Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this red flag warning at Oct 2, 2013, 2:37 PM PDT for Los Angeles County, California. It took effect at Oct 3, 2013, 9:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 69 hr. 14 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 2, 2013, 2:37 PM PDT (21:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 3, 2013, 9:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2013, 6:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 69 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 21:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2:53 AM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 8 Ese Castaic Lake, CA | NORTHEAST WINDS 40 MPH GUSTING TO 58 MPH AT WARM SPRINGS RAWS...ELEVATION 4930 FEET. |
| Oct 4, 3:45 AM PDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 4 E Santa Clarita, CA | TREE DOWNED IN LANES ON SOLEDAD CANYON RD. |
| Oct 4, 9:55 AM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 5 N San Fernando, CA | MEASURED BY THE CAMP NINE RAWS SENSOR AT AN ELEVATION OF 3999 FEET. |
| Oct 4, 9:56 AM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 5 S Santa Clarita, CA | MEASURED BY THE NEWHALL PASS RAWS SENSOR AT AN ELEVATION OF 2132 FEET. |
| Oct 4, 4:49 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 5 W Malibu, CA | POWER POLE DOWNED BY STRONG WINDS ON LATIGO CANYON ROAD ABOVE MALIBU. |
| Oct 4, 7:36 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Santa Clarita, CA | APPROXIMATELY FORTY REPORTS OF DAMAGE DUE TO STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS WITHIN THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA ACCORDING TO THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITAS URBAN FORESTRY DIVISION. THIS INCLUDE TWO DOWNED POWER LINES...FIVE DOWNED TREES...AND TREE LIMBS THAT DAMAGED VEHICLES |
| Oct 4, 10:53 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 9 Se Acton, CA | NORTHEAST WINDS 34 MPH GUSTING TO 61 MPH AT MILL CREEK RAWS...ELEVATION 5021 FEET. |
| Oct 5, 1:53 AM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | 9 Se Acton, CA | NORTHEAST WINDS 26 MPH GUSTING TO 57 MPH AT MILL CREEK RAWS...ELEVATION 5021 FEET. |
| Oct 5, 3:55 AM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 4 Nne San Fernando, CA | NORTH WINDS 29 MPH GUSTING TO 62 MPH AT CAMP NINE RAWS...ELEVATION 4000 FEET. |
| Oct 5, 4:53 AM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 8 Nne Mount Wilson, CA | NORTHEAST WINDS 42 MPH GUSTING TO 58 MPH AT CHILAO RAWS...ELEVATION 5450 FEET. |
| Oct 5, 6:56 AM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 5 S Santa Clarita, CA | MEASURED BY THE NEWHALL PASS RAWS SENSOR AT AN ELEVATION OF 2132 FEET. |
| Oct 5, 7:53 AM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 8 Ese Castaic Lake, CA | MEASURED BY THE WARM SPRINGS RAWS SENSOR AT AN ELEVATION OF 4927 FEET. |
| Oct 5, 10:55 AM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 5 N San Fernando, CA | MEASURED BY THE CAMP NINE RAWS SENSOR AT AN ELEVATION OF 3999 FEET. |
| Oct 5, 12:15 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wnw Santa Clarita, CA | LARGE TREE UPROOTED BY WINDS NEAR THE INSECTION OF NEWHALL RANCH ROAD AND DICKASON DRIVE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 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
- 1050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
245 WWUS86 KLOX 022137 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 237 PM PDT WED OCT 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR MODERATE TO STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING ANTELOPE VALLEY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE CENTRAL COAST AND MOUNTAINS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT AND THEN PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. A MODERATE TO STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MIDDAY THEN WEAKEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PEAK WINDS WILL OCCUR FRIDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SATURDAY MORNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL SHARPLY INTO THE MID TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS FRIDAY AND BY SATURDAY WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITY WILL EXTEND FROM THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND THEN PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND TRANSITION TO ONSHORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CHAOTIC WINDS ARE EXPECTED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE SLOW TO RECOVER DURING THE TRANSITION AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE 5 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL COAST AND MOUNTAINS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND PERSIST AT TIMES FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE STRONGEST OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT WITH WEAKER WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT. CHAOTIC WINDS WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON AS OFFSHORE WINDS TRANSITION TO ONSHORE. WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING AND POOR RECOVERY IS EXPECTED INLAND AND POOR TO MODERATE RECOVERY IS EXPECTED NEAR THE COAST. CAZ253-254-031700- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0004.131004T0400Z-131006T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0005.131004T0400Z-131007T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 237 PM PDT WED OCT 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE HIGH COUNTRY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH FRIDAY MORNING AND 25 TO 40 MPH WITH AREA GUSTS TO 60 MPH SATURDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL TRANSITION TO ONSHORE 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH SUNDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO LOWER 90S. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ240-244-245-031700- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0004.131004T0400Z-131006T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0005.131004T0400Z-131007T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 237 PM PDT WED OCT 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR COAST AND VALLEYS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH FRIDAY MORNING AND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH AREA GUSTS TO 45 MPH SATURDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL TRANSITION TO ONSHORE 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH SUNDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO LOWER 90S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ241-288-547-548-031700- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0004.131004T0400Z-131006T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0005.131004T0400Z-131007T0100Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 237 PM PDT WED OCT 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR COAST AND VALLEYS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH FRIDAY MORNING AND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH AREA GUSTS TO 45 MPH SATURDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL TRANSITION TO ONSHORE 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH SUNDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO LOWER 90S. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-031700- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0004.131004T0400Z-131006T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0005.131004T0400Z-131007T0100Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 237 PM PDT WED OCT 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH FRIDAY MORNING AND 25 TO 40 MPH WITH AREA GUSTS TO 60 MPH SATURDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL TRANSITION TO ONSHORE 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH SUNDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO LOWER 90S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ234-235-251-252-031700- /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.A.0005.131005T0200Z-131007T0100Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 237 PM PDT WED OCT 2 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE CENTRAL COAST AND MOUNTAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST AND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN THE FAVORED RIDGES AND CANYONS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT. CHAOTIC AND GUSTY WINDS EACH AFTERNOON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD 10 PERCENT OR LESS. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES AROUND 80 TO LOWER 90S. * 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 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. && $$
8 follow-up statements
072 WWUS86 KLOX 031657 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 957 AM PDT THU OCT 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR MODERATE TO STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING ANTELOPE VALLEY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE CENTRAL COAST AND MOUNTAINS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND THEN PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. A MODERATE TO STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MIDDAY THEN WEAKEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PEAK WINDS WILL OCCUR FRIDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SATURDAY MORNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL SHARPLY INTO THE MID TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS FRIDAY AND BY SATURDAY WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITY WILL EXTEND FROM THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND THEN PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND TRANSITION TO ONSHORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CHAOTIC WINDS ARE EXPECTED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE SLOW TO RECOVER DURING THE TRANSITION AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE 5 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL COAST AND MOUNTAINS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND PERSIST AT TIMES FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE STRONGEST OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT OVER THE MOUNTAINS WITH WEAKER WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT. CHAOTIC WINDS WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON AS OFFSHORE WINDS TRANSITION TO ONSHORE. WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING AND POOR RECOVERY IS EXPECTED INLAND AND POOR TO MODERATE RECOVERY IS EXPECTED NEAR THE COAST. CAZ253-254-040100- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.131004T0400Z-131007T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 957 AM PDT THU OCT 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH...STRONGEST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WILL BE WEAKER BUT GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10-20 PERCENT BY FRIDAY WITH ISOLATED SINGLE DIGIT READINGS...THEN WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ240-244-245-040100- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.131004T0400Z-131007T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 957 AM PDT THU OCT 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND VALLEYS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...STRONGEST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. WEAKER WINDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10-15 PERCENT FRIDAY WITH ISOLATED SINGLE DIGIT READINGS...THEN WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO MID 90S. WARMEST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ241-288-547-548-040100- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.131004T0400Z-131007T0100Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 957 AM PDT THU OCT 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST AND VALLEYS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...STRONGEST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. FOR THE COASTAL AREAS WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS WITH MUCH LIGHTER WINDS ELSEWHERE. WEAKER WINDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE THE TRANSITION TO ONSHORE 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10-15 PERCENT FRIDAY WITH ISOLATED SINGLE DIGIT READINGS. THEN WIDESPREAD HUMIDITY LESS THAN 10 PERCENT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO MID 90S. WARMEST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-040100- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.131004T0400Z-131007T0100Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 957 AM PDT THU OCT 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. STRONGEST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS OVER THE WESTERN PEAKS. WEAKER WINDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10-20 PERCENT FRIDAY WITH ISOLATED SINGLE DIGIT READINGS. THEN WIDESPREAD HUMIDITIES LESS THAN 10 PERCENT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES 80S TO LOWER 90S. WARMEST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ234-235-251-252-040100- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.A.0005.131005T0200Z-131007T0100Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 957 AM PDT THU OCT 3 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SAN LUIS AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST AND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN THE FAVORED RIDGES AND CANYONS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. CHAOTIC AND GUSTY WINDS EACH AFTERNOON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD 10 PERCENT OR LESS. