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ECCDA DISCUSSIONS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA  
932 AM PDT FRI AUG 15 2025  
 
ECC029-161045-  
LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  
DISCUSSION FOR VANDENBERG ECC DISPATCH  
932 AM PDT FRI AUG 15 2025  
   
..DISCUSSION FROM MONTEREY
 
 
STRONG NW WINDS WILL RETURN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUSTAINED  
WINDS WILL BE 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. THE  
STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE COAST AND IN HIGHER TERRAIN.  
WARMER TEMPERATURE AND LOWER HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA  
TODAY, PARTICULARLY IN THE INTERIOR NORTH AND EAST BAY. THESE  
CONDITIONS, COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS, WILL BRING ELEVATED FIRE  
WEATHER CONCERNS TO THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE BAY AREA AND  
CENTRAL COAST THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL  
IMPROVE AS WINDS EASE, TEMPERATURES COOL, AND SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER  
HUMIDITY ARRIVES THIS WEEKEND.  
 
NOTE : ALL WINDS ARE 20-FOOT WINDS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED.  
THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG, GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.  
 
   
..DISCUSSION FROM LOS ANGELES/OXNARD
 
 
...BUILDING HEATWAVE WITH LOW HUMIDITIES LIKELY TO BRING WIDESPREAD  
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AWAY FROM THE COAST NEXT TUESDAY  
THROUGH SUNDAY...  
 
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE REGION COMBINED WITH STRONG ONSHORE  
FLOW NEAR THE SURFACE HAS DEEPENED THE MARINE LAYER TO AROUND  
3000 FEET THIS MORNING, BRINGING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG INTO THE LOWER  
COASTAL SLOPES. THIS WILL BRING A COOLING TREND WITH IMPROVING FIRE  
WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY, HOWEVER  
THERE WILL STILL BE SOME LOCALLY ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  
ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEYS AS ONSHORE WINDS CONTINUE TO GUST  
BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH TODAY AND SATURDAY, WHILE HUMIDITIES LOWER TO  
BETWEEN 12 AND 20 PERCENT.  
 
A MODERATE LONG DURATION HEAT WAVE IS BECOMING MORE LIKELY NEXT  
WEEK, ESPECIALLY TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF VERY  
WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES AWAY FROM THE COAST WILL LIKELY  
BRING WIDESPREAD ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE  
VALLEYS, MOUNTAINS, AND DESERTS DURING THIS TIME. IN ADDITION, THE  
BUILDING HEAT COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY FUELS WILL LIKELY BRING  
THE POTENTIAL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LARGE VERTICAL PLUME GROWTH  
WITH ANY NEW FIRES THAT DEVELOP DURING THE HEAT WAVE. THE MAIN WIND  
CONCERNS NEXT WEEK WILL BE LOCALLY GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS ACROSS  
SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, AS WELL AS NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS  
ACROSS THE INTERIOR MOUNTAINS, ESPECIALLY NEAR THE I-5 CORRIDOR. THE  
MAIN FOCUS FOR THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY  
NIGHT.  
 

 
 
ECC028-161045-  
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY EXCLUDING LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  
DISCUSSION FOR SANTA BARBARA ECC DISPATCH  
932 AM PDT FRI AUG 15 2025  
 
...BUILDING HEATWAVE WITH LOW HUMIDITIES LIKELY TO BRING WIDESPREAD  
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AWAY FROM THE COAST NEXT TUESDAY  
THROUGH SUNDAY...  
 
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE REGION COMBINED WITH STRONG ONSHORE  
FLOW NEAR THE SURFACE HAS DEEPENED THE MARINE LAYER TO AROUND  
3000 FEET THIS MORNING, BRINGING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG INTO THE LOWER  
COASTAL SLOPES. THIS WILL BRING A COOLING TREND WITH IMPROVING FIRE  
WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY, HOWEVER  
THERE WILL STILL BE SOME LOCALLY ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  
ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEYS AS ONSHORE WINDS CONTINUE TO GUST  
BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH TODAY AND SATURDAY, WHILE HUMIDITIES LOWER TO  
BETWEEN 12 AND 20 PERCENT.  
 
