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ECCDA DISCUSSIONS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA  
926 AM PDT SAT AUG 15 2026  
 
ECC029-161030-  
LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  
DISCUSSION FOR VANDENBERG ECC DISPATCH  
926 AM PDT SAT AUG 15 2026  
   
..DISCUSSION FROM MONTEREY  
 
THE MARINE LAYER GRADUALLY COMPRESSES FROM 2000 TO 3000 FEET TODAY  
TO AROUND 1500 FEET SUNDAY. OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES REMAIN EXCELLENT  
WITHIN THE MARINE LAYER BUT STAY POOR TO FAIR ABOVE IT. FURTHER  
COMPRESSION OF THE MARINE LAYER IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK WITH POOR  
OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES ACROSS THE HIGHEST PEAKS OF THE SANTA LUCIA  
RANGE (25-35%). TEMPERATURES WARM SLIGHTLY WITH DAYTIME HUMIDITY  
RETENTION GRADUALLY WORSENING AS THE MARINE LAYER COMPRESSES. THE  
INTERIOR CENTRAL COAST AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL SEE A RETURN OF  
DAYTIME RH VALUES IN THE TEENS TO LOW 20S BY MID WEEK. DIURNALLY  
BREEZY ONSHORE WINDS CONTINUE WITH GUSTS OF OVER 25 MPH ACROSS  
FAVORED MOUNTAIN GAPS/PASSES, THE COAST, AND HIGHEST RIDGELINES THIS  
WEEK.  
 
NOTE : ALL WINDS ARE 20-FOOT WINDS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED.  
THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG, GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.  
 
   
..DISCUSSION FROM LOS ANGELES/OXNARD  
 
...POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS RETURNING  
TO INTERIOR MONDAY-THURSDAY DUE TO VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS  
WITH INCREASED RISK FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE BEHAVIOR...  
 
A DEEP MARINE LAYER WILL MAINTAIN COOLER THEN NORMAL TEMPERATURES  
TODAY. HOWEVER, ONSHORE WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 TO  
40 MPH AND MODERATELY DRY CONDITIONS WILL MAINTAIN SEASONABLY  
ELEVATED FIRE CONDITIONS OVER THE INTERIOR SECTIONS, ESPECIALLY IN  
THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL  
SLOWLY BUILD OVER THE REGION BY SUNDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF  
NEXT WEEK, BRINING WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS AWAY FROM THE  
IMMEDIATE COAST. TEMPERATURES COULD CLIMB TO BETWEEN 100 AND  
105 DEGREES ACROSS HOTTEST PORTIONS OF THE VALLEYS, LOWER MOUNTAINS,  
AND DESERTS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THIS COMBINED  
WITH LOWER HUMIDITIES, AND THE INCREASED RISK FOR LARGE PLUME  
DOMINATED FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BRING WIDESPREAD ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER  
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE INTERIOR FROM AT LEAST MONDAY THROUGH  
THURSDAY, AND POSSIBLY INTO NEXT WEEKEND.  
 
 
 
ECC028-161030-  
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY EXCLUDING LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  
DISCUSSION FOR SANTA BARBARA ECC DISPATCH  
926 AM PDT SAT AUG 15 2026  
 
...POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS RETURNING  
TO INTERIOR MONDAY-THURSDAY DUE TO VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS  
WITH INCREASED RISK FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE BEHAVIOR...  
 
A DEEP MARINE LAYER WILL MAINTAIN COOLER THEN NORMAL TEMPERATURES  
TODAY. HOWEVER, ONSHORE WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 TO  
40 MPH AND MODERATELY DRY CONDITIONS WILL MAINTAIN SEASONABLY  
ELEVATED FIRE CONDITIONS OVER THE INTERIOR SECTIONS, ESPECIALLY IN  
THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL  
SLOWLY BUILD OVER THE REGION BY SUNDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF  
NEXT WEEK, BRINING WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS AWAY FROM THE  
IMMEDIATE COAST. TEMPERATURES COULD CLIMB TO BETWEEN 100 AND  
105 DEGREES ACROSS HOTTEST PORTIONS OF THE VALLEYS, LOWER MOUNTAINS,  
AND DESERTS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THIS COMBINED  
WITH LOWER HUMIDITIES, AND THE INCREASED RISK FOR LARGE PLUME  
DOMINATED FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BRING WIDESPREAD ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER  
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE INTERIOR FROM AT LEAST MONDAY THROUGH  
THURSDAY, AND POSSIBLY INTO NEXT WEEKEND.  
 
 
 
ECC031-161030-  
ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-  
DISCUSSION FOR LANCASTER ECC DISPATCH  
926 AM PDT SAT AUG 15 2026  
 
...POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS RETURNING  
TO INTERIOR MONDAY-THURSDAY DUE TO VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS  
WITH INCREASED RISK FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE BEHAVIOR...  
 
