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Thursday, July 19, 2007

EDIS - Fire weather watch for potentially very low humidities in the mountains of ventura and los angeles counties from friday morning until s

[EDIS] Fire weather watch for potentially very low humidities in the mountains of ventura and los angeles counties from friday morning until saturday evening

VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-

VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO FALL TO NEAR OR BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS BY NOON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING. SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 4000 FEET ELEVATION AND ALONG THE NORTH FACING SLOPES OF THE SAN GABRIEL RANGE. ... FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR POSSIBLE CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES ABOVE 4000 FEET ELEVATION AND ALONG THE NORTH SLOPES OF THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS.

Instruction:
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

Area: VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-

Affected Counties or parts of: Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles,

Sent: 2007-07-19T15:38:26-07:00

Original Sender: KLOX@nwws.oes.ca.gov

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

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Thursday, July 19, 2007

EDIS - Fire weather watch for potentially very low humidities in the mountains of ventura and los angeles counties from friday morning until s

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