Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this red flag warning at May 12, 2014, 10:17 AM PDT. It took effect at May 13, 2014, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 63 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
- May 12, 2014, 10:17 AM PDT (17:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 13, 2014, 5:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- May 15, 2014, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 63 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
029 WWUS86 KLOX 121717 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1017 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT NOW UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES FOR GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DISCUSSION...THE RED FLAG WARNING WAS EXTENDED FOR THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS IN VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE COASTAL SECTIONS IN VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. A PRESSURE GRADIENT OF AROUND -2.8 MB WAS OBSERVED FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST TO THE UPPER DESERT THIS MORNING AND IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN TUESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING TO AROUND -6 MB. THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT THIS MORNING WAS AROUND 20 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM AROUND 30 MPH TUESDAY MORNING AND TO AROUND 40 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING. AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TODAY BUT THEN INCREASE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL WEAKEN TUESDAY EVENING AND THEN INCREASE AGAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WARMING AND DRYING TREND WILL OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH TEMPERATURES 10 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITY. CAZ240-241-122245- /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0007.140513T1200Z-140515T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 1017 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS TO VENTURA. THE WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST AROUND SUNRISE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON EACH DAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL FALL SHARPLY IN THE MORNING TO THE SINGLE DIGITS EACH MORNING AND RECOVER TO 25 TO 35 PERCENT OVERNIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MID 80S TO MID 90S. THE WARMEST DAY WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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. && $$ CAZ253-254-122245- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 1017 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING AND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 55 MPH WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 65 MPH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY BETWEEN 4 AND 10 PERCENT TODAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 70S AND 80S TODAY AND 80S TO AROUND 90 TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE WARMEST DAY WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-122245- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 1017 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING AND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY BETWEEN 4 AND 10 PERCENT...WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 80S TO MID 90S TODAY AND MID 90S TO 100 TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE WARMEST DAY WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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. && $$ CAZ244-245-122245- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 1017 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA COUNTY... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING AND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY BETWEEN 4 AND 10 PERCENT...WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 80S TO MID 90S TODAY AND 90S TO 102 TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE WARMEST DAY WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ547-122245- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 1017 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY... * WINDS...AREAS NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING AND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE HILLS AND IN THE MORNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY BETWEEN 4 AND 10 PERCENT TODAY...WITH LIMITED OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 80S TO MID 90S TODAY AND 90S TO 101 TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE WARMEST DAY WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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. && $$ CAZ548-122245- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 1017 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH TODAY AND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE HILLS AND IN THE MORNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY BETWEEN 4 AND 10 PERCENT...WITH LIMITED OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 80S TO MID 90S TODAY TO MIDDLE 90S TO 104. THE WARMEST DAY WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-122245- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 1017 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED EACH MORNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY BETWEEN 4 AND 10 PERCENT...WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...MID TO UPPER 80S TODAY AND 90S TO 100 TUESDAY AND WEDNEDAY. THE WARMEST DAY WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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. && $$
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368 WWUS86 KLOX 122207 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 307 PM PDT MON MAY 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT NOW UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES FOR GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DISCUSSION...THE RED FLAG WARNING WAS EXTENDED FOR THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS IN VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE COASTAL SECTIONS IN VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. A PRESSURE GRADIENT OF AROUND -2.8 MB WAS OBSERVED FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST TO THE UPPER DESERT THIS MORNING AND IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN TUESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING TO AROUND -6 MB. THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT THIS MORNING WAS AROUND 20 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM AROUND 30 MPH TUESDAY MORNING AND TO AROUND 40 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING. MODERATE