A DEEP MARINE LAYER WILL MAINTAIN COOLER THEN NORMAL TEMPERATURES  
TODAY. HOWEVER, ONSHORE WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 TO  
40 MPH AND MODERATELY DRY CONDITIONS WILL MAINTAIN SEASONABLY  
ELEVATED FIRE CONDITIONS OVER THE INTERIOR SECTIONS, ESPECIALLY IN  
THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL  
SLOWLY BUILD OVER THE REGION BY SUNDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF  
NEXT WEEK, BRINING WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS AWAY FROM THE  
IMMEDIATE COAST. TEMPERATURES COULD CLIMB TO BETWEEN 100 AND  
105 DEGREES ACROSS HOTTEST PORTIONS OF THE VALLEYS, LOWER MOUNTAINS,  
AND DESERTS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THIS COMBINED  
WITH LOWER HUMIDITIES, AND THE INCREASED RISK FOR LARGE PLUME  
DOMINATED FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BRING WIDESPREAD ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER  
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE INTERIOR FROM AT LEAST MONDAY THROUGH  
THURSDAY, AND POSSIBLY INTO NEXT WEEKEND.  
 
 
 
ECC024-161030-  
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY-  
DISCUSSION FOR SAN LUIS OBISPO ECC DISPATCH  
926 AM PDT SAT AUG 15 2026  
 
...POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS RETURNING  
TO INTERIOR MONDAY-THURSDAY DUE TO VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS  
WITH INCREASED RISK FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE BEHAVIOR...  
 
A DEEP MARINE LAYER WILL MAINTAIN COOLER THEN NORMAL TEMPERATURES  
TODAY. HOWEVER, ONSHORE WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 TO  
40 MPH AND MODERATELY DRY CONDITIONS WILL MAINTAIN SEASONABLY  
ELEVATED FIRE CONDITIONS OVER THE INTERIOR SECTIONS, ESPECIALLY IN  
THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL  
SLOWLY BUILD OVER THE REGION BY SUNDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF  
NEXT WEEK, BRINING WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS AWAY FROM THE  
IMMEDIATE COAST. TEMPERATURES COULD CLIMB TO BETWEEN 100 AND  
105 DEGREES ACROSS HOTTEST PORTIONS OF THE VALLEYS, LOWER MOUNTAINS,  
AND DESERTS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THIS COMBINED  
WITH LOWER HUMIDITIES, AND THE INCREASED RISK FOR LARGE PLUME  
DOMINATED FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BRING WIDESPREAD ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER  
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE INTERIOR FROM AT LEAST MONDAY THROUGH  
THURSDAY, AND POSSIBLY INTO NEXT WEEKEND.  
 
 
 
ECC032-161030-  
VENTURA COUNTY EXCLUDING LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  
DISCUSSION FOR VENTURA ECC DISPATCH  
926 AM PDT SAT AUG 15 2026  
 
...POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS RETURNING  
TO INTERIOR MONDAY-THURSDAY DUE TO VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS  
WITH INCREASED RISK FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE BEHAVIOR...  
 
A DEEP MARINE LAYER WILL MAINTAIN COOLER THEN NORMAL TEMPERATURES  
TODAY. HOWEVER, ONSHORE WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 TO  
40 MPH AND MODERATELY DRY CONDITIONS WILL MAINTAIN SEASONABLY  
ELEVATED FIRE CONDITIONS OVER THE INTERIOR SECTIONS, ESPECIALLY IN  
THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL  
SLOWLY BUILD OVER THE REGION BY SUNDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF  
NEXT WEEK, BRINING WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS AWAY FROM THE  
IMMEDIATE COAST. TEMPERATURES COULD CLIMB TO BETWEEN 100 AND  
105 DEGREES ACROSS HOTTEST PORTIONS OF THE VALLEYS, LOWER MOUNTAINS,  
AND DESERTS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THIS COMBINED  
WITH LOWER HUMIDITIES, AND THE INCREASED RISK FOR LARGE PLUME  
DOMINATED FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BRING WIDESPREAD ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER  
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE INTERIOR FROM AT LEAST MONDAY THROUGH  
THURSDAY, AND POSSIBLY INTO NEXT WEEKEND.  
 
 
 
ECC030-161030-  
LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-  
DISCUSSION FOR LOS ANGELES ECC DISPATCH  
926 AM PDT SAT AUG 15 2026  
 
...POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS RETURNING  
TO INTERIOR MONDAY-THURSDAY DUE TO VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS  
WITH INCREASED RISK FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE BEHAVIOR...  
 
A DEEP MARINE LAYER WILL MAINTAIN COOLER THEN NORMAL TEMPERATURES  
TODAY. HOWEVER, ONSHORE WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 TO  
40 MPH AND MODERATELY DRY CONDITIONS WILL MAINTAIN SEASONABLY  
ELEVATED FIRE CONDITIONS OVER THE INTERIOR SECTIONS, ESPECIALLY IN  
THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL  
SLOWLY BUILD OVER THE REGION BY SUNDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF  
NEXT WEEK, BRINING WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS AWAY FROM THE  
IMMEDIATE COAST. TEMPERATURES COULD CLIMB TO BETWEEN 100 AND  
105 DEGREES ACROSS HOTTEST PORTIONS OF THE VALLEYS, LOWER MOUNTAINS,  
AND DESERTS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THIS COMBINED  
WITH LOWER HUMIDITIES, AND THE INCREASED RISK FOR LARGE PLUME  
DOMINATED FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BRING WIDESPREAD ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER  
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE INTERIOR FROM AT LEAST MONDAY THROUGH  
THURSDAY, AND POSSIBLY INTO NEXT WEEKEND.  
 
 
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