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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
600 AM PDT WED JUN 19 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES...VENTURA...AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE.

.INCREASING NORTHWEST FLOW WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST...RESULTING IN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ACROSS THESE AREAS. HOWEVER...A SURGE OF DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. VERY LOW HUMIDITIES COUPLED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY WINDS AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL LIKELY BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES...VENTURA...AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS OF THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

The combination of gusty northwest to north winds, low relative humidity and very dry fuels will elevate fire danger concerns today through Thursday. A Red Flag Warning is in effect this morning though Thursday morning for the Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Los Angeles county mountains. Little or no relative humidity recovery is expected as gusty winds develop and dry the air mass overnight. The gusty northwest to north winds will prevail through Thursday morning and little or no relative humidity recovery is expected through Thursday. The gusty winds will likely redevelop over the Santa Barbara south coast this evening and again Thursday evening but the relative humidity is expected to briefly fall below critical levels.