And the National Weather Service screams:
FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE SAN FERNANDO AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEYS… .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA THIS WEEKEND BRINGING VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL BE IN EXCESS OF 100 DEGREES ACROSS INLAND AREAS. THERE WILL BE EXTENDED PERIODS OF SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS…WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. ALSO THIS WEEKEND…THERE WILL BE AN OFFSHORE FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL PRODUCE SOME GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST PERIOD OF WIND IS EXPECTED SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN THE WIND PRONE AREAS…ESPECIALLY DURING THE NIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. THE EXPECTED COMBINATION OF VERY HOT TEMPERATURES…VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY… GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES… THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AND THE VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS. FOR THE SAN FERNANDO AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEYS…CONFIDENCE IS NOT AS HIGH WITH REGARD TO REACHING THE REQUIRED DURATION OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS. SO…THE SAN FERNANDO AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEYS WILL REMAIN IN A FIRE WEATHER WATCH. …RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM PDT MONDAY… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM PDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HOT AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED 100 DEGREES ACROSS MANY AREAS. THERE WILL ALSO BE EXTENDED PERIODS OF SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. IN ADDITION…GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. AT THIS TIME…SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… &&