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES AROUND 80 TO LOWER 90S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ MW
901 WWUS86 KLOX 032317 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 417 PM PDT THU OCT 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING ANTELOPE VALLEY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE CENTRAL COAST... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND THEN PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. A STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MIDDAY THEN WEAKEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...BRINGING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER THREAT IN THE PAST 5 YEARS. THE PEAK WINDS WILL OCCUR FRIDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SATURDAY MORNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL SHARPLY INTO THE MID TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS FRIDAY AND BY SATURDAY WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITY WILL EXTEND FROM THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND THEN PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES WILL BE VERY POOR FOR ALL AREAS EXCEPT THOSE CLOSEST TO THE BEACHES. THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND TRANSITION TO ONSHORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CHAOTIC WINDS ARE EXPECTED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE SLOW TO RECOVER DURING THE TRANSITION AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE 5 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AS EASTERLY WINDS INCREASE THERE WITH HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL COAST DUE TO UNCERTAINTY ON WHETHER OFFSHORE WINDS WILL SURFACE AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT THOSE CLOSEST TO THE BEACHES. CAZ251-252-041700- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0005.131005T0200Z-131007T0100Z/ /O.EXB.KLOX.FW.W.0005.131005T0200Z-131007T0100Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 417 PM PDT THU OCT 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS AND TIMING...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD 10 PERCENT OR LESS. VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES AROUND 80 TO LOWER 90S. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ240-244-245-041700- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0005.131004T0700Z-131007T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 417 PM PDT THU OCT 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND VALLEYS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...STRONGEST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. WEAKER WINDS ARE FORECASTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5-10 PERCENT FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO MID 90S. WARMEST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-547-041700- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0005.131004T0700Z-131007T0100Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 417 PM PDT THU OCT 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA AND SAN FERNANDO VALLEYS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...STRONGEST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. WEAKER WINDS ARE FORECASTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5-10 PERCENT FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO MID 90S. WARMEST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-041700- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0005.131004T0700Z-131007T0100Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 417 PM PDT THU OCT 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS TO 80 MPH WESTERN PEAKS. STRONGEST WINDS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. WEAKER WINDS ARE FORECASTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5-10 PERCENT FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES 80S TO LOWER 90S. WARMEST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ241-041700- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0005.131004T0700Z-131007T0100Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 417 PM PDT THU OCT 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS WITH MUCH LIGHTER WINDS ELSEWHERE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. WEAKER WINDS ARE FORECASTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE THE TRANSITION TO ONSHORE 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5-10 PERCENT FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO MID 90S. WARMEST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ548-041700- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0005.131004T1300Z-131007T0100Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 417 PM PDT THU OCT 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...STRONGEST IN THE HILLS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. WEAKER WINDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5-10 PERCENT FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO MID 90S. WARMEST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ253-254-041700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.131004T0400Z-131007T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 417 PM PDT THU OCT 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS TO 80 MPH ACROSS FAVORED LOCATIONS. STRONGEST WINDS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WILL BE WEAKER BUT GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5-10 PERCENT FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ234-235-041700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.A.0005.131005T0200Z-131007T0100Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- 417 PM PDT THU OCT 3 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR COASTAL SAN LUIS OBISPO AND NORTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. CHAOTIC AND GUSTY WINDS EACH AFTERNOON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5-15 PERCENT WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES 80S TO LOWER 90S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ MW/GOMBERG