A MODERATE LONG DURATION HEAT WAVE IS BECOMING MORE LIKELY NEXT  
WEEK, ESPECIALLY TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF VERY  
WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES AWAY FROM THE COAST WILL LIKELY  
BRING WIDESPREAD ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE  
VALLEYS, MOUNTAINS, AND DESERTS DURING THIS TIME. IN ADDITION, THE  
BUILDING HEAT COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY FUELS WILL LIKELY BRING  
THE POTENTIAL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LARGE VERTICAL PLUME GROWTH  
WITH ANY NEW FIRES THAT DEVELOP DURING THE HEAT WAVE. THE MAIN WIND  
CONCERNS NEXT WEEK WILL BE LOCALLY GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS ACROSS  
SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, AS WELL AS NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS  
ACROSS THE INTERIOR MOUNTAINS, ESPECIALLY NEAR THE I-5 CORRIDOR. THE  
MAIN FOCUS FOR THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY  
NIGHT.  
 

 
 
ECC031-161045-  
ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-  
DISCUSSION FOR LANCASTER ECC DISPATCH  
932 AM PDT FRI AUG 15 2025  
 
...BUILDING HEATWAVE WITH LOW HUMIDITIES LIKELY TO BRING WIDESPREAD  
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AWAY FROM THE COAST NEXT TUESDAY  
THROUGH SUNDAY...  
 
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE REGION COMBINED WITH STRONG ONSHORE  
FLOW NEAR THE SURFACE HAS DEEPENED THE MARINE LAYER TO AROUND  
3000 FEET THIS MORNING, BRINGING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG INTO THE LOWER  
COASTAL SLOPES. THIS WILL BRING A COOLING TREND WITH IMPROVING FIRE  
WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY, HOWEVER  
THERE WILL STILL BE SOME LOCALLY ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  
ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEYS AS ONSHORE WINDS CONTINUE TO GUST  
BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH TODAY AND SATURDAY, WHILE HUMIDITIES LOWER TO  
BETWEEN 12 AND 20 PERCENT.  
 
A MODERATE LONG DURATION HEAT WAVE IS BECOMING MORE LIKELY NEXT  
WEEK, ESPECIALLY TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF VERY  
WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES AWAY FROM THE COAST WILL LIKELY  
BRING WIDESPREAD ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE  
VALLEYS, MOUNTAINS, AND DESERTS DURING THIS TIME. IN ADDITION, THE  
BUILDING HEAT COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY FUELS WILL LIKELY BRING  
THE POTENTIAL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LARGE VERTICAL PLUME GROWTH  
WITH ANY NEW FIRES THAT DEVELOP DURING THE HEAT WAVE. THE MAIN WIND  
CONCERNS NEXT WEEK WILL BE LOCALLY GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS ACROSS  
SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, AS WELL AS NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS  
ACROSS THE INTERIOR MOUNTAINS, ESPECIALLY NEAR THE I-5 CORRIDOR. THE  
MAIN FOCUS FOR THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY  
NIGHT.  
 

 
 
ECC024-161045-  
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY-  
DISCUSSION FOR SAN LUIS OBISPO ECC DISPATCH  
932 AM PDT FRI AUG 15 2025  
 
...BUILDING HEATWAVE WITH LOW HUMIDITIES LIKELY TO BRING WIDESPREAD  
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AWAY FROM THE COAST NEXT TUESDAY  
THROUGH SUNDAY...  
 
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE REGION COMBINED WITH STRONG ONSHORE  
FLOW NEAR THE SURFACE HAS DEEPENED THE MARINE LAYER TO AROUND  
3000 FEET THIS MORNING, BRINGING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG INTO THE LOWER  
COASTAL SLOPES. THIS WILL BRING A COOLING TREND WITH IMPROVING FIRE  
WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY, HOWEVER  
THERE WILL STILL BE SOME LOCALLY ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  
ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEYS AS ONSHORE WINDS CONTINUE TO GUST  
BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH TODAY AND SATURDAY, WHILE HUMIDITIES LOWER TO  
BETWEEN 12 AND 20 PERCENT.  
 
A MODERATE LONG DURATION HEAT WAVE IS BECOMING MORE LIKELY NEXT  
WEEK, ESPECIALLY TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF VERY  
WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES AWAY FROM THE COAST WILL LIKELY  
BRING WIDESPREAD ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE  
VALLEYS, MOUNTAINS, AND DESERTS DURING THIS TIME. IN ADDITION, THE  
BUILDING HEAT COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY FUELS WILL LIKELY BRING  
THE POTENTIAL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LARGE VERTICAL PLUME GROWTH  
WITH ANY NEW FIRES THAT DEVELOP DURING THE HEAT WAVE. THE MAIN WIND  
CONCERNS NEXT WEEK WILL BE LOCALLY GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS ACROSS  
SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, AS WELL AS NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS  
ACROSS THE INTERIOR MOUNTAINS, ESPECIALLY NEAR THE I-5 CORRIDOR. THE  
MAIN FOCUS FOR THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY  
NIGHT.  
 

