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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
920 AM PDT SAT MAY 16 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PDT SATURDAY
FOR STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AND ADJACENT WESTERN FOOTHILLS...
.THE BEST OVERLAP OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES IN THE
ANTELOPE VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS WILL BE TODAY, LEADING TO
AN INCREASED RISK OF LARGE AND FAST MOVING GRASS FIRES.
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WESTERN ANTELOPE VALLEY FOOTHILLS-ANTELOPE VALLEY-
920 AM PDT SAT MAY 16 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AND ADJACENT WESTERN FOOTHILLS...
* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH,
EXCEPT DAMAGING GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF
THE ANTELOPE VALLEY.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING TO 10 TO 20 PERCENT BY THIS
AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...ANY GRASS FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD
RAPIDLY WITH EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
LONG RANGE SPOTTING AND LARGE FIRE GROWTH.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...WHILE THE BEST OVERLAP OF STRONG WINDS AND
LOW HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING THE RED FLAG WARNING
PERIOD, THERE WILL BE AN EXTENDED ELEVATED FIRE THREAT
PERSISTING THROUGH SUNDAY DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND LOW TO MODERATE
HUMIDITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW, OR WILL SHORTLY. USE EXTREME CAUTION
WITH ANYTHING THAT CAN SPARK A WILDFIRE. RESIDENTS NEAR WILDLAND
INTERFACES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE IF A WILDFIRE BREAKS
OUT. SEE READYFORWILDFIRE.ORG AND WILDFIRERISK.ORG FOR
INFORMATION.
GOMBERG
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