284 WWUS86 KLOX 041642 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 942 AM PDT FRI OCT 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING ANTELOPE VALLEY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE CENTRAL COAST... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. A STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE WEAKENING SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...BRINGING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER THREAT IN THE PAST 5 YEARS. THE PEAK WINDS WILL OCCUR FRIDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SATURDAY MORNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL SHARPLY INTO THE MID TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS TODAY AND BY SATURDAY WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITY WILL EXTEND FROM THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND THEN PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES WILL BE VERY POOR FOR ALL AREAS EXCEPT THOSE CLOSEST TO THE BEACHES. THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND TRANSITION TO ONSHORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CHAOTIC WINDS ARE EXPECTED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE SLOW TO RECOVER DURING THE TRANSITION AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE 5 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AS EASTERLY WINDS INCREASE THERE WITH HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL COAST DUE TO UNCERTAINTY ON WHETHER OFFSHORE WINDS WILL SURFACE AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT THOSE CLOSEST TO THE BEACHES. CAZ253-254-050045- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 942 AM PDT FRI OCT 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS TO 80 MPH ACROSS FAVORED LOCATIONS. STRONGEST WINDS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WILL BE WEAKER BUT GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8-15 PERCENT TODAY...THEN 10 PERCENT OR LESS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ240-244-245-050045- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 942 AM PDT FRI OCT 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND VALLEYS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...STRONGEST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. WEAKER WINDS ARE FORECASTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8-15 PERCENT TODAY...THEN 5-10 PERCENT SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO MID 90S. WARMEST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-547-050045- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 942 AM PDT FRI OCT 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA AND SAN FERNANDO VALLEYS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...STRONGEST DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. WEAKER WINDS ARE FORECASTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8-12 PERCENT TODAY...THEN 5-10 PERCENT SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO MID 90S. WARMEST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-050045- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 942 AM PDT FRI OCT 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS TO 80 MPH WESTERN PEAKS. STRONGEST WINDS DURING THE LATE NIGHT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. WEAKER WINDS ARE FORECASTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8-15 PERCENT TODAY...THEN 5-10 PERCENT SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES 80S TO LOWER 90S. WARMEST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ548-050045- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 942 AM PDT FRI OCT 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY HILLS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...STRONGEST IN THE HILLS. WEAKER WINDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8-15 PERCENT TODAY...THEN 5-10 PERCENT SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO MID 90S. WARMEST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ251-252-050045- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.131005T0200Z-131007T0100Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 942 AM PDT FRI OCT 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES... * WINDS AND TIMING...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD 10 PERCENT OR LESS. VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES AROUND 80 TO LOWER 90S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ241-050045- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 942 AM PDT FRI OCT 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS WITH MUCH LIGHTER WINDS ELSEWHERE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE DURING THE MORNING HOURS. WEAKER WINDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE THE TRANSITION TO ONSHORE 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8-15 PERCENT TODAY THEN 5-10 PERCENT SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO MID 90S. WARMEST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ234-235-050045- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.A.0005.131005T0200Z-131007T0100Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- 942 AM PDT FRI OCT 4 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR COASTAL SAN LUIS OBISPO AND NORTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. CHAOTIC AND GUSTY WINDS EACH AFTERNOON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5-15 PERCENT WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES 80S TO LOWER 90S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ MW
