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ECCDA DISCUSSIONS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA  
222 PM PDT TUE JUL 14 2026  
 
ECC029-151530-  
LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  
DISCUSSION FOR VANDENBERG ECC DISPATCH  
222 PM PDT TUE JUL 14 2026  
   
..DISCUSSION FROM MONTEREY
 
 
...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY DUE  
TO NEAR CRITICALLY DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS...  
 
FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS PIVOT TO HOT, DRY, AND WINDY CONDITIONS WITH  
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, DRY CONDITIONS, AND GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS  
ARE FORECAST TO PREVAIL THROUGH THURSDAY. A DRY FRONTAL BOUNDARY  
WILL BRING SLIGHTLY COOLER AND WINDIER CONDITIONS THURSDAY INTO  
FRIDAY. A RESURGENCE IN MOISTURE OVER THE WEEKEND WILL CREATE  
ANOTHER LOW PROBABILITY/HIGH-IMPACT SCENARIO FOR THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
NOTE : ALL WINDS ARE 20-FOOT WINDS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED.  
THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG, GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.  
 
   
..DISCUSSION FROM LOS ANGELES/OXNARD
 
 
...RED FLAG WARNING WEDNESDAY TO THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS INTERIOR LOS  
ANGELES, VENTURA, SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES, AND SOUTHERN SANTA  
BARBARA COUNTY FOR HOT, DRY, AND GUSTY CONDITIONS...  
 
...EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT THROUGH  
THURSDAY...  
 
...MONSOONAL THUNDERSTORMS PERIODICALLY THIS WEEK FOCUSED ACROSS  
INTERIOR MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...  
 
MONSOON MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH TODAY WITH A 10-40  
PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOCUSED ACROSS INTERIOR  
MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS, ESPECIALLY EASTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND  
NORTHERN VENTURA COUNTY. ANOTHER MONSOON PUSH MAY BRING RENEWED  
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FOCUSED ACROSS THE SAME AREA BY THIS WEEKEND.  
 
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK WITH THE PEAK OF  
THE HEAT FOR MOST AREAS IS LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY WHEN HIGHS OF 100 TO  
110 WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE INTERIOR, WHILE TEMPERATURES CLIMB  
INTO THE 90S ACROSS THE INLAND COASTAL PLAIN. MODERATE TO HIGH  
INSTABILITY/MIXING HEIGHTS ARE FAVORABLE FOR PLUME DOMINATED FIRE  
GROWTH THROUGH THURSDAY.  
 
FAIRLY WIDESPREAD NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS FOR THE INTERIOR  
MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES (NEAR THE I-5 COORIDOR), VENTURA, AND SANTA  
BARBARA COUNTIES AS WELL AS SUNDOWNER PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHERN SANTA  
BARBARA COUNTY BE ON THE INCREASE TUESDAY, LIKELY PEAKING WEDNESDAY  
(PEAK GUSTS OF 35 TO 55 MPH) THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WITH ADVISORY  
LEVEL WINDS LIKELY. MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN HUMIDITES DIPPING TO  
BETWEEN 10-25 PERCENT DURING THESE WINDS, LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL  
FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THESE AREAS. WE ARE  
EXPECTING THE SUNDOWNER WINDS TO BE HOT WITH TEMPERATURES INTO THE  
90S TO LOW 100S PUSHING INTO LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SANTA BARBARA  
COUNTY SOUTH COAST.  
 
A SOUTHERLY PUSH WITH AN EDDY THURSDAY MAY LEAD TO A WIND REVERSAL  
THAT WOULD BE CONCERNING FOR ANY ONGOING FIRES ESPECIALLY ACROSS  
THE LA TO VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS. CLOSER TO THE COAST, INCLUDING  
SOME COASTAL FOOTHILLS THIS WOULD LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT  
HUMIDITY INCREASES.  
 

 
 
ECC028-151530-  
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY EXCLUDING LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  
DISCUSSION FOR SANTA BARBARA ECC DISPATCH  
222 PM PDT TUE JUL 14 2026  
 
...RED FLAG WARNING WEDNESDAY TO THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS INTERIOR LOS  
ANGELES, VENTURA, SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES, AND SOUTHERN SANTA  
BARBARA COUNTY FOR HOT, DRY, AND GUSTY CONDITIONS...  
 
...EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT THROUGH  
THURSDAY...  
 
...MONSOONAL THUNDERSTORMS PERIODICALLY THIS WEEK FOCUSED ACROSS  
INTERIOR MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...  
 
