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ECCDA DISCUSSIONS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA  
933 AM PDT FRI JUL 24 2026  
 
ECC029-251045-  
LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  
DISCUSSION FOR VANDENBERG ECC DISPATCH  
933 AM PDT FRI JUL 24 2026  
   
..DISCUSSION FROM MONTEREY
 
 
THE WEATHER TODAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. THE MARINE LAYER IS  
1500 FEET DEEP AND WILL COMPRESS SLIGHTLY OVER THE NEXT  
24-48 HOURS. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY PERSISTENT WITH A VERY  
SLIGHT WARMING AND DRYING TREND THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY  
NEXT WEEK. ONSHORE WINDS WILL HELP MODERATE THE TEMPERATURE AND  
HUMIDITY, HOWEVER. WIND GUSTS WILL REACH UP TO 30 MPH IN FAVORED  
VALLEYS, GAPS, AND PASSES TODAY.  
 
NOTE : ALL WINDS ARE 20-FOOT WINDS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED.  
THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG, GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.  
 
   
..DISCUSSION FROM LOS ANGELES/OXNARD
 
 
...WIDESPREAD ELEVATED TO BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH  
POTENTIAL FOR LARGE VERITCAL PLUME GROWTH AWAY FROM THE COASTS  
THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY...  
 
...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA  
COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH POSSIBLE BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE  
WEATHER CONDITIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING...  
   
..WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HIGH HEAT RISK THROUGH MONDAY
 
 
AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WIDESPREAD ELEVATED TO LOCALLY BRIEF CRITICAL  
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUES THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY ACROSS  
VALLEYS, MOUNTAINS, AND DESERTS, AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA  
COUNTY,DUE TO HOT TEMPERATURES, LOW HUMIDITIES, AND DRY FUELS (WITH  
LOCALLY GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS). HOT AND MORE UNSTABLE  
CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED  
FIRES ACROSS THE INTERIOR, ESPECIALLY FAR INTERIOR. WARM OVERNIGHT  
LOWS AND MODERATE TO POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL ADD TO THE FIRE  
RISK, ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. VERY WARM, DRY,  
AND GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS WILL BRING ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER  
CONDITIONS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ACROSS  
SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING, WITH WIND  
GUSTS 30-45 MPH STRONGEST FROM GAVIOTA TO SAN MARCOS PASS. BY SUNDAY  
EVENING, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SLIGHTLY STRONGER AND MORE  
WIDESPREAD SUNDOWNER WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH MPH, ALONG  
WITH HUMIDITIES LOWERING TO AROUND 15-25 PERCENT, WHICH COULD  
PRODUCE BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE WIDESPREAD  
DRY AIR (HUMIDITIES IN THE 7-15% RANGE) ACROSS THE FAR INTERIOR.  
THIS COMBINED WITH BREEZY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS (GUSTS 20-30 MPH)  
AND HOT TEMPERATURES WITH DEEP MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BRING A  
20 PERCENT CHANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING ISSUANCE FOR PORTIONS OF  
THE FAR INTERIOR INTERIOR MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY.  
 

 
 
ECC028-251045-  
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY EXCLUDING LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  
DISCUSSION FOR SANTA BARBARA ECC DISPATCH  
933 AM PDT FRI JUL 24 2026  
 
...WIDESPREAD ELEVATED TO BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH  
POTENTIAL FOR LARGE VERITCAL PLUME GROWTH AWAY FROM THE COASTS  
THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY...  
 
...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA  
COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH POSSIBLE BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE  
WEATHER CONDITIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING...  
   
..WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HIGH HEAT RISK THROUGH MONDAY
 
 
AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WIDESPREAD ELEVATED TO LOCALLY BRIEF CRITICAL  
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUES THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY ACROSS  
VALLEYS, MOUNTAINS, AND DESERTS, AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA  
COUNTY,DUE TO HOT TEMPERATURES, LOW HUMIDITIES, AND DRY FUELS (WITH  
LOCALLY GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS). HOT AND MORE UNSTABLE  
CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED  
FIRES ACROSS THE INTERIOR, ESPECIALLY FAR INTERIOR. WARM OVERNIGHT  
LOWS AND MODERATE TO POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL ADD TO THE FIRE  
RISK, ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. VERY WARM, DRY,  
AND GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS WILL BRING ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER  
CONDITIONS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ACROSS  
SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING, WITH WIND  
GUSTS 30-45 MPH STRONGEST FROM GAVIOTA TO SAN MARCOS PASS. BY SUNDAY  
EVENING, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SLIGHTLY STRONGER AND MORE  
WIDESPREAD SUNDOWNER WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH MPH, ALONG  
WITH HUMIDITIES LOWERING TO AROUND 15-25 PERCENT, WHICH COULD  
PRODUCE BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE WIDESPREAD  
DRY AIR (HUMIDITIES IN THE 7-15% RANGE) ACROSS THE FAR INTERIOR.  
THIS COMBINED WITH BREEZY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS (GUSTS 20-30 MPH)  
AND HOT TEMPERATURES WITH DEEP MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BRING A  
20 PERCENT CHANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING ISSUANCE FOR PORTIONS OF  
THE FAR INTERIOR INTERIOR MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY.  
 