SANTA ANA WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE HIGH COUNTRY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND BECOMING LIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MODERATE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL LIKELY DESCEND TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND EXTEND TO THE COAST TUESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SANTA ANA WINDS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL DIMINISH EACH AFTERNOON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. A WARMING AND DRYING TREND WILL OCCUR OVER THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE 10 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE WARMEST DAY IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. A SLIGHT COOLING TREND IS THEN EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ABOVE NORMAL. WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY IS LIKELY IN THE AREAS EXPOSED TO THE NORTHEAST WINDS. CAZ253-254-131700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 307 PM PDT MON MAY 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...80S TO MIDDLE 90S IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS TO 70S IN THE UPPER ELEVATIONS. THE WARMEST DAY WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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. && $$ CAZ246-131700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 307 PM PDT MON MAY 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON EACH DAY. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 70 MPH OVER THE WEST PEAKS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...90S TO 100 TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE WARMEST DAY WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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. && $$ CAZ244-245-131700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 307 PM PDT MON MAY 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA COUNTY... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TUESDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN INCREASE AGAIN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...90S TO 102 TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE WARMEST DAY WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ547-131700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 307 PM PDT MON MAY 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN INCREASE AGAIN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...90S TO 101 TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE WARMEST DAY WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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. && $$ CAZ548-131700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 307 PM PDT MON MAY 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN INCREASE AGAIN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE HILLS * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...MIDDLE 90S TO 104. THE WARMEST DAY WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-131700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 307 PM PDT MON MAY 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TUESDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN INCREASE AGAIN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...90S TO 100. THE WARMEST DAY WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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. && $$ CAZ240-241-131700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0007.140513T1200Z-140515T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 307 PM PDT MON MAY 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS TO VENTURA. THE WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST AROUND SUNRISE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON EACH DAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL FALL SHARPLY TO THE SINGLE DIGITS EACH MORNING AND RECOVER TO 25 TO 35 PERCENT OVERNIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...MIDDLE 80S TO MIDDLE 90S. THE WARMEST DAY WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
119 WWUS86 KLOX 131658 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 958 AM PDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DISCUSSION...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A PRESSURE GRADIENT OF AROUND -4.7 MB WAS OBSERVED FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST TO THE UPPER DESERT THIS MORNING AND IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. A GRADIENT AROUND -6 MB IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT THIS MORNING WAS AROUND 20 MPH AND 40 MPH IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING. WEAK TO MODERATE SANTA ANA WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE HIGH COUNTRY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT WILL BE WEAK. WEAK TO MODERATE AND ISOLATED SANTA ANA WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND EXTEND TO THE COAST TODAY AND BECOME WIDESPREAD WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WARMING AND DRYING TREND WILL OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE 10 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE WARMEST DAY IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. A SLIGHT COOLING TREND IS THEN EXPECTED THURSDAY AND THEN TEMPERATURES WILL DIFFER BY 5 TO 10 DEGREES EACH DAY FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND AT OR BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY AND POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY IS VERY LIKELY. CAZ253-254-132245- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 958 AM PDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50 MPH IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...80S TO UPPER 90S IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS TO 70S IN THE UPPER ELEVATIONS. THE WARMEST DAY WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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. && $$ CAZ246-132245- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 958 AM PDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...90S TO 101 TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE WARMEST DAY WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ244-245-132245- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 958 AM PDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA COUNTY... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN INCREASE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...90S TO 102 TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE WARMEST DAY WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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. && $$ CAZ547-132245- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 958 AM PDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN THE NORTH PORTION OF THE VALLEY...