MONSOON MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH TODAY WITH A 10-40  
PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOCUSED ACROSS INTERIOR  
MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS, ESPECIALLY EASTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND  
NORTHERN VENTURA COUNTY. ANOTHER MONSOON PUSH MAY BRING RENEWED  
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FOCUSED ACROSS THE SAME AREA BY THIS WEEKEND.  
 
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK WITH THE PEAK OF  
THE HEAT FOR MOST AREAS IS LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY WHEN HIGHS OF 100 TO  
110 WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE INTERIOR, WHILE TEMPERATURES CLIMB  
INTO THE 90S ACROSS THE INLAND COASTAL PLAIN. MODERATE TO HIGH  
INSTABILITY/MIXING HEIGHTS ARE FAVORABLE FOR PLUME DOMINATED FIRE  
GROWTH THROUGH THURSDAY.  
 
FAIRLY WIDESPREAD NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS FOR THE INTERIOR  
MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES (NEAR THE I-5 COORIDOR), VENTURA, AND SANTA  
BARBARA COUNTIES AS WELL AS SUNDOWNER PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHERN SANTA  
BARBARA COUNTY BE ON THE INCREASE TUESDAY, LIKELY PEAKING WEDNESDAY  
(PEAK GUSTS OF 35 TO 55 MPH) THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WITH ADVISORY  
LEVEL WINDS LIKELY. MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN HUMIDITES DIPPING TO  
BETWEEN 10-25 PERCENT DURING THESE WINDS, LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL  
FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THESE AREAS. WE ARE  
EXPECTING THE SUNDOWNER WINDS TO BE HOT WITH TEMPERATURES INTO THE  
90S TO LOW 100S PUSHING INTO LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SANTA BARBARA  
COUNTY SOUTH COAST.  
 
A SOUTHERLY PUSH WITH AN EDDY THURSDAY MAY LEAD TO A WIND REVERSAL  
THAT WOULD BE CONCERNING FOR ANY ONGOING FIRES ESPECIALLY ACROSS  
THE LA TO VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS. CLOSER TO THE COAST, INCLUDING  
SOME COASTAL FOOTHILLS THIS WOULD LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT  
HUMIDITY INCREASES.  
 

 
 
ECC031-151530-  
ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-  
DISCUSSION FOR LANCASTER ECC DISPATCH  
222 PM PDT TUE JUL 14 2026  
 
...RED FLAG WARNING WEDNESDAY TO THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS INTERIOR LOS  
ANGELES, VENTURA, SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES, AND SOUTHERN SANTA  
BARBARA COUNTY FOR HOT, DRY, AND GUSTY CONDITIONS...  
 
...EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT THROUGH  
THURSDAY...  
 
...MONSOONAL THUNDERSTORMS PERIODICALLY THIS WEEK FOCUSED ACROSS  
INTERIOR MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...  
 
MONSOON MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH TODAY WITH A 10-40  
PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOCUSED ACROSS INTERIOR  
MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS, ESPECIALLY EASTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND  
NORTHERN VENTURA COUNTY. ANOTHER MONSOON PUSH MAY BRING RENEWED  
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FOCUSED ACROSS THE SAME AREA BY THIS WEEKEND.  
 
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK WITH THE PEAK OF  
THE HEAT FOR MOST AREAS IS LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY WHEN HIGHS OF 100 TO  
110 WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE INTERIOR, WHILE TEMPERATURES CLIMB  
INTO THE 90S ACROSS THE INLAND COASTAL PLAIN. MODERATE TO HIGH  
INSTABILITY/MIXING HEIGHTS ARE FAVORABLE FOR PLUME DOMINATED FIRE  
GROWTH THROUGH THURSDAY.  
 
FAIRLY WIDESPREAD NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS FOR THE INTERIOR  
MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES (NEAR THE I-5 COORIDOR), VENTURA, AND SANTA  
BARBARA COUNTIES AS WELL AS SUNDOWNER PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHERN SANTA  
BARBARA COUNTY BE ON THE INCREASE TUESDAY, LIKELY PEAKING WEDNESDAY  
(PEAK GUSTS OF 35 TO 55 MPH) THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WITH ADVISORY  
LEVEL WINDS LIKELY. MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN HUMIDITES DIPPING TO  
BETWEEN 10-25 PERCENT DURING THESE WINDS, LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL  
FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THESE AREAS. WE ARE  
EXPECTING THE SUNDOWNER WINDS TO BE HOT WITH TEMPERATURES INTO THE  
90S TO LOW 100S PUSHING INTO LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SANTA BARBARA  
COUNTY SOUTH COAST.  
 