 
 
ECC031-251045-  
ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-  
DISCUSSION FOR LANCASTER ECC DISPATCH  
933 AM PDT FRI JUL 24 2026  
 
...WIDESPREAD ELEVATED TO BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH  
POTENTIAL FOR LARGE VERITCAL PLUME GROWTH AWAY FROM THE COASTS  
THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY...  
 
...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA  
COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH POSSIBLE BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE  
WEATHER CONDITIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING...  
   
..WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HIGH HEAT RISK THROUGH MONDAY
 
 
AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WIDESPREAD ELEVATED TO LOCALLY BRIEF CRITICAL  
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUES THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY ACROSS  
VALLEYS, MOUNTAINS, AND DESERTS, AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA  
COUNTY,DUE TO HOT TEMPERATURES, LOW HUMIDITIES, AND DRY FUELS (WITH  
LOCALLY GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS). HOT AND MORE UNSTABLE  
CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED  
FIRES ACROSS THE INTERIOR, ESPECIALLY FAR INTERIOR. WARM OVERNIGHT  
LOWS AND MODERATE TO POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL ADD TO THE FIRE  
RISK, ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. VERY WARM, DRY,  
AND GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS WILL BRING ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER  
CONDITIONS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ACROSS  
SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING, WITH WIND  
GUSTS 30-45 MPH STRONGEST FROM GAVIOTA TO SAN MARCOS PASS. BY SUNDAY  
EVENING, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SLIGHTLY STRONGER AND MORE  
WIDESPREAD SUNDOWNER WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH MPH, ALONG  
WITH HUMIDITIES LOWERING TO AROUND 15-25 PERCENT, WHICH COULD  
PRODUCE BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE WIDESPREAD  
DRY AIR (HUMIDITIES IN THE 7-15% RANGE) ACROSS THE FAR INTERIOR.  
THIS COMBINED WITH BREEZY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS (GUSTS 20-30 MPH)  
AND HOT TEMPERATURES WITH DEEP MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BRING A  
20 PERCENT CHANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING ISSUANCE FOR PORTIONS OF  
THE FAR INTERIOR INTERIOR MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY.  
 

 
 
ECC024-251045-  
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY-  
DISCUSSION FOR SAN LUIS OBISPO ECC DISPATCH  
933 AM PDT FRI JUL 24 2026  
 
...WIDESPREAD ELEVATED TO BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH  
POTENTIAL FOR LARGE VERITCAL PLUME GROWTH AWAY FROM THE COASTS  
THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY...  
 
...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA  
COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH POSSIBLE BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE  
WEATHER CONDITIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING...  
   
..WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HIGH HEAT RISK THROUGH MONDAY
 
 
AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WIDESPREAD ELEVATED TO LOCALLY BRIEF CRITICAL  
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUES THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY ACROSS  
VALLEYS, MOUNTAINS, AND DESERTS, AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA  
COUNTY,DUE TO HOT TEMPERATURES, LOW HUMIDITIES, AND DRY FUELS (WITH  
LOCALLY GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS). HOT AND MORE UNSTABLE  
CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED  
FIRES ACROSS THE INTERIOR, ESPECIALLY FAR INTERIOR. WARM OVERNIGHT  
LOWS AND MODERATE TO POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL ADD TO THE FIRE  
RISK, ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. VERY WARM, DRY,  
AND GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS WILL BRING ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER  
CONDITIONS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ACROSS  
SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING, WITH WIND  
GUSTS 30-45 MPH STRONGEST FROM GAVIOTA TO SAN MARCOS PASS. BY SUNDAY  
EVENING, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SLIGHTLY STRONGER AND MORE  
WIDESPREAD SUNDOWNER WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH MPH, ALONG  
WITH HUMIDITIES LOWERING TO AROUND 15-25 PERCENT, WHICH COULD  
PRODUCE BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE WIDESPREAD  
DRY AIR (HUMIDITIES IN THE 7-15% RANGE) ACROSS THE FAR INTERIOR.  
THIS COMBINED WITH BREEZY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS (GUSTS 20-30 MPH)  
AND HOT TEMPERATURES WITH DEEP MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BRING A  
20 PERCENT CHANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING ISSUANCE FOR PORTIONS OF  
THE FAR INTERIOR INTERIOR MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY.  
 