960 WWUS86 KLOX 042211 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 311 PM PDT FRI OCT 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING ANTELOPE VALLEY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. A STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE WEAKENING SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...BRINGING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER THREAT IN THE PAST 5 YEARS. THE PEAK WINDS WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL BE COMMONPLACE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY MINIMAL OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND TRANSITION TO ONSHORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CHAOTIC WINDS ARE EXPECTED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE SLOW TO RECOVER DURING THE TRANSITION AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE 10 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH THE WARMEST DAY FOR COASTAL AREAS ON SATURDAY WHILE INLAND AREAS EXPERIENCE THEIR WARMEST DAY ON SUNDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AS EASTERLY WINDS INCREASE THERE WITH HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE QUITE AS STRONG THOUGH HUMIDITIES NEAR 10 PERCENT ARE STILL EXPECTED. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT THOSE CLOSEST TO THE BEACHES. CAZ234-235-042315- /O.CAN.KLOX.FW.A.0005.131005T0200Z-131007T0100Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- 311 PM PDT FRI OCT 4 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR COASTAL SAN LUIS OBISPO AND NORTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS AND IN THE HILLS...ESPECIALLY NEAR VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE ISOLATED GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. HUMIDITIES NEAR 10 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. $$ CAZ253-254-051700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 311 PM PDT FRI OCT 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS TO 80 MPH ACROSS FAVORED LOCATIONS. STRONGEST TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WILL BE WEAKER BUT GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ240-244-245-051700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 311 PM PDT FRI OCT 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND VALLEYS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...STRONGEST TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WEAKER WINDS ARE FORECASTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO MID 90S. WARMEST SUNDAY. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-547-051700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 311 PM PDT FRI OCT 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA AND SAN FERNANDO VALLEYS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...STRONGEST TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WEAKER WINDS ARE FORECASTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO MID 90S. WARMEST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-051700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 311 PM PDT FRI OCT 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS TO 80 MPH WESTERN PEAKS. STRONGEST TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WEAKER WINDS ARE FORECASTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES 80S TO LOWER 90S. WARMEST SUNDAY. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ251-252-051700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.131005T0200Z-131007T0100Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 311 PM PDT FRI OCT 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES... * WINDS AND TIMING...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD 10 PERCENT OR LESS. VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES AROUND 80 TO LOWER 90S. WARMEST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ548-051700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 311 PM PDT FRI OCT 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY HILLS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...STRONGEST IN THE HILLS. WEAKER WINDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS TO 25 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO MID 90S. WARMEST SUNDAY. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ241-051700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 311 PM PDT FRI OCT 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS WITH MUCH LIGHTER WINDS ELSEWHERE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LATER TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WEAKER WINDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS TO 20 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE THE TRANSITION TO ONSHORE 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING TO 10-20 BY SATURDAY MORNING...RECOVERING TO 20-40 PERCENT SATURDAY NIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO MID 90S. WARMEST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ MW
537 WWUS86 KLOX 051703 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1003 AM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING ANTELOPE VALLEY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. A STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE WEAKENING TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...BRINGING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER THREAT IN THE PAST 5 YEARS. SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL BE COMMONPLACE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY MINIMAL OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND TRANSITION TO ONSHORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CHAOTIC WINDS ARE EXPECTED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE SLOW TO RECOVER DURING THE TRANSITION AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE 10 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH THE WARMEST DAY FOR COASTAL AREAS TODAY WHILE INLAND AREAS EXPERIENCE THEIR WARMEST DAY ON SUNDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY FOR GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS THERE WITH HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE QUITE AS STRONG THOUGH HUMIDITIES NEAR 10 PERCENT ARE STILL EXPECTED. