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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
307 PM PST FRI FEB 3 2012
DISCUSSION...A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE EAST PRODUCING HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SURFACE OF THE GREAT BASIN WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...WITH LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOCUSED OVER LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM...BUT NOT VERY MUCH...AND A LITTLE MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO WRAP AROUND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM GENERATING THE WINDS. AS A RESULT...HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN LOW...BUT MOSTLY BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT. BRIEF HUMIDITIES AROUND 10 PERCENT ARE POSSIBLE AROUND NOON IN THE LOWER VALLEYS AND COASTS EACH DAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY BRING A FEW HOURS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...BUT SHOULD NOT BE WIDESPREAD OR LONG ENOUGH TO WARRANT A RED FLAG WARNING. A COOLING AND MOISTENING TREND WILL BEGIN MONDAY WITH MORE DRASTIC COOLING AND EVEN A CHANCE OF RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW ON TUESDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA. CAZ241
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