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUST TO 25 MPH TODAY. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN INCREASE AGAIN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...90S TO 102 TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE WARMEST DAY WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ548-132245- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 958 AM PDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE HILLS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...MIDDLE 90S TO 105. THE WARMEST DAY WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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. && $$ CAZ288-132245- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 958 AM PDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...90S TO 100. THE WARMEST DAY WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ240-241-132245- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 958 AM PDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING. AREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON 10 TO 20 MPH. THE NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS TO VENTURA. THE WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST AROUND SUNRISE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON EACH DAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL FALL SHARPLY TO THE SINGLE DIGITS EACH MORNING AND RECOVER TO 25 TO 35 PERCENT OVERNIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...MIDDLE 80S TO 104. THE WARMEST DAY WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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. && $$
277 WWUS86 KLOX 132211 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 311 PM PDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DISCUSSION...A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A PRESSURE GRADIENT OF AROUND -5.1 MB WAS OBSERVED FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST TO THE UPPER DESERT LATE THIS MORNING AND IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. A GRADIENT AROUND -6 MB IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT THIS MORNING WAS AROUND 20 MPH AND 40 MPH IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING. WEAK TO MODERATE SANTA ANA WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE HIGH COUNTRY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT WILL BE WEAK. WEAK TO MODERATE AND ISOLATED SANTA ANA WINDS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL WEAKEN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND THEN REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND BECOME WIDESPREAD WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. A WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE 10 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED AND POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY IS VERY LIKELY. CAZ253-254-141700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 311 PM PDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...80S TO UPPER 90S IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS TO 70S IN THE UPPER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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. && $$ CAZ246-141700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 311 PM PDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH TONIGHT WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...90S TO 101 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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. && $$ CAZ244-245-141700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 311 PM PDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA COUNTY... * WINDS...AREAS EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH TONIGHT WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH WEDNESDAY MONING. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...90S TO 101 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ547-141700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 311 PM PDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTH AND NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER THE NORTH PORTION OF THE VALLEY. OTHERWISE NORTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH TONIGHT WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUST TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...90S TO 102 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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. && $$ CAZ548-141700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 311 PM PDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH THIS EVENING WILL BECOME NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH LATE TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WEDNESDAY MONRING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE HILLS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...MIDDLE 90S TO 105. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-141700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 311 PM PDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THEN DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGITS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. * TEMPERATURES...90S TO 100. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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. && $$ CAZ240-241-141700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 311 PM PDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WINDS...AREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO THIS AFTERNOON 10 TO 15 MPH. THE NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS TO VENTURA. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL FALL SHARPLY TO THE SINGLE DIGITS THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. POOR RECOVERY IS EXPECTED IN AREAS EXPOSED TO THE NORTHEAST WINDS AND MODERATE RECOVERY IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...LOWER 90S TO 104 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
