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RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES...

FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE CENTRAL COAST...

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT 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 STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MIDDAY THEN WEAKEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...BRINGING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER
THREAT IN THE PAST 5 YEARS. 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. OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES WILL BE VERY POOR FOR ALL AREAS EXCEPT THOSE CLOSEST TO THE BEACHES. 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 RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AS EASTERLY WINDS INCREASE THERE WITH HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL COAST DUE TO UNCERTAINTY ON WHETHER OFFSHORE WINDS WILL SURFACE AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE
POOR IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT THOSE CLOSEST TO THE BEACHES.

FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR COASTAL SAN LUIS OBISPO AND NORTHERN SANTA
BARBARA COUNTIES...

* WINDS AND TIMING...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. CHAOTIC AND GUSTY WINDS EACH AFTERNOON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5-15 PERCENT WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES.

* TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES 80S TO LOWER 90S.

* IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.

Definition: A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

Definition: A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.