A SOUTHERLY PUSH WITH AN EDDY THURSDAY MAY LEAD TO A WIND REVERSAL  
THAT WOULD BE CONCERNING FOR ANY ONGOING FIRES ESPECIALLY ACROSS  
THE LA TO VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS. CLOSER TO THE COAST, INCLUDING  
SOME COASTAL FOOTHILLS THIS WOULD LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT  
HUMIDITY INCREASES.  
 

 
 
ECC024-151530-  
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY-  
DISCUSSION FOR SAN LUIS OBISPO ECC DISPATCH  
222 PM PDT TUE JUL 14 2026  
 
...RED FLAG WARNING WEDNESDAY TO THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS INTERIOR LOS  
ANGELES, VENTURA, SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES, AND SOUTHERN SANTA  
BARBARA COUNTY FOR HOT, DRY, AND GUSTY CONDITIONS...  
 
...EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT THROUGH  
THURSDAY...  
 
...MONSOONAL THUNDERSTORMS PERIODICALLY THIS WEEK FOCUSED ACROSS  
INTERIOR MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...  
 
MONSOON MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH TODAY WITH A 10-40  
PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOCUSED ACROSS INTERIOR  
MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS, ESPECIALLY EASTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND  
NORTHERN VENTURA COUNTY. ANOTHER MONSOON PUSH MAY BRING RENEWED  
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FOCUSED ACROSS THE SAME AREA BY THIS WEEKEND.  
 
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK WITH THE PEAK OF  
THE HEAT FOR MOST AREAS IS LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY WHEN HIGHS OF 100 TO  
110 WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE INTERIOR, WHILE TEMPERATURES CLIMB  
INTO THE 90S ACROSS THE INLAND COASTAL PLAIN. MODERATE TO HIGH  
INSTABILITY/MIXING HEIGHTS ARE FAVORABLE FOR PLUME DOMINATED FIRE  
GROWTH THROUGH THURSDAY.  
 
FAIRLY WIDESPREAD NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS FOR THE INTERIOR  
MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES (NEAR THE I-5 COORIDOR), VENTURA, AND SANTA  
BARBARA COUNTIES AS WELL AS SUNDOWNER PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHERN SANTA  
BARBARA COUNTY BE ON THE INCREASE TUESDAY, LIKELY PEAKING WEDNESDAY  
(PEAK GUSTS OF 35 TO 55 MPH) THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WITH ADVISORY  
LEVEL WINDS LIKELY. MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN HUMIDITES DIPPING TO  
BETWEEN 10-25 PERCENT DURING THESE WINDS, LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL  
FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THESE AREAS. WE ARE  
EXPECTING THE SUNDOWNER WINDS TO BE HOT WITH TEMPERATURES INTO THE  
90S TO LOW 100S PUSHING INTO LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SANTA BARBARA  
COUNTY SOUTH COAST.  
 
A SOUTHERLY PUSH WITH AN EDDY THURSDAY MAY LEAD TO A WIND REVERSAL  
THAT WOULD BE CONCERNING FOR ANY ONGOING FIRES ESPECIALLY ACROSS  
THE LA TO VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS. CLOSER TO THE COAST, INCLUDING  
SOME COASTAL FOOTHILLS THIS WOULD LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT  
HUMIDITY INCREASES.  
 

 
 
ECC032-151530-  
VENTURA COUNTY EXCLUDING LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  
DISCUSSION FOR VENTURA ECC DISPATCH  
222 PM PDT TUE JUL 14 2026  
 
...RED FLAG WARNING WEDNESDAY TO THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS INTERIOR LOS  
ANGELES, VENTURA, SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES, AND SOUTHERN SANTA  
BARBARA COUNTY FOR HOT, DRY, AND GUSTY CONDITIONS...  
 
...EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT THROUGH  
THURSDAY...  
 
...MONSOONAL THUNDERSTORMS PERIODICALLY THIS WEEK FOCUSED ACROSS  
INTERIOR MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...  
 
MONSOON MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH TODAY WITH A 10-40  
PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOCUSED ACROSS INTERIOR  
MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS, ESPECIALLY EASTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND  
NORTHERN VENTURA COUNTY. ANOTHER MONSOON PUSH MAY BRING RENEWED  
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FOCUSED ACROSS THE SAME AREA BY THIS WEEKEND.  
 