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT THOSE CLOSEST TO THE BEACHES. CAZ253-254-060115- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 1003 AM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS TO 80 MPH ACROSS FAVORED LOCATIONS. STRONGEST THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY WILL BE WEAKER BUT GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ240-244-245-060115- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 1003 AM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND VALLEYS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...STRONGEST THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IN THE VALLEYS. WEAKER WINDS ARE FORECASTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES UPPER 80S TO MID 90S. WARMEST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-547-060115- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 1003 AM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA AND SAN FERNANDO VALLEYS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...STRONGEST THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IN THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY. WEAKER WINDS ARE FORECASTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES UPPER 80S TO MID 90S. WARMEST SUNDAY. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-060115- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 1003 AM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS TO 80 MPH WESTERN PEAKS. STRONGEST THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WEAKER WINDS ARE FORECASTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES 80S TO LOWER 90S. WARMEST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ251-252-060115- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 1003 AM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES... * WINDS AND TIMING...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD 10 PERCENT OR LESS. VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES AROUND 80 TO LOWER 90S. WARMEST SUNDAY. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ548-060115- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 1003 AM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY HILLS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...STRONGEST IN THE HILLS. WEAKER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS TO 25 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES UPPER 80S TO MID 90S. WARMEST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ241-060115- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 1003 AM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS WITH MUCH LIGHTER WINDS ELSEWHERE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WEAKER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT GUSTS TO 20 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE THE TRANSITION TO ONSHORE 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5-15 PERCENT TODAY AND SUNDAY...RECOVERING TO 20-40 PERCENT LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO MID 90S. WARMEST TODAY. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ MW
892 WWUS86 KLOX 052223 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 323 PM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING ANTELOPE VALLEY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. A STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE WEAKENING TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...BRINGING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER THREAT IN THE PAST 5 YEARS. SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL BE COMMONPLACE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY MINIMAL OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND TRANSITION TO ONSHORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CHAOTIC WINDS ARE EXPECTED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE SLOW TO RECOVER DURING THE TRANSITION AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE 10 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH THE WARMEST DAY FOR COASTAL AREAS TODAY WHILE INLAND AREAS EXPERIENCE THEIR WARMEST DAY ON SUNDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY FOR GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS THERE WITH HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE QUITE AS STRONG THOUGH HUMIDITIES NEAR 10 PERCENT ARE STILL EXPECTED. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT THOSE CLOSEST TO THE BEACHES. CAZ253-254-061700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 323 PM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ240-244-245-061700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 323 PM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND VALLEYS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES UPPER 80S TO MID 90S. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-547-061700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 323 PM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA AND SAN FERNANDO VALLEYS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...STRONGEST IN THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AND NORTHERN SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES UPPER 80S TO MID 90S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-061700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 323 PM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH WESTERN PEAKS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES 80S TO LOWER 90S. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ251-252-061700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 323 PM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES... * WINDS AND TIMING...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD 10 PERCENT OR LESS. VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES AROUND 80 TO LOWER 90S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ548-061700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 323 PM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY HILLS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN THE HILLS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES UPPER 80S TO MID 90S. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ241-061700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 323 PM PDT SAT OCT 5 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS... * WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS WITH MUCH LIGHTER WINDS ELSEWHERE. STRONGEST OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5-15 PERCENT DURING THE MORNING...RECOVERING TO 20-40 PERCENT LATE AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO MID 90S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ MW
