDS TO FALL BELOW CRITICAL CRITERIA BY EARLY EVENING. HOWEVER...WEAKER OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...VERY DRY CONDITIONS WITH WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND MOST OF SATURDAY...RESULTING IN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. CAZ246-254-140200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120114T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 958 AM PST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 3 PERCENT. A LONG DURATION OF SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH 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. && $$ CAZ288-140200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120114T0200Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 958 AM PST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 3 PERCENT. A LONG DURATION OF SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH 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. && $$ DANIELSON FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES (ALL LOWER CASE)
287 WWUS86 KLOX 132357 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 357 PM PST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .WHILE WINDS ARE DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON...A NUMBER OF STATIONS WITHIN THE RED FLAG WARNING AREA ARE STILL REPORTING NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 35 MPH. WITH WIDESPREAD HUMIDITY READINGS AT OR BELOW 10 PERCENT...THIS EXCEEDS RED FLAG CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING. WHILE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DIMINISH...LOCALLY GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WITH WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND MOST OF SATURDAY...ELEVATED FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CAZ246-254-140200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120114T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 357 PM PST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. WINDS DIMINISHING LATER THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 4 PERCENT. A LONG DURATION OF SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH 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. && $$ CAZ288-140200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120114T0200Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 357 PM PST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT. A LONG DURATION OF SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH 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. && $$ DANIELSON FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES (ALL LOWER CASE)
894 WWUS86 KLOX 140159 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 559 PM PST FRI JAN 13 2012 CAZ246-254-140300- /O.EXP.KLOX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120114T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 559 PM PST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST. HOWEVER...A FEW LOCATIONS MAY STILL EXPERIENCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH 8 PM PST. ALTHOUGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH...LOCALLY GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WITH WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND MOST OF SATURDAY...ELEVATED FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. $$ CAZ288-140300- /O.EXP.KLOX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120114T0200Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 559 PM PST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST. HOWEVER...A FEW LOCATIONS MAY STILL EXPERIENCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH 8 PM PST. ALTHOUGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH...LOCALLY GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WITH WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND MOST OF SATURDAY...ELEVATED FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. $$ SIRARD FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES (ALL LOWER CASE)
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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.