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Fire Weather Watch issued January 18 at 9:04AM PST until January 21 at 10:00PM PST by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA...HIGH RISK FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS MONDAY THROUGH AT LEASTTUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURACOUNTIES....A moderate to locally strong Santa Ana Wind event is expected todevelop Monday and last through at least Tuesday. Humidities willlower drastically at the same time. Along with the extremely dryfuels, this will create a high risk for critical fire weatherconditions and rapid fire spread with any new fires. A FireWeather Watch is an outlook statement for the potential of RedFlag Warnings several days away. The likely decision onconverting this watch to a Red Flag Warning will be made over theweekend. With dry conditions lasting through Friday of next week,and additional rounds of enhanced offshore flow likely, Red FlagWarnings may be needed beyond Tuesday.* WINDS...Northeast to east winds peaking at 20 to 30 mph withgusts 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 favorablefor extreme fire behavior and rapid fire growth, which wouldthreaten life and property.A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditionsare likely to occur in the coming days. Residents near wildlandinterfaces should prepare now on what to do if a wildfire breaksout. See readyforwildfire.org and wildfirerisk.org forinformation.
National Weather Service
High Wind Watch issued January 18 at 12:06PM PST until January 21 at 12:00PM PST by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA* WHAT...Northeast to east winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65mph possible, except 30 to 45 mph with gusts of 60 to 80 mphpossible in the mountains.* WHERE...Most of Ventura County and a portion of Los Angeles County.* WHEN...From Monday evening through Tuesday morning.* IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines.Widespread power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult,especially for high profile vehicles.* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...See Fire Weather Products (RFWLOX) fordetails on expected extreme fire weather conditions.Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates.
National Weather Service