867 WWUS86 KLOX 061634 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 934 AM PDT SUN OCT 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING ANTELOPE VALLEY AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES... .SANTA ANA WINDS HAVE WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE AREA...HOWEVER GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE STILL OCCURRING THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS...WHILE HUMIDITIES REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE 10 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL TODAY. A SLIGHT ONSHORE BREEZE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FOR COAST AND VALLEY AREAS BY THIS AFTERNOON. ON MONDAY THIS ONSHORE BREEZE WILL REACH THE MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY AND THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS THERE IN THE AFTERNOON AS HUMIDITIES REMAIN BELOW 15 PERCENT AND WINDS GUST TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH. HUMIDITY RECOVERIES TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY POOR IN THE MOUNTAINS. CAZ253-254-070100- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 934 AM PDT SUN OCT 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 40 MPH...DECREASING TO 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ240-244-245-070100- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 934 AM PDT SUN OCT 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND VALLEYS... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND DECREASING TO 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES UPPER 80S AND 90S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-547-070100- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 934 AM PDT SUN OCT 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA AND SAN FERNANDO VALLEYS... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH...STRONGEST IN THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AND NORTHERN SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. WINDS SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AND DECREASING TO 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES UPPER 80S TO MID 90S. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-070100- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 934 AM PDT SUN OCT 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS TO 45 MPH WESTERN PEAKS IN THE MORNING. WINDS SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND DECREASING TO 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES UPPER 80S TO MID 90S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ251-252-070100- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 934 AM PDT SUN OCT 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES... * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH...DECREASING TO 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD 10 PERCENT OR LESS. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES AROUND 80 TO LOWER 90S. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ548-070100- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 934 AM PDT SUN OCT 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY HILLS... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH...MAINLY IN THE HILLS THIS MORNING. SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 PERCENT OR LESS. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES UPPER 80S AND 90S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ241-070100- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 934 AM PDT SUN OCT 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS IN THE MORNING WITH MUCH LIGHTER WINDS ELSEWHERE. WINDS SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST AND DECREASING TO 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5-15 PERCENT DURING THE MORNING... RECOVERING TO 20-40 PERCENT LATE AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO MID 90S. * 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ MW
531 WWUS86 KLOX 070045 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 545 PM PDT SUN OCT 6 2013 CAZ253-254-070145- /O.EXP.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 545 PM PDT SUN OCT 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... DUE TO MAINLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM TODAY. HOWEVER... THERE MAY BE A FEW HOURS OF NEAR-CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS MONDAY AFTERNOON AS HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE UNDER 15 PERCENT. $$ CAZ240-244-245-070145- /O.EXP.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 545 PM PDT SUN OCT 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... DUE TO MAINLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. $$ CAZ288-547-070145- /O.EXP.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 545 PM PDT SUN OCT 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... DUE TO MAINLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. $$ CAZ246-070145- /O.EXP.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 545 PM PDT SUN OCT 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... DUE TO MAINLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. $$ CAZ251-252-070145- /O.EXP.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 545 PM PDT SUN OCT 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... DUE TO MAINLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. $$ CAZ548-070145- /O.EXP.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 545 PM PDT SUN OCT 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... DUE TO MAINLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. $$ CAZ241-070145- /O.EXP.KLOX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131007T0100Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 545 PM PDT SUN OCT 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... DUE TO MAINLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. $$
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 Oct 2, 2:00 PM PDT, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 2:00 PM PDT, 37 minutes before