 
 
ECC032-161045-  
VENTURA COUNTY EXCLUDING LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  
DISCUSSION FOR VENTURA ECC DISPATCH  
932 AM PDT FRI AUG 15 2025  
 
...BUILDING HEATWAVE WITH LOW HUMIDITIES LIKELY TO BRING WIDESPREAD  
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AWAY FROM THE COAST NEXT TUESDAY  
THROUGH SUNDAY...  
 
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE REGION COMBINED WITH STRONG ONSHORE  
FLOW NEAR THE SURFACE HAS DEEPENED THE MARINE LAYER TO AROUND  
3000 FEET THIS MORNING, BRINGING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG INTO THE LOWER  
COASTAL SLOPES. THIS WILL BRING A COOLING TREND WITH IMPROVING FIRE  
WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY, HOWEVER  
THERE WILL STILL BE SOME LOCALLY ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  
ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEYS AS ONSHORE WINDS CONTINUE TO GUST  
BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH TODAY AND SATURDAY, WHILE HUMIDITIES LOWER TO  
BETWEEN 12 AND 20 PERCENT.  
 
A MODERATE LONG DURATION HEAT WAVE IS BECOMING MORE LIKELY NEXT  
WEEK, ESPECIALLY TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF VERY  
WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES AWAY FROM THE COAST WILL LIKELY  
BRING WIDESPREAD ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE  
VALLEYS, MOUNTAINS, AND DESERTS DURING THIS TIME. IN ADDITION, THE  
BUILDING HEAT COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY FUELS WILL LIKELY BRING  
THE POTENTIAL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LARGE VERTICAL PLUME GROWTH  
WITH ANY NEW FIRES THAT DEVELOP DURING THE HEAT WAVE. THE MAIN WIND  
CONCERNS NEXT WEEK WILL BE LOCALLY GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS ACROSS  
SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, AS WELL AS NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS  
ACROSS THE INTERIOR MOUNTAINS, ESPECIALLY NEAR THE I-5 CORRIDOR. THE  
MAIN FOCUS FOR THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY  
NIGHT.  
 

 
 
ECC030-161045-  
LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-  
DISCUSSION FOR LOS ANGELES ECC DISPATCH  
932 AM PDT FRI AUG 15 2025  
 
...BUILDING HEATWAVE WITH LOW HUMIDITIES LIKELY TO BRING WIDESPREAD  
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AWAY FROM THE COAST NEXT TUESDAY  
THROUGH SUNDAY...  
 
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE REGION COMBINED WITH STRONG ONSHORE  
FLOW NEAR THE SURFACE HAS DEEPENED THE MARINE LAYER TO AROUND  
3000 FEET THIS MORNING, BRINGING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG INTO THE LOWER  
COASTAL SLOPES. THIS WILL BRING A COOLING TREND WITH IMPROVING FIRE  
WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY, HOWEVER  
THERE WILL STILL BE SOME LOCALLY ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  
ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEYS AS ONSHORE WINDS CONTINUE TO GUST  
BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH TODAY AND SATURDAY, WHILE HUMIDITIES LOWER TO  
BETWEEN 12 AND 20 PERCENT.  
 
A MODERATE LONG DURATION HEAT WAVE IS BECOMING MORE LIKELY NEXT  
WEEK, ESPECIALLY TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF VERY  
WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES AWAY FROM THE COAST WILL LIKELY  
BRING WIDESPREAD ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE  
VALLEYS, MOUNTAINS, AND DESERTS DURING THIS TIME. IN ADDITION, THE  
BUILDING HEAT COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY FUELS WILL LIKELY BRING  
THE POTENTIAL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LARGE VERTICAL PLUME GROWTH  
WITH ANY NEW FIRES THAT DEVELOP DURING THE HEAT WAVE. THE MAIN WIND  
CONCERNS NEXT WEEK WILL BE LOCALLY GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS ACROSS  
SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, AS WELL AS NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS  
ACROSS THE INTERIOR MOUNTAINS, ESPECIALLY NEAR THE I-5 CORRIDOR. THE  
MAIN FOCUS FOR THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY  
NIGHT.  
 

 
 
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