Red Flags: Central and Southern California - Santa Ana's

Red flag warnings of critical fire weather throughout Southern California. Santa Ana winds expected.
Red flag warning beginning tonight and continuing through friday for the mountains and valleys of extreme southwestern California

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.

Red flag's for the following areas: Santa Clarita valley, Inland Empire, Santa Barbara county mountains, Los Padres National forest,Riverside county valleys, Riverside County mountains- including the San Jancito ranger district of the San Bernadino National forest, San Bernardino county valleys, San Bernardino county mountains- including the mountain top and front country ranger districts of the San Bernardino National forest, San Diego county inland valleys, San Diego county mountains including the Palomar and Descano ranger districts of the Cleveland National forest, Santa Ana Mountains- including the Trabuco ranger district of the Cleveland National forest.

Red flag's for the following Counties or parts of: Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange

RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. LOCALLY STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
LOCALLY GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY THROUGH FAVORED CANYONS AND PASSES. WIDESPREAD DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW TEN PERCENT...WITH ONLY MINOR NIGHTTIME RECOVERY EXPECTED.

A MODERATE OFFSHORE WIND EVENT IS OCCURRING ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST AT THIS TIME WITH GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE GREAT BASIN. BY TONIGHT...THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN PLACE TO PRODUCE A MODERATE SANTA ANA WIND EVENT ACROSS THE SOUTHLAND AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. WIND-PRONE AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE SOME WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. AT THE SAME TIME...THE OFFSHORE FLOW WILL PRODUCE SOME VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AS WELL AS VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS INLAND AREAS. AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. WHILE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE TO BLOW AT A FEW LOCATIONS THIS MORNING...HUMIDITY VALUES ARE IN THE 40S. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING. HUMIDITY READINGS WILL DROP INTO TEENS AND 20S BUT WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. THUS THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELED.