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Fire Weather Watch issued December 27 at 2:02PM PST until January 2 at 9:00PM PST by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGHTHURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS AND LOW RELATIVEHUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL/WEST-CENTRAL/SOUTHWEST LOS ANGELESCOUNTY AND CENTRAL/EAST-CENTRAL/SOUTHERN VENTURA COUNTY....Confidence continues increasing that the weather pattern next week willbecome favorable for elevated to critical fire-weather conditionsacross Santa Ana wind-prone areas of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties,as well as portions of Santa Barbara County prone to north-windenhancements. Next week, an upper-level ridge is forecast to graduallybuild along the Pacific coast to the west of a large upper troughencompassing much of the central and eastern states. Correspondingly,surface high pressure strengthening over the Great Basin will facilitateincreasing offshore flow amid slight to moderate upper support, whichwill combine with unseasonably warm temperatures assisted by thebuilding upper ridge to produce the increased fire-weather risk. LAX-Bakersfield offshore gradients are currently forecast to reach 5-7 mbstarting Monday, with LAX-Daggett offshore gradients reaching 4-5 mbstarting Tuesday. Given the enhanced northerly pressure gradients, winddirections could be 10-20 degrees more northerly than easterly for thisevent compared to other November and December 2024 events, especiallyearly on for this next event.The greatest potential for critical fire-weather conditions will includeareas prone to a moderate Santa Ana wind event, for Tuesday throughnext Thursday. This includes much of Central/West-Central/Southwest LosAngeles County and Central/East-Central/Southern Ventura County.Strengthening consensus among weather-model solutions regarding thepattern favoring critical fire-weather conditions has warranted theissuance of the Fire Weather Watch.Regarding alternate scenarios, there is a 60% chance for fire-weatherheadlines to be expanded to include the eastern San Gabriels, northwestLos Angeles County Interstate-5 corridor, and northern Ventura Countymountains. In addition, the enhanced northerly gradients may tend toexpand the fire-weather risk to the east of areas more typically proneto a moderate Santa Ana wind event, to also include areas from Hollywoodto Beverly Hills and Santa Monica -- Confidence: lower chance at 40%for fire-weather headlines. Elevated to brief critical fire-weatherconditions will also be a concern farther west across the SantaBarbara County mountains and especially the Santa Ynez range whennortherly pressure gradients are strongest on Monday and Tuesday,though humidities will likely remain elevated -- Confidence:even smaller but non-zero chance at 20% for fire-weather headlines.The National Weather Service in Los Angeles/Oxnard has issued aFire Weather Watch for gusty Santa Ana winds and low relativehumidity, which is in effect from Tuesday morning through Thursdayevening.* WINDS...North to northeast winds gusting to 35 to 55 mph.* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative humidities 10 to 20 percent Tuesdaydecreasing to 5 to 15 percent by Thursday.* IMPACTS...If fire ignition occurs, conditions are favorable forrapid fire spread and extreme fire behavior which would threatenlife and property.A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditionsare likely to occur in the coming days. Residents near wildlandinterfaces should prepare now on what to do if a wildfire breaksout. See readyforwildfire.org and wildfirerisk.org forinformation..

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Wind Advisory issued December 28 at 2:27AM PST until December 28 at 10:00AM PST by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA* WHAT...Areas of north winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.* WHERE...Northern Ventura County Mountains, Santa Barbara CountyInterior Mountains, and Southern Ventura County Mountains.* WHEN...Until 10 AM PST this morning.* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Treelimbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for driversof high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

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