SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT FRIDAY 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 FRIDAY. THE DRY AIRMASS IS RESULTING IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY LOW HUMIDITY READINGS. IN ADDITION... ONSHORE PRESSURE GRADIENTS ARE RESULTING IN GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT FRIDAY DUE TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT FRIDAY. VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS EXIST AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE BACK COUNTRY. AS A RESULT... MANY LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF MINIMUM HUMIDITIES BELOW 10 PERCENT WITH SOME SITES ACTUALLY FALLING BELOW 5 PERCENT... MAINLY DURING THE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL REACH WELL INTO THE 90S AND EVEN APPROACH 100 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION... LOCALLY GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING.
Instruction:
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF 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 or parts of: Monterey, Santa Barbara, Kings, San Bernardino, Kern, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Orange, Los Angeles,
Sent: 2007-07-05T09:41:15-07:00
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