Red Flags and Fire Weather Watch Sunday & Monday

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Red Flags and Fire Weather Watch Sunday & Monday

RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM SUNDAY TO 4 PM PST MONDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS, VERY LOW HUMIDITIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES

FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND WARM TEMPERATURES FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AND VENTURA VALLEYS..
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WITH DEVELOPING OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS TO THE REGION SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. WEAK OFFSHORE WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES ON SUNDAY.

THE PEAK OF THE OFFSHORE FLOW EVENT IS EXPECTED TO BE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON WHEN GUSTS 3O TO 40 MPH WILL BE LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE VALLEYS.

WIDESPREAD HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT CAN BE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY POTENTIALLY FALLING INTO SINGLE DIGITS ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND WIND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS, VERY LOW HUMIDITIES, VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS HAS PROMPTED THE WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

“It’s quite dry in the mountains as far as the fuels are concerned. They are in critical condition,” Balfour said. “The relative humidity right now in the mountains is already below 15%, but we don’t have the winds blowing yet.” - Robert Balfour, a senior forecaster for the National Weather Service in San Diego

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.
CFN - California Fire News 2012

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