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From the National Weather Service:
"Red Flag Warning / Fire Wx Watch"
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
237 PM PDT WED OCT 2 2013
...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY [10/03/13] EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY [10/06/13] EVENING FOR MODERATE TO STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING ANTELOPE VALLEY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE CENTRAL COAST AND MOUNTAINS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...
.CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT AND THEN PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY.
A MODERATE TO STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MIDDAY THEN WEAKEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY.
THE PEAK WINDS WILL OCCUR FRIDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SATURDAY MORNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL SHARPLY INTO THE MID TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS FRIDAY AND BY SATURDAY WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITY WILL EXTEND FROM THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND THEN PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY.
THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND TRANSITION TO ONSHORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CHAOTIC WINDS ARE EXPECTED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE SLOW TO RECOVER DURING THE TRANSITION AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE 5 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL COAST AND MOUNTAINS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND PERSIST AT TIMES FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
THE STRONGEST OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT WITH WEAKER WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT. CHAOTIC WINDS WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON AS OFFSHORE WINDS TRANSITION TO ONSHORE. WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING AND POOR RECOVERY IS EXPECTED INLAND AND POOR TO MODERATE
RECOVERY IS EXPECTED NEAR THE COAST.
National Weather Service:
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