SANTA ANA WINDS From: Nov.3,Sun 9:55 pm To: Nov.4,Mon 4:00 pm - TopicsExpress



          

SANTA ANA WINDS From: Nov.3,Sun 9:55 pm To: Nov.4,Mon 4:00 pm ...GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS WITH ELEVATED FIRE DANGER WILL RETURN TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT...BRINGING INCREASED OFFSHORE FLOW TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS AND LOWERING HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS WILL FIRST DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES LATE MONDAY EVENING...DESCENDING INTO THE VALLEYS AND COASTAL AREAS LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE. COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS WILL GENERALLY EXPERIENCE GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER RAPIDLY LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...FALLING TO AROUND 10 PERCENT BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SOMEWHAT WEAKER ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...THE VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL BRING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A BRIEF PERIOD OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY ON TUESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MAY NEED TO BE CONSIDERED IF THE DURATIONS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS BECOMES SUFFICIENTLY LONG. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. * ISSUED AT: 955 PM PST SUN NOV 3 * ISSUED FOR: -SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST-LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY-
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 06:53:03 +0000

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