627 WWUS86 KLOX 141654 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 954 AM PDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DISCUSSION...A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY THROUGH THIS EVENING. MODERATE OFFSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...WITH GUSTS GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS... AND 30 TO 40 MPH ACROSS COASTAL AND VALLEY LOCATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WITH MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING RECORD HEAT TO THE SOUTHLAND TODAY AND THURSDAY...WITH TRIPLE DIGIT READINGS ACROSS THE WARMEST COASTAL AND VALLEY LOCATIONS. MEANWHILE...WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THURSDAY...WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES IN THE FOOTHILLS... MOUNTAINS...AND WIND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. RED FLAG WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO THURSDAY DUE TO THE VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS COMBINING WITH AN ERRATIC TRANSITION BETWEEN OFFSHORE AND ONSHORE BREEZES IN THE AFTERNOON. THE ONSHORE WIND TRANSITION WILL LIKELY REACH ALL THE WAY TO THE LOWER COASTAL SLOPES BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. CAZ253-254-150000- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 954 AM PDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY LATE AFTEROON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 8 PERCENT TODAY...VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...80S TO MID 90S IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS TO 70S IN THE UPPER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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 HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-150000- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 954 AM PDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 6 PERCENT TODAY...WITH VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...94 TO 101. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ244-245-150000- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 954 AM PDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VALLEYS OF VENTURA COUNTY... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...2 TO 5 PERCENT TODAY...VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...94 TO 101. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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. && $$ CAZ547-150000- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 954 AM PDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. STRONGEST WINDS NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...2 TO 5 PERCENT TODAY...VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...98 TO 102. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ548-150000- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 954 AM PDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. STRONGEST WINDS IN THE HILLS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 6 PERCENT TODAY...VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...98 TO 104. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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. && $$ CAZ288-150000- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 954 AM PDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... * WINDS...AREAS NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 6 PERCENT TODAY...VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...96 TO 100. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ240-241-150000- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140515T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 954 AM PDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WIND AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COAST AND FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWEST 10-15 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE VENTURA COASTAL PLAIN...AS WELL AS MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 9 PERCENT. VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT IN THE FOOTHILLS. * TEMPERATURES...93 TO 103. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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. && $$ GOMBERG
609 WWUS86 KLOX 142312 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 412 PM PDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY FOR GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DISCUSSION...GUSTY SANTA WINDS COMBINED WITH RECORD BREAKING TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT AND WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BRING EXTREME FIRE DANGER TO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON...WHERE RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. THE OFFSHORE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WHILE ONSHORE WINDS OVERSPREAD THE COASTAL PLAIN AND SOME OF THE COASTAL VALLEYS. WHILE THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL BE SOMEWHAT WEAKER ON THURSDAY...THERE WILL STILL LIKELY BE GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS DURING THE MORNING HOURS. DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THERE WILL BE A MORE DRAMATIC ONSHORE WIND SHIFT THAT WILL LIKELY OVERSPREAD THE COAST AROUND NOON-TIME...AND SPREAD INTO THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SHIFTING WINDS COMBINED WITH MORE RECORD BREAKING TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT AND WIDESPREAD SINGE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL BRING MORE EXTREME FIRE DANGER TO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES ON THURSDAY...PROMPTING THE EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES... BREEZY CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH HOT TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. CAZ253-254-151700- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 412 PM PDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS BECOMING ONSHORE 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 8 PERCENT TODAY AND THURSDAY...VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...90 IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS TO UPPER 70S AND 80S IN THE UPPER ELEVATIONS ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-151700- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 412 PM PDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH BY MID THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 6 PERCENT TODAY AND THURSDAY...WITH VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...95 TO 103 THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ244-245-547-151700- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 412 PM PDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS AND SAN FERNANDO VALLEY... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH BY MID THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 6 PERCENT TODAY AND THURSDAY...VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...95 TO 104 ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ548-151700- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 412 PM PDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING NORTHEAST 8 TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE HILLS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 6 PERCENT TODAY AND THURSDAY...VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...99 TO 105 ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-151700- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 412 PM PDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 6 PERCENT TODAY AND THURSDAY...VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...99 TO 104 ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ240-241-151700- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 412 PM PDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR COASTAL AREAS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... * WINDS...WEST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BECOME NORTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...THEN SHIFT TO THE WEST 8 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...4 TO 10 PERCENT TODAY AND THURSDAY. VERY POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT IN THE HILLS. * TEMPERATURES...93 TO 103 ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ GOMBERG