 
 
ECC032-251045-  
VENTURA COUNTY EXCLUDING LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-  
DISCUSSION FOR VENTURA ECC DISPATCH  
933 AM PDT FRI JUL 24 2026  
 
...WIDESPREAD ELEVATED TO BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH  
POTENTIAL FOR LARGE VERITCAL PLUME GROWTH AWAY FROM THE COASTS  
THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY...  
 
...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA  
COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH POSSIBLE BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE  
WEATHER CONDITIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING...  
   
..WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HIGH HEAT RISK THROUGH MONDAY
 
 
AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WIDESPREAD ELEVATED TO LOCALLY BRIEF CRITICAL  
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUES THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY ACROSS  
VALLEYS, MOUNTAINS, AND DESERTS, AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA  
COUNTY,DUE TO HOT TEMPERATURES, LOW HUMIDITIES, AND DRY FUELS (WITH  
LOCALLY GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS). HOT AND MORE UNSTABLE  
CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED  
FIRES ACROSS THE INTERIOR, ESPECIALLY FAR INTERIOR. WARM OVERNIGHT  
LOWS AND MODERATE TO POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL ADD TO THE FIRE  
RISK, ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. VERY WARM, DRY,  
AND GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS WILL BRING ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER  
CONDITIONS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ACROSS  
SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING, WITH WIND  
GUSTS 30-45 MPH STRONGEST FROM GAVIOTA TO SAN MARCOS PASS. BY SUNDAY  
EVENING, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SLIGHTLY STRONGER AND MORE  
WIDESPREAD SUNDOWNER WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH MPH, ALONG  
WITH HUMIDITIES LOWERING TO AROUND 15-25 PERCENT, WHICH COULD  
PRODUCE BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE WIDESPREAD  
DRY AIR (HUMIDITIES IN THE 7-15% RANGE) ACROSS THE FAR INTERIOR.  
THIS COMBINED WITH BREEZY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS (GUSTS 20-30 MPH)  
AND HOT TEMPERATURES WITH DEEP MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BRING A  
20 PERCENT CHANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING ISSUANCE FOR PORTIONS OF  
THE FAR INTERIOR INTERIOR MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY.  
 

 
 
ECC030-251045-  
LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST-  
DISCUSSION FOR LOS ANGELES ECC DISPATCH  
933 AM PDT FRI JUL 24 2026  
 
...WIDESPREAD ELEVATED TO BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH  
POTENTIAL FOR LARGE VERITCAL PLUME GROWTH AWAY FROM THE COASTS  
THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY...  
 
...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA  
COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH POSSIBLE BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE  
WEATHER CONDITIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING...  
   
..WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HIGH HEAT RISK THROUGH MONDAY
 
 
AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WIDESPREAD ELEVATED TO LOCALLY BRIEF CRITICAL  
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUES THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY ACROSS  
VALLEYS, MOUNTAINS, AND DESERTS, AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA  
COUNTY,DUE TO HOT TEMPERATURES, LOW HUMIDITIES, AND DRY FUELS (WITH  
LOCALLY GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS). HOT AND MORE UNSTABLE  
CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED  
FIRES ACROSS THE INTERIOR, ESPECIALLY FAR INTERIOR. WARM OVERNIGHT  
LOWS AND MODERATE TO POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL ADD TO THE FIRE  
RISK, ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. VERY WARM, DRY,  
AND GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS WILL BRING ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER  
CONDITIONS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ACROSS  
SOUTHWEST SANTA BARBARA COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING, WITH WIND  
GUSTS 30-45 MPH STRONGEST FROM GAVIOTA TO SAN MARCOS PASS. BY SUNDAY  
EVENING, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SLIGHTLY STRONGER AND MORE  
WIDESPREAD SUNDOWNER WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH MPH, ALONG  
WITH HUMIDITIES LOWERING TO AROUND 15-25 PERCENT, WHICH COULD  
PRODUCE BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE WIDESPREAD  
DRY AIR (HUMIDITIES IN THE 7-15% RANGE) ACROSS THE FAR INTERIOR.  
THIS COMBINED WITH BREEZY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS (GUSTS 20-30 MPH)  
AND HOT TEMPERATURES WITH DEEP MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BRING A  
20 PERCENT CHANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING ISSUANCE FOR PORTIONS OF  
THE FAR INTERIOR INTERIOR MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY.  
 

 
 
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