…HIGH RISK FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS MONDAY THROUGH AT LEAST
TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA
COUNTIES…
.A moderate to locally strong Santa Ana Wind event is expected to
develop Monday and last through at least Tuesday. Humidities will
lower drastically at the same time. Along with the extremely dry
fuels, this will create a high risk for critical fire weather
conditions and rapid fire spread with any new fires. A Fire
Weather Watch is an outlook statement for the potential of Red
Flag Warnings several days away. The likely decision on converting
this watch to a Red Flag Warning will be made over the weekend.
With dry conditions lasting through Friday of next week, and
additional rounds of enhanced offshore flow likely, Red Flag
Warnings may be needed beyond Tuesday.
The National Weather Service in Los Angeles/Oxnard has issued a
Fire Weather Watch for wind and low relative humidity, which is
in effect from Monday morning through Tuesday evening.
* WINDS…Northeast to east winds peaking at 20 to 30 mph with
gusts to 50 mph. Isolated gusts of 50 to 60 mph likely.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…Daily minimums of 3 to 10 percent common.
* IMPACTS…If fire ignition occurs, conditions are favorable for
extreme fire behavior and rapid fire growth, which would
threaten life and property.