911 WWUS86 KLOX 151707 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1007 AM PDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY FOR GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DISCUSSION...GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS ARE WEAKER THIS MORNING BUT GUSTS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WILL STILL OCCUR THIS MORNING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND WIND PRONE VALLEYS. DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THERE WILL BE A MORE DRAMATIC ONSHORE WIND SHIFT THAT WILL LIKELY OVERSPREAD THE COAST AROUND NOON-TIME...AND SPREAD INTO THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE ONSHORE WINDS WILL GUST IN THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS FAVORED LOCATIONS. THE SHIFTING AND ERRATIC WINDS COMBINED WITH MORE RECORD BREAKING TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT AND WIDESPREAD SINGE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL BRING ANOTHER DAY OF EXTREME FIRE DANGER TO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...PROMPTING THE EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. CAZ253-254-152300- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 1007 AM PDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 8 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...90 IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS TO UPPER 70S AND 80S IN THE UPPER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-152300- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 1007 AM PDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 6 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...95 TO 103. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ244-245-547-152300- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 1007 AM PDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS AND SAN FERNANDO VALLEY... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH...SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 8 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...95 TO 104. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ548-152300- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 1007 AM PDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 8 TO 15 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE HILLS THIS MORNING...SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 6 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...99 TO 105. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-152300- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 1007 AM PDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 6 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...99 TO 103. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ240-241-152300- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 1007 AM PDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR COASTAL AREAS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH THIS MORNING...SHIFTING TO THE WEST 8 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...4 TO 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...93 TO 103. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ GOMBERG
364 WWUS86 KLOX 152258 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 358 PM PDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 8 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR THE VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS FOR GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR COASTAL AND VALLEY PORTIONS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES FOR GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .AS OF 3 PM...WINDS HAVE NOW SHIFTED TO ONSHORE ACROSS MOST COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS...AS WELL AS THE LOWER MOUNTAIN ELEVATIONS. THE ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH THE RECORD BREAKING TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT AND WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BRING EXTREME FIRE DANGER TO MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING...WHERE RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE EXTREMELY POOR IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. ON FRIDAY...THE STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN ALLOWING FOR STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WHILE THERE WILL BE SLIGHT COOLING ACROSS COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS...THERE WILL BE LITTLE CHANGE IN THE HOT TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY. RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED INTO FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES DUE TO ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH ON FRIDAY COINCIDING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S AND HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS. PORTIONS OF THE VALLEYS...FOOTHILLS...AND DESERTS WILL ALSO LIKELY SEE SOME BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON BUT DURATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE LONG ENOUGH TO WARRANT AN EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THESE AREAS. CAZ253-254-161700- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140517T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 358 PM PDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... * WINDS...ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 7 PERCENT TODAY...6 TO 12 PERCENT ON FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 90S ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS...UPPER 70S AND 80S UPPER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-160300- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 358 PM PDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 6 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...95 TO 100. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ244-245-547-160300- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 358 PM PDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS AND SAN FERNANDO VALLEY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 6 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...95 TO 105. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ548-160300- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 358 PM PDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 6 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...95 TO 105. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-160300- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 358 PM PDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 6 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...98 TO 103. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ240-241-160300- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 358 PM PDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR COASTAL AREAS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 8 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...92 TO 102. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. 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...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ GOMBERG
088 WWUS86 KLOX 160309 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 809 PM PDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR THE VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS FOR GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .WINDS HAVE SHIFTED TO ONSHORE ACROSS THE COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS...AS WELL AS THE LOWER MOUNTAIN ELEVATIONS. THE ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE EXTREMELY POOR IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. ON FRIDAY...THE STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN ALLOWING FOR STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WHILE THERE WILL BE SLIGHT COOLING ACROSS COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS...THERE WILL BE LITTLE CHANGE IN THE HOT TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY. RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED INTO FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES DUE TO ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH ON FRIDAY COINCIDING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S AND HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS. PORTIONS OF THE VALLEYS...FOOTHILLS...AND DESERTS WILL ALSO LIKELY SEE SOME BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON BUT DURATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE LONG ENOUGH TO WARRANT AN EXTENSION OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THESE AREAS. CAZ244>246-288-547-548-160415- /O.EXP.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 809 PM PDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... ONSHORE WINDS WERE 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING AND ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN VERY LOW TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THERE MAY BE BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING...BUT DURATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE LONG ENOUGH TO WARRANT A RED FLAG WARNING. AS A RESULT...THE RED FLAG WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. $$ CAZ240-241-160415- /O.EXP.KLOX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140516T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 809 PM PDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR COASTAL AREAS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... ONSHORE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY EARLY THIS EVENING. HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE SOME TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...BUT STILL REMAIN QUITE LOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THERE MAY BE BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT TIMES FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BUT DURATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE LONG ENOUGH TO WARRANT A RED FLAG WARNING. AS A RESULT...THE RED FLAG WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. $$ CAZ253-254-161700- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140517T0300Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 809 PM PDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... * WINDS...ONSHORE WINDS GUSTING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...6 TO 12 PERCENT ON FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 90S ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS...UPPER 70S AND 80S UPPER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ GOMBERG/SIRARD
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 May 12, 9:50 AM PDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 9:50 AM PDT, 27 minutes before
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 950 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2014 ...NEW MARINE DISCUSSION... .SYNOPSIS... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALONG WITH OFFSHORE WINDS WILL BRING A SIGNIFICANT RISE IN AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES THIS WEEK. THE HOTTEST DAYS WILL BE MIDWEEK WITH A COOLING TREND BEGINNING FRIDAY AND EXTENDING INTO THE WEEKEND. LOW PRESSURE WILL ARRIVE BY EARLY NEXT WEEK RESULTING IN INCREASED CLOUDINESS AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. && .SHORT TERM (TODAY-THU)... . MID MORNING DISCUSSION UPDATE... CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE IS ON TRACK AND NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE EXPECTED. WIND STRENGTH TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE ON THE LOW END OF A WIND ADVISORY BUT WILL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONGER WINDS... AS WELL AS WHETHER TO CONTINUE TO LEAVE OUT SOME TYPICALLY WINDY LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS. WILL ALSO BE TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS BUT FOR NOW THEY APPEAR FINE. HIGH TEMPERATURE EVENTS OFTEN CAN LINGER AN ADDITIONAL DAY PAST FIRST THOUGHT SO WILL BE TAKING THE CLOSEST LOOK AT FRIDAY TO DETERMINE IF THIS IS THE LAST DAY OF HIGH HEAT OR THE FIRST DAY OF NOTABLE COOLING. .EARLY MORNING DISCUSSION... ALL MDLS AGREE THAT A STRONG UPPER HIGH WILL APPROACH THE WEST COAST TODAY AND TUESDAY AND THEN SIT ATOP OF THE STATE WED AND THU. HGTS WILL PEAK AT 588 DM WED AND THU. