[EDIS] red flag warning in effect through wednesday morning for the foothill areas of the santa barbara south coast due to gusty sundowner winds

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

[EDIS] red flag warning in effect through wednesday morning for the foothill areas of the santa barbara south coast due to gusty sundowner winds

Red flag warning in effect through wednesday morning for the foothill areas of the santa barbara south coast due to gusty sundowner winds and low humidities:

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-

RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA...AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES DUE TO GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY FOR THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE ANTELOPE VALLEY DUE TO GUSTY WEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .A VERY WARM AND DRY AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THURSDAY. THE DRY AIRMASS IS RESULTING IN VERY LOW HUMIDITY READINGS. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST FLOW HAS LED TO PERIODS OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. EVENING AND NIGHTTIME SUNDOWNER WIND CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING THROUGH THE PASSES AND CANYONS OF SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. OCCASIONAL GUSTY WINDS ARE OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE MOUNTAINS WITH THE FOCUS BEING THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR AND OUT ACROSS THE WESTERN ANTELOPE VALLEY... MAINLY IN THE EVENING AND AT NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THESE GUSTY WINDS AND LONG DURATIONS OF VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ALONG WITH CRITICALLY DRY FUELS HAS PROMPTED THE RED FLAG WARNINGS. ... RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THURSDAY DUE TO GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THURSDAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PASSES AND CANYONS OF THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE... WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS DURING THE NIGHTTIME THROUGH EARLY MORNING HOURS. WINDS GUSTING TO AS MUCH 44 MPH WERE REPORTED LAST NIGHT UNDER SIMILAR CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION TO THE GUSTY WINDS... THERE WILL BE VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH A LONG DURATION OF HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS...AND SINGLE DIGITS. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE.

Instruction:
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 EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

Area: SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-

Affected Counties: Monterey, Santa Barbara, Kings, San Bernardino, Kern, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Orange, Los Angeles

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Tuesday, July 3, 2007