ALERTS / UPDATES

1/13/25 10:00 am

 

UPCOMING WIND IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION (PDS), BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG AND DESTRUCTIVE AS LAST WEEK'S WINDSTORM.

  

RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT 4 AM TUESDAY UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY DUE TO DAMAGING NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FOLLOWING AREAS: (areas affecting Bell Canyon) SOUTHERN VENTURA CO. MOUNTAINS/ SANTA SUSANA MOUNTAINS/ VENTURA VALLEYS (MAINLY NEAR SIMI/ NORTHERN SAN FERNANDO VALLEY .

 

THIS WILL BE A PERIOD OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WITH EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

 

RED FLAG WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES.

 

THERE WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGING WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 55 AND 70 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE RED FLAG WARNING AREA, AND THESE AREAS (ESPECIALLY DURING PDS TIME FRAME) WILL HAVE HIGH RISK FOR LARGE FIRES WITH VERY RAPID FIRE SPREAD, EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR, AND LONG RANGE SPOTTING. NOTE: A PERCENTAGE OF THE MODELS ARE BRINGING IN STRONGER WINDS AS EARLY AS TODAY.   

 

Info. sourced from NWS