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE GREAT BASIN TODAY AND WILL REMAIN STATIONARY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS ENOUGH UPPER SUPPORT AT 850 MB THIS MORNING TO HELP THE WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW GENERATE LOW END ADVISORY WINDS ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF LA COUNTY AND THE EASTERN PORTION OF VENTURA COUNTY. THESE WINDS WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS THE DIURNAL PRESSURE CURVE RELAXES THE OFFSHORE FLOW. THE ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS (AND THUS THE ADVISORIES) WILL END AT 11 THIS MORNING. THERE WILL LIKELY BE SIMILAR WINDS TUESDAY AND ANOTHER ROUND OF ADVISORIES SEEMS LIKELY. WINDS WERE SUPPOSED TO RELAX SOME WEDNESDAY BUT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL PEAK MID MORNING AND THEN EBB IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MAX TEMPS WILL BE HOT HOTTER AND HOTTEST OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS AS HGTS BUILD. THURSDAY LOOKS NO DIFFERENT THAN WED SO WED AND THU WILL BE THE TWO WARMEST DAYS WITH A NUMBER OF VLY LOCATIONS LIKELY SEEING TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT. WINDY AREAS AS WELL AS AREAS NEAR THE 1000 FOOT INVERSION LEVEL WILL SEE LITTLE IN THE WAY OVERNIGHT COOLING WITH TEMPS ONLY DIPPING TO NEAR 70 DEGREES. RECORDS ARE LOWEST ON WEDNESDAY AND EXPECT A BARRELFUL OF RECORDS TO FALL. .LONG TERM (FRI-SUN)... A PAC NW TROF KNOCKS THE RIDGE DOWN STARTING FRIDAY AND BY SUNDAY BROAD TROFING IS OVER THE WESTERN STATES. ONSHORE FLOW INCREASES EACH DAY AS WELL. TEMPS WILL FALL EACH DAY AND SHOULD BE BELOW NORMAL BY SUNDAY. MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW ON SATURDAY WILL MAKE FOR A BREEZY DAY. MARINE LAYER CLOUDS WILL LIKELY START TO SHOW UP SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN EXPAND IN DEPTH AND COVERAGE ON SUNDAY. && .AVIATION...12/1015Z... OVERALL...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN 12Z TAF PACKAGE. CONTINUED OFFSHORE FLOW WILL KEEP ALL SITES VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL IMPACT THE USUAL SITES ACROSS VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES WITH NORTHEAST WINDS SURFACING AT KOXR AND LLWS/TURBULENCE POSSIBLE AT KVNY AND KBUR. KLAX...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN 12Z TAF. WEAK EASTERLY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 7 KNOTS. KBUR...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN 12Z TAF. MODERATE LLWS/TURBULENCE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 20Z. && .FIRE...11/100 PM... BASED ON LATEST FORECAST GUIDANCE AND CURRENT SURFACE OBSERVATIONS WILL LET RED FLAG WARNINGS REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING. SO FAR...OVER 25 STATIONS HAVE EXCEEDED OR FLIRTED WITH RED FLAG CRITERIA. FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY...EXPECT THE OFFSHORE WINDS TO BE A BIT WEAKER ALTHOUGH THE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL EXTEND TO THE COASTAL PLAIN OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. EXPECT GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH IN THE WINDIER SPOTS ACROSS VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...THE NORTHEAST FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO DRY OUT THE AIR MASS. HUMIDITY TONIGHT WILL RECOVER LITTLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON'S SINGLE DIGITS/LOW TEENS VALUES...AND WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGITS VALUES ARE ANTICIPATED FOR MONDAY. ALTHOUGH COASTAL AREAS OF VENTURA/LOS ANGELES COUNTIES WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE A BIT MORE NORTHEAST WIND MONDAY MORNING...DO NOT ANTICIPATE MEETING DURATION CRITERIA...SO THESE AREAS WILL REMAIN WITHOUT RED FLAG WARNINGS. FOR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE DRY OFFSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE. COMPUTER MODELS STILL INDICATE STRONGER NORTHEAST WINDS AND WIDESPREAD ADVISORY-LEVEL WINDS WOULD NOT BE SURPRISING ACROSS VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. AT THE SAME TIME...VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AND TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB (90S TO LOW 100S BY WEDNESDAY). ON THURSDAY...THE OFFSHORE WINDS WILL DIMINISH...BUT HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. SO...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY ACROSS VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. FOR SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES...THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WEAKER...ALTHOUGH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. SO...THERE WILL BE AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERN THROUGH THURSDAY...BUT WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. && .MARINE...12/900 AM... HIGH PRESSURE IN NEVADA AND LOWER PRESSURE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA COAST IS SETTING UP AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SANTA ANA WIND CONDITIONS. THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME MODERATE OFFSHORE WINDS NEAR SHORE FROM VENTURA SOUTHWARD TO SANTA MONICA IN THE LATE NIGHT THROUGH MORNING HOURS. FOR TODAY...EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS TO REMAIN BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS. HOWEVER FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...THE OFFSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO BE STRONGER...AND THE NORTHEAST WINDS COULD REACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THRESHOLDS. BY THURSDAY...NORTHWEST FLOW WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS...AND SMALL CRAFT LEVEL WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS FROM FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING (SEE LAXRFWLOX). WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX). SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT (SEE LAXSPSLOX). && PUBLIC...RORKE/KJ AVIATION/MARINE...RAT/SWEET SYNOPSIS...SETO/KJ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 6:00 AM PDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 600 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2014 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-131300- 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 MON MAY 12 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...WITH THE FOCUS OF STRONGER WINDS ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE HIGH FIRE DANGER. * RED FLAG WARNING...........SEE WWUS86 KLOX - RFWLOX FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS * * SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY PERIODS OF GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS WILL BRING HOT AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS...ALONG WITH EXTREME FIRE DANGER TO THE DISTRICT THROUGH THURSDAY. RECORD HEAT WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...WHEN HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO AROUND 100 DEGREES IN WARMEST LOCATIONS. FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE EXTREME. * RED FLAG WARNING...........SEE WWUS86 KLOX - RFWLOX FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX 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
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