Southern California Red Flags until 10:00 pm

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Southern California Red Flags until 10:00 pm

Southern California Red Flags until 10:00 pm - Offshore winds and relative humidities below ten percent - Explosive Fire Growth potential.

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. OFFSHORE WINDS WILL WEAKEN WITH LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH...MAINLY THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS THROUGH THIS MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BRING WARMER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. THESE WARMER TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH A VERY DRY ATMOSPHERE WILL BRING 10 OR MORE HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 10 PERCENT FOR INLAND AREAS TODAY WITH LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE INLAND VALLEYS AND ON LOWER COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH CONTINUED POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY OF HUMIDITIES FOR INLAND AREAS AND SEVERAL HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 10 PERCENT FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING EACH DAY. THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE WEAK OFFSHORE WINDS AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. GREATEST COVERAGE FOR THESE WINDS WILL BE IN AREAS FAVORED FOR EASTERLY OFFSHORE FLOW...THROUGH THE BANNING PASS AND IN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND INLAND VALLEYS. A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BRING COOLING AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES FOR THE WEEKEND.

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.

Area: ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-SAN DIEGO COUNTY INLAND VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE MOUNTAIN TOP AND FRONT COUNTRY RANGER DISTRICTS OFTHE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE SAN JACINTO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE SAN BERNARDINONATIONAL FOREST-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE TRABUCO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONALFOREST-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE PALOMAR AND DESCANSO RANGER DISTRICTS OF THECLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST-

Affected Counties or parts of: San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange

Sent: 2008-10-15T02:45:26-07:00
Original Sender: KSGX@nwws.oes.ca.gov
From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

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Wednesday, October 15, 2008