Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this red flag warning at Dec 24, 2013, 2:38 PM PST for Los Angeles County, California. It took effect at Dec 25, 2013, 6:00 AM PST. It was in force for 52 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2013, 2:38 PM PST (22:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2013, 6:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2013, 10:00 AM PST
- In force
- 52 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
County Los Angeles County, CA
The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 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
- 2985 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
779 WWUS86 KLOX 242238 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 238 PM PST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... .MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND ASSOCIATED COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS. THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST WEDNESDAY FROM SUNRISE TO LATE AFTERNOON WITH WIND GUSTS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF 45 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED WHILE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WIND PRONE VALLEY AREAS. THE SANTA ANA WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN THURSDAY EVENING...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH FAVORED CANYONS AND PASSES. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT WEDNESDAY MORNING MOST AREAS...WITH VALUES IN THE LOWER TEENS COMMON ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ALSO...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN VALLEYS AND FAVORED COASTAL AREAS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S AND 80S. POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH MANY LOCATIONS REMAINING BELOW 25 PERCENT. ON THURSDAY...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DRY WITH AREAS OF SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LIKELY. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE OFFSHORE WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND ABNORMALLY DRY FUELS. CAZ246-253-254-250645- /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0008.131225T1400Z-131227T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 238 PM PST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 70S LOW ELEVATIONS TO 50S HIGHER ELEVATIONS. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 80S...EXCEPT 70S COASTAL SLOPES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN 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. && $$ CAZ240-241-244-245-288-547-250645- /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0008.131225T1400Z-131227T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 238 PM PST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...SAN FERNANDO VALLEY...AND VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS...VENTURA COUNTY COAST...AND THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 70S AND 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ JACKSON
7 follow-up statements
009 WWUS86 KLOX 250426 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 826 PM PST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... .MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND ASSOCIATED COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS. THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST WEDNESDAY FROM SUNRISE TO LATE AFTERNOON WITH WIND GUSTS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF 45 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED WHILE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WIND PRONE VALLEY AREAS. THE SANTA ANA WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN THURSDAY EVENING...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH FAVORED CANYONS AND PASSES. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT WEDNESDAY MORNING MOST AREAS...WITH VALUES IN THE LOWER TEENS COMMON ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ALSO... AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN VALLEYS AND FAVORED COASTAL AREAS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S AND 80S. POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH MANY LOCATIONS REMAINING BELOW 25 PERCENT. ON THURSDAY...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DRY WITH AREAS OF SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LIKELY. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE OFFSHORE WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND ABNORMALLY DRY FUELS. CAZ246-253-254-251730- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.131225T1400Z-131227T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 826 PM PST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 70S LOW ELEVATIONS TO 50S HIGHER ELEVATIONS. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 80S...EXCEPT 70S COASTAL SLOPES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN 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. && $$ CAZ240-241-244-245-288-547-251730- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.131225T1400Z-131227T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 826 PM PST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...SAN FERNANDO VALLEY...AND VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS...VENTURA COUNTY COAST...AND THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 70S AND 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ JACKSON/SIRARD
938 WWUS86 KLOX 251402 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 602 AM PST WED DEC 25 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... .MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND ASSOCIATED COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS. THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST FROM SUNRISE TO LATE AFTERNOON TODAY WITH WIND GUSTS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF 45 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED WHILE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WIND PRONE VALLEY AREAS. THE SANTA ANA WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN THIS EVENING...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH FAVORED CANYONS AND PASSES. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT THIS MORNING MOST AREAS. ALSO...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN VALLEYS AND FAVORED COASTAL AREAS WILL BE IN THE 80S. POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH MANY LOCATIONS REMAINING BELOW 25 PERCENT. ON THURSDAY...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DRY WITH AREAS OF SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LIKELY. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE OFFSHORE WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND ABNORMALLY DRY FUELS. CAZ246-253-254-252300- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 602 AM PST WED DEC 25 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH. THE WINDS WILL PEAK IN STRENGTH TODAY...BUT STILL REMAIN GUSTY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 70S TO MID 80S AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN 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. && $$ CAZ288-252300- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 602 AM PST WED DEC 25 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL PEAK IN STRENGTH TODAY...BUT STILL REMAIN GUSTY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ547-252300- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 602 AM PST WED DEC 25 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL PEAK IN STRENGTH TODAY...BUT STILL REMAIN GUSTY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER TO MID 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN 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. && $$ CAZ244-245-252300- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 602 AM PST WED DEC 25 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL PEAK IN STRENGTH TODAY...BUT STILL REMAIN GUSTY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID 70S TO MID 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ240-252300- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- 602 AM PST WED DEC 25 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL PEAK IN STRENGTH TODAY...BUT STILL REMAIN GUSTY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S AND 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN 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. && $$ CAZ241-252300- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 602 AM PST WED DEC 25 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL PEAK IN STRENGTH TODAY...BUT STILL REMAIN GUSTY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS FROM THE 70S AT THE COAST TO THE MID 80S INLAND. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ RAT/ASR
912 WWUS86 KLOX 251921 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1121 AM PST WED DEC 25 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... .MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND ASSOCIATED COAST AND VALLEY AREAS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON TODAY WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ACROSS WIND-PRONE VALLEY AREAS. THE OFFSHORE WINDS WILL WEAKEN SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING...AND STRENGTHEN AGAIN OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. HOWEVER THE WIND SPEEDS ON THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE SOMEWHAT WEAKER THAN THOSE OBSERVED TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 8 TO 15 PERCENT IN MOST AREAS TODAY...WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND FAVORED COASTAL AREAS. POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH MANY LOCATIONS REMAINING BELOW 25 PERCENT. ON THURSDAY...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DRY WITH AREAS OF SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LIKELY. VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST INTO FRIDAY...BUT WITH MUCH LIGHTER WINDS. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE OFFSHORE WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND ABNORMALLY DRY FUELS. CAZ246-253-254-260500- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 1121 AM PST WED DEC 25 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. THE WINDS WILL PEAK IN STRENGTH TODAY...DIMINISH SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING...AND THEN INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT TODAY...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 PERCENT ON THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 70S TO MID 80S AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN 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. && $$ CAZ288-260500- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 1121 AM PST WED DEC 25 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL PEAK IN STRENGTH TODAY...DIMINISH SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING...AND THEN INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT TODAY...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 PERCENT ON THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ547-260500- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 1121 AM PST WED DEC 25 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL PEAK IN STRENGTH TODAY...DIMINISH SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING...AND THEN INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 PERCENT ON THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER TO MID 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN 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. && $$ CAZ244-245-260500- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 1121 AM PST WED DEC 25 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL PEAK IN STRENGTH TODAY...DIMINISH SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING...AND THEN INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT TODAY...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 PERCENT ON THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID 70S TO MID 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ240-260500- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- 1121 AM PST WED DEC 25 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL PEAK IN STRENGTH TODAY...DIMINISH SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING...AND THEN INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT TODAY...SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 15 PERCENT ON THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S AND 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN 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. && $$ CAZ241-260500- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 1121 AM PST WED DEC 25 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...STRONGEST BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. THE WINDS WILL PEAK IN STRENGTH TODAY...DIMINISH SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING...AND THEN INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 18 PERCENT TODAY...DIMINISHING TO 8 TO 15 PERCENT ON THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS FROM THE 70S AT THE COAST TO THE MID 80S INLAND. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
079 WWUS86 KLOX 260455 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 855 PM PST WED DEC 25 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... .MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AND ASSOCIATED COAST AND VALLEY AREAS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE OFFSHORE WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN INTO THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH. POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH MANY LOCATIONS REMAINING BELOW 25 PERCENT. ON THURSDAY...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DRY WITH AREAS OF SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LIKELY ALONG WITH WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR MOST AREAS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST INTO FRIDAY...BUT WITH MUCH LIGHTER WINDS. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH THURSDAY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE OFFSHORE WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND ABNORMALLY DRY FUELS. CAZ246-253-254-261730- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 855 PM PST WED DEC 25 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING... ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 PERCENT ON THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 70S TO MID 80S AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...50S AND 60S IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN 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. && $$ CAZ288-261730- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 855 PM PST WED DEC 25 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING... ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 PERCENT ON THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ547-261730- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 855 PM PST WED DEC 25 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING... ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 PERCENT ON THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN 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. && $$ CAZ244-245-261730- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 855 PM PST WED DEC 25 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING... ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 PERCENT ON THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ240-261730- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- 855 PM PST WED DEC 25 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING... ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DIMINISHING TO 8 TO 15 PERCENT ON THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN 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. && $$ CAZ241-261730- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 855 PM PST WED DEC 25 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...STRONGEST BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DIMINISHING TO 8 TO 15 PERCENT ON THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS FROM THE 70S AT THE COAST TO THE LOWER 80S INLAND. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
192 WWUS86 KLOX 261738 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 938 AM PST THU DEC 26 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... .MODERATE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TYPICAL WIND PRONE LOCATIONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES TODAY. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...WITH GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE ACROSS COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS. THESE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO REINFORCE WARM AND VERY DRY AIR ACROSS THE REGION. THE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES AND VERY DRY FUELS HAS RESULTED IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES TODAY. WHILE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SLIGHTLY TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...THE RED FLAG WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA AS THE GUSTY WINDS WILL OVERLAP WITH SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES TO POTENTIALLY MAINTAIN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS. THE OFFSHORE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY...HOWEVER VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES LINGERING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. CAZ246-253-254-270200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 938 AM PST THU DEC 26 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ACROSS THE WESTERN PEAKS OF THE SANTA MONICAS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...4 TO 14 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...50S AND 60S IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN 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 GUSTY 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. && $$ CAZ288-270200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 938 AM PST THU DEC 26 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 70S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ547-270200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 938 AM PST THU DEC 26 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN 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 GUSTY 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. && $$ CAZ244-245-270200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 938 AM PST THU DEC 26 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN THE HILLS. STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...4 TO 12 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ240-270200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- 938 AM PST THU DEC 26 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. STRONGEST ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 12 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN 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 GUSTY 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. && $$ CAZ241-270200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T0200Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 938 AM PST THU DEC 26 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH... STRONGEST BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ GOMBERG/KAPLAN
612 WWUS86 KLOX 262055 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1255 PM PST THU DEC 26 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... .MODERATE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TYPICAL WIND PRONE LOCATIONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING... WITH GUSTS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE ACROSS COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS. THESE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO REINFORCE WARM AND VERY DRY AIR ACROSS THE REGION. THE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN THE EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG WARNINGS. WHILE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THERE WILL STILL BE VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS...WITH WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT. CAZ246-253-254-271800- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T1800Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 1255 PM PST THU DEC 26 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. ISOLATED GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ACROSS THE WESTERN PEAKS OF THE SANTA MONICAS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 4 TO 12 PERCENT TODAY AND FRIDAY...WITH VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...50S AND 60S IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN 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 GUSTY 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. && $$ CAZ288-271800- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T1800Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 1255 PM PST THU DEC 26 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 5 TO 10 PERCENT TODAY AND FRIDAY...WITH VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 70S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ547-271800- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T1800Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 1255 PM PST THU DEC 26 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 35 MPH ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST PORTIONS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 4 TO 10 PERCENT TODAY AND FRIDAY...WITH VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN 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 GUSTY 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. && $$ CAZ244-245-271800- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T1800Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 1255 PM PST THU DEC 26 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN THE HILLS. STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 4 TO 12 PERCENT TODAY AND FRIDAY...WITH VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ240-271800- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T1800Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- 1255 PM PST THU DEC 26 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS. WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING ON FRIDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 5 TO 12 PERCENT TODAY AND FRIDAY...WITH VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN 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 GUSTY 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. && $$ CAZ241-271800- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T1800Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 1255 PM PST THU DEC 26 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FROM MALIBU TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS. WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING ON FRIDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 5 TO 12 PERCENT TODAY AND FRIDAY...WITH VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD THAT COULD THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ GOMBERG/KAPLAN
564 WWUS86 KLOX 271806 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1006 AM PST FRI DEC 27 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... .OFFSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY...ALLOWING FOR THE EXPIRATION OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ELEVATED FIRE DANGER TODAY. A MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WITH CONTINUED LOW HUMIDITIES WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...WHICH MAY REQUIRE THE ISSUANCE OF A FIRE WEATHER WATCH. CAZ240-241-244>246-253-254-288-547-271915- /O.EXP.KLOX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131227T1800Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 1006 AM PST FRI DEC 27 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... $$ GOMBERG
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Dec 24, 2:15 PM PST, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 2:15 PM PST, 23 minutes before
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 215 PM PST TUE DEC 24 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A HIGH SYSTEM WILL DOMINATE SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA WEATHER THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE HIGH...WITH OFFSHORE WINDS...WILL KEEP THE SKIES MOSTLY CLEAR AND TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL INTO NEXT WEEK. THE PEAK AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...THEN A SLOW COOL DOWN NEXT WEEK WHEN AN UPPER LOW WILL APPROACH. && .SHORT TERM (TODAY-FRI)...CURRENT PRESSURE GRADIENT HAD TRENDED SLIGHTLY STRONGER OFFSHORE THAN YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME AND TEMPERATURES DIFFERED BY PLUS 5 TO 10 DEGREES WHERE THE COASTAL AREAS INDICATED THE LARGEST CHANGES. A WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS AN OFFSHORE GRADIENT STRENGTHENS AND TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY RANGE 10 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE SEASONAL NORMAL. A PRESSURE GRADIENT HAD TRENDED SLIGHTLY STRONGER OVER THE AREA AS A 1043 MB RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE GREAT BASIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVER THE GREAT BASIN WHILE WEAKENING THROUGH FRIDAY. THE OFFSHORE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PERSIST OVER THE AREA THOUGH WEAKEN EACH DAY THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OVER AREAS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. WIND ADVISORY CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. .LONG TERM (SAT-TUE)...WILL CONTINUE DRY THROUGH THE PERIOD. GUIDANCE DIFFERED FROM PREVIOUS RUNS BUT INDICATED SIMILAR SOLUTIONS BETWEEN SUITES THROUGH THE PERIOD. GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE A LONG WAVE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AMPLIFYING UPSTREAM WITH A ANTICYCLONIC CENTER WEST OF WA/OR SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. WHILE THE RIDGE AMPLIFIES A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PROGRESS THROUGH THE RIDGE AND A CYCLONIC CIRCULATION WILL CUT OFF WEST OF THE CENTRAL COAST. GUIDANCE DIFFERED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM PREVIOUS RUNS WITH THE EVOLUTION OF THE CUT OFF CIRCULATION AS IT DEVELOPS AND PROPAGATES THROUGH THE BASE OF THE LONG WAVE RIDGE. THOUGH GUIDANCE INDICATED SIMILAR MOSITURE SOLUTIONS AND A BROKEN TO OVERCAST MID/UPPER LEVEL CLOUD FIELD IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE AREA SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE CLOUD FIELD MAY LINGER OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY AS THE LOW TAKES A MORE SOUTHERN TRACK. LOW LEVEL OFFSHORE WINDS WILL PREVAIL AT TIMES AND THE LOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN VERY DRY AND THE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE VERY LOW AS THE LOW APPROACHES AND SKIRTS THE AREA. UNSEASONABLY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AND LIKELY 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE SEASONAL NORMAL. && .AVIATION...24/1700Z... OVERALL...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN 18Z TAF PACKAGE. DEVELOPING OFFSHORE FLOW SHOULD KEEP ALL SITES VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD...ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE A 10-15% CHANCE OF SOME MVFR VSBYS FOR COASTAL TAFS THIS EVENING. WITH THE OFFSHORE FLOW...LLWS/TURBULENCE ISSUES ARE LIKELY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS. KLAX...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN 18Z TAF. KBUR...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN 18Z TAF. LLWS/TURBULENCE SHOULD DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AFTER 10Z. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING (SEE LAXRFWLOX). WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX). && PUBLIC...30 AVIATION...RAT SYNOPSIS...SETO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 6:00 AM PST, 8 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 600 AM PST TUE DEC 24 2013 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-251400- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 600 AM PST TUE DEC 24 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. WFO LOX PLANS TO DISCONTINUE THIS PRODUCT IN 2014. PLEASE DIRECT ANY COMMENTS TO ERIC BOLDT AT 805-988-6623. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT HIGHER THAN NORMAL SURF AND AN ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK WILL AFFECT THE BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES TODAY. * HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS * * COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT...SEE WHUS46 KLOX - CFWLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. RORKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 9:33 AM PST | Wind Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 58 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.