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK WITH THE PEAK OF  
THE HEAT FOR MOST AREAS IS LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY WHEN HIGHS OF 100 TO  
110 WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE INTERIOR, WHILE TEMPERATURES CLIMB  
INTO THE 90S ACROSS THE INLAND COASTAL PLAIN. MODERATE TO HIGH  
INSTABILITY/MIXING HEIGHTS ARE FAVORABLE FOR PLUME DOMINATED FIRE  
GROWTH THROUGH THURSDAY.  
 
FAIRLY WIDESPREAD NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS FOR THE INTERIOR  
MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES (NEAR THE I-5 COORIDOR), VENTURA, AND SANTA  
BARBARA COUNTIES AS WELL AS SUNDOWNER PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHERN SANTA  
BARBARA COUNTY BE ON THE INCREASE TUESDAY, LIKELY PEAKING WEDNESDAY  
(PEAK GUSTS OF 35 TO 55 MPH) THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WITH ADVISORY  
LEVEL WINDS LIKELY. MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN HUMIDITES DIPPING TO  
BETWEEN 10-25 PERCENT DURING THESE WINDS, LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL  
FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THESE AREAS. WE ARE  
EXPECTING THE SUNDOWNER WINDS TO BE HOT WITH TEMPERATURES INTO THE  
90S TO LOW 100S PUSHING INTO LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SANTA BARBARA  
COUNTY SOUTH COAST.  
 
A SOUTHERLY PUSH WITH AN EDDY THURSDAY MAY LEAD TO A WIND REVERSAL  
THAT WOULD BE CONCERNING FOR ANY ONGOING FIRES ESPECIALLY ACROSS  
THE LA TO VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS. CLOSER TO THE COAST, INCLUDING  
SOME COASTAL FOOTHILLS THIS WOULD LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT  
HUMIDITY INCREASES.  
 

 
 
ECC030-151530-  
LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-  
DISCUSSION FOR LOS ANGELES ECC DISPATCH  
222 PM PDT TUE JUL 14 2026  
 
...RED FLAG WARNING WEDNESDAY TO THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS INTERIOR LOS  
ANGELES, VENTURA, SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES, AND SOUTHERN SANTA  
BARBARA COUNTY FOR HOT, DRY, AND GUSTY CONDITIONS...  
 
...EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT THROUGH  
THURSDAY...  
 
...MONSOONAL THUNDERSTORMS PERIODICALLY THIS WEEK FOCUSED ACROSS  
INTERIOR MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...  
 
MONSOON MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH TODAY WITH A 10-40  
PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOCUSED ACROSS INTERIOR  
MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS, ESPECIALLY EASTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND  
NORTHERN VENTURA COUNTY. ANOTHER MONSOON PUSH MAY BRING RENEWED  
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FOCUSED ACROSS THE SAME AREA BY THIS WEEKEND.  
 
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK WITH THE PEAK OF  
THE HEAT FOR MOST AREAS IS LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY WHEN HIGHS OF 100 TO  
110 WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE INTERIOR, WHILE TEMPERATURES CLIMB  
INTO THE 90S ACROSS THE INLAND COASTAL PLAIN. MODERATE TO HIGH  
INSTABILITY/MIXING HEIGHTS ARE FAVORABLE FOR PLUME DOMINATED FIRE  
GROWTH THROUGH THURSDAY.  
 
FAIRLY WIDESPREAD NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS FOR THE INTERIOR  
MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES (NEAR THE I-5 COORIDOR), VENTURA, AND SANTA  
BARBARA COUNTIES AS WELL AS SUNDOWNER PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHERN SANTA  
BARBARA COUNTY BE ON THE INCREASE TUESDAY, LIKELY PEAKING WEDNESDAY  
(PEAK GUSTS OF 35 TO 55 MPH) THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WITH ADVISORY  
LEVEL WINDS LIKELY. MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN HUMIDITES DIPPING TO  
BETWEEN 10-25 PERCENT DURING THESE WINDS, LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL  
FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THESE AREAS. WE ARE  
EXPECTING THE SUNDOWNER WINDS TO BE HOT WITH TEMPERATURES INTO THE  
90S TO LOW 100S PUSHING INTO LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SANTA BARBARA  
COUNTY SOUTH COAST.  
 
A SOUTHERLY PUSH WITH AN EDDY THURSDAY MAY LEAD TO A WIND REVERSAL  
THAT WOULD BE CONCERNING FOR ANY ONGOING FIRES ESPECIALLY ACROSS  
THE LA TO VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS. CLOSER TO THE COAST, INCLUDING  
SOME COASTAL FOOTHILLS THIS WOULD LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT  
HUMIDITY INCREASES.  
 

 
 
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