The Colby Wildfire started in the hills above the San Gabriel Valley. The fire was fueled by the combination of an extended period of dry, northeast winds and very dry vegetation.
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The Colby Wildfire started in the hills above the San Gabriel Valley. The fire was fueled by the combination of an extended period of dry, northeast winds and very dry vegetation. The fire destroyed 5 homes and burned 1,952 acres.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jan 16, 3:30 AM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 330 AM PST THU JAN 16 2014 .SYNOPSIS... GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL CONTINUE THE WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. ONLY SLIGHTLY COOLER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST AND OFFSHORE FLOW WEAKENS. DRY AND CLEAR THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .SHORT TERM (TODAY-SAT)... BOTH THE KDAG AND KBFL GRADS ARE AROUND -5MB RIGHT NOW OR ABOUT 1MB MORE ONSHORE THAN THIS TIME LAST NIGHT. LARGE UPPER RIDGE REMAINS JUST TO THE WEST OF THE STATE. WINDS ARE DOWN FROM LAST NIGHT AS ARE TEMPS. THERE WILL BE A DIURNAL FLARE UP BOTH THIS MORNING AND FRIDAY MORNING AND LOW END WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN PLACE FOR MOST AREAS OF L.A. AND VTA COUNTIES. THESE WIND ADVISORIES ARE PRETTY MARGINAL BUT IT WILL BE BREEZY AT TIMES. ONSHORE TRENDS AND THE LACK OF UPPER SUPPORT WILL KILL THE ADVISORY WINDS LATER IN THE MORNING FRIDAY. SATURDAY WILL HAVE SOME 10 TO 20 MPH CANYON WINDS BUT THATS IT. THE UPPER HIGH WILL VERY SLOWLY WEAK AND DRIFT ACROSS THE STATE OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS. A LARGE DOME OF SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN QUASI STATIONARY OVER WYOMING THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. THERE WILL BE NO CLOUDS OR WEATHER OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS. SO THAT JUST LEAVES TEMPS. TODAY WILL BE A GREAT DEAL LIKE WEDNESDAY WITH CSTL AND VLY TEMPS RUNNING 15 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION AND 10 TO 15 DEGREES NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION. POINT MUGU HIT 90 DEGREES YDY AND PASO ROBLES WAS THE SECOND WARMEST DAY IN ITS ENTIRE HISTORY OF JANUARY. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF COASTAL AND VLY COOLING EACH DAY FRI AND SAT (CENTRAL COAST WILL HAVE A LITTLE MORE COOLING SAT) THE INTERIOR TEMPS SHOULD STAY ABOUT THE SAME. MIN TEMPS ARE GRIM. THE BREEZY AREAS WILL STAY ABOVE NORMAL WHILE THE WIND SHELTERED AREAS WILL SEE HUGE COOLING. THERE WILL BE AREAS OF FREEZING TEMPS IN THE INTERIOR. .LONG TERM (SUN-WED)... ALL MDLS AGREE THAT SUN AND MON WILL BE DOMINATED BY (WHAT ELSE) A RIDGE. IT WILL BE WEAKER THAN THE CURRENT RIDGE AND WILL ORIGINATE IN MEXICO AND THE RIDGE AXIS WILL EXTEND UP THROUGH THE STATE. THE RIDGE AND THE OFFSHORE FLOW (WEAKER THAN CURRENT OFFSHORE FLOW) WILL KEEP THE SKIES CLEAR AND THE MX TEMPS ABOVE NORMAL ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER THAN TODAY. THE GFS BREAKS THE RIDGE DOWN TUE WED WHILE THE EC KEEPS THE RIDGE GOING. GIVEN HOW THIS JANUARY HAS GONE PUSHED THE FCST TOWARDS THE WARMER EC. STILL THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE THAT ANY MDL HAS HINTED AT A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO WATCH TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. STILL I WOULD BET ON HIGH PRESSURE. && .AVIATION... 16/1100Z OVERALL...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN 12Z TAF PACKAGE AS CONTINUED OFFSHORE FLOW WILL KEEP ALL SITES VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD. THERE WILL BE SOME LLWS/TURBULENCE ISSUES AT KVNY/KBUR THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. KLAX...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN 12Z TAF. KBUR...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN 12Z TAF. THERE WILL BE SOME LLWS/TURBULENCE ISSUES THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING (SEE LAXRFWLOX). WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX). && PUBLIC...RORKE AVIATION...RAT SYNOPSIS...SIRARD WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 600 AM PST THU JAN 16 2014 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-171400- 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 THU JAN 16 2014 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 GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL AFFECT MOST OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES TODAY AND TONIGHT...CREATING DRIVING HAZARDS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. VERY LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH THE WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IF IGNITION OCCURS. * RED FLAG WARNING...........SEE WWUS86 KLOX - RFWLOX FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL AFFECT MOST OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES INTO FRIDAY...CREATING DRIVING HAZARDS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. VERY LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH THE WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IF IGNITION OCCURS. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERN WILL PERSIST INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW AND CONTINUED VERY DRY CONDITIONS. * RED FLAG WARNING...........SEE WWUS86 KLOX - RFWLOX FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ASR
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Colby Wildfire burned 1,952 acres of land in the hills above the San Gabriel Valley. The fire was started by an illegal campfire and it destroyed 5 homes.
The Colby Wildfire burned 1,952 acres of land in the hills above the San Gabriel Valley. The fire was started by an illegal campfire and it destroyed 5 homes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 498029, 498030.