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 200 PM PDT WED OCT 2 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK ONSHORE FLOW PATTERN WILL KEEP CONDITIONS COOL ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY WITH SOME NIGHT AND MORNING CLOUDS ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN. FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...AN EXTENDED SANTA ANA WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED...WITH STRONG WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...ONSHORE FLOW WILL RETURN TO THE AREA...BRINGING COOLER CONDITIONS. && ...POTENTIAL MODERATE TO STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY WITH EXTREME FIRE DANGER... .SHORT TERM (TODAY-SAT)...OVERALL...12Z MODELS IN GOOD SYNOPTIC AGREEMENT THROUGH THE PERIOD. AT UPPER LEVELS...LOW WILL DROP INTO THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT/THURSDAY (CENTERED OVER NORTHERN UTAH) THEN WILL SHIFT EASTWARD FRIDAY/SATURDAY AS A RIDGE MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. NEAR THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE GREAT BASIN THURDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY...AND WEAKEN SLIGHTLY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. FORECAST-WISE...MAIN ISSUE WILL BE POTENTIAL MODERATE TO STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. VARIOUS HIGH RES MODELS INDICATE A FINE STEW FOR A SIGNIFICANT OFFSHORE WIND EVENT: STRONG OFFSHORE PRESSURE GRADIENTS FRIDAY MORNING/SATURDAY MORNING (LAX-DAG FROM -6.0 MB TO -7.5 MB) AND IMPRESSIVE UPPER LEVEL WIND SUPPORT (40-55 KNOTS BELOW 850 MB). EVEN THE GFS MODEL INDICATES LAX-DAG GRADIENTS BETWEEN -2.5 AND -3.5 MB AND UPPER LEVEL WIND SUPPORT BETWEEN 15 AND 25 KNOTS...WHICH ALTHOUGH WEAKER THAN THE HIGH RES MODELS IS VERY IMPRESSIVE FOR A SPECTRAL MODEL. SO...CONFIDENCE IS HIGH IN A MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE WIND EVENT. WITH THE AFTERNOON FORECAST PACKAGE...WILL ISSUE HIGH WIND WATCHES FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY (EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY). THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS (WIND GUSTS 60 TO 70 MPH) WITH SLIGHTLY WEAKER WINDS ACROSS THE COASTS AND VALLEYS (WIND GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH). THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FRIDAY MORNING...WITH A LULL FRIDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING...THEN A SECONDARY PEAK SATURDAY MORNING. AS FOR CLOUDS...ONLY CLOUDS OF NOTE WILL BE MARINE LAYER STRATUS. FOR TONIGHT/THURSDAY MORNING...STRATUS SHOULD BE LESS WIDESPREAD WITH SOME PATCHY STUFF ACROSS THE CENTRAL COAST...AND AREAS OF STRATUS ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN OF LOS ANGELES...AND POSSIBLY...VENTURA COUNTIES. AS THE OFFSHORE DEVELOPS...THE STRATUS COVERAGE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. AS FOR TEMPS...THURSDAY WILL BE ANOTHER COOL DAY. HOWEVER FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...NOTICEABLY WARMER TEMPS CAN BE EXPECTED WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS DUE TO THE OFFSHORE FLOW AND BUILDING RIDGE OVERHEAD. INLAND AREAS WILL REMAIN COOLER DUE TO THE COLD ADVECTION EFFECTS OF THE NORTHEAST WINDS. .LONG TERM (SUN-WED)...FOR THE EXTENDED...12Z MODELS START OFF IN GOOD SYNOPTIC...GRADUALLY DIVERGE LATER IN THE PERIOD. AT UPPER LEVELS...RIDGE WILL FLATTEN OUT ON SUNDAY...WITH THE AREA SANDWICHED BETWEEN A RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND A LOW TO THE EAST. THE ECMWF IS MORE PRONOUNCED AND FURTHER WEST WITH THE UPPER LOW (DROPPING IT OVER THE UTAH/NEVADA) WHILE THE GFS KEEPS THE LOW FURTHER TO THE EAST. NEAR THE SURFACE...OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BE NOTICEABLY WEAKER SUNDAY MORNING...WITH WEAK DIURNAL FLOW MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FORECAST-WISE...SUNDAY SHOULD SEE THE OFFSHORE WINDS DIMINISH NOTICEABLY...WITH A WEAK ONSHORE BREEZE IN THE AFTERNOON WHICH WILL HELP COOL TEMPS DOWN A BIT. FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...EXPECT THE COOLING TREND TO CONTINUE WITH THE ONSHORE FLOW GRADUALLY STRENGTHENING EACH AFTERNOON. AS FOR CLOUDS...EXPECT CLEAR SKIES THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH MAYBE SOME RETURN OF STRATUS TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY MORNING. && .AVIATION...02/1800Z. GOOD CONFIDENCE IN THE 18Z TAFS...EXCEPT ON THE CENTRAL COAST WHERE MARINE CLOUD COVERAGE IS IN QUESTION. THE LOW CLOUDS WILL RETURN TO THE COAST AND VALLEYS SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION. KLAX AND KBUR...GOOD CONFIDENCE IN VFR CONDITIONS BECOMING MVFR CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING (SEE LAXRFWLOX). HIGH WIND WATCH (SEE LAXNPWLOX). FIRE WEATHER WATCH (SEE LAXRFWLOX). SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXMWWLOX). HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK (SEE LAXSRFLOX). SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT (SEE LAXSPSLOX). && PUBLIC...RAT AVIATION...SWEET SYNOPSIS...KJ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 2, 6:00 AM PDT, 8 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 600 AM PDT WED OCT 2 2013 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-031300- 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 PDT WED OCT 2 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT HIGH SURF 10 TO 14 FEET WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE WEST TO NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF THE CENTRAL COAST. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL CONTINUE FROM SAN LUIS OBISPO TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY. * HIGH SURF ADVISORY.........SEE WHUS46 KLOX - CFWLOX FOR DETAILS * * HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AN OFFSHORE WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONGER WINDS AND LOWER HUMIDITIES THAN LAST WEEK'S WIND EVENT. A SUNDOWNER WIND EVENT MAY DEVELOP FOR THE SANTA YNEZ MOUNTAINS IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY LATE THURSDAY...THEN TRANSITION TO A SANTA ANA ACROSS VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WARM...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS. * 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. ASR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 3:12 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | LOX | 24 hr | |
| Oct 2, 2:04 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 24 hr |
| Oct 2, 2:37 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | LOX | 49 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.