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it will get worse before it gets better?!....red flag warning issued for L.A. -> major Santa Ana Winds..... - NewtonMP2100 - 09-08-2020
.....starting 12 p.m. Tuesday until 8 p.m. Wednesday.....
.....local utilities say they may shut off power......
......After power lines were responsible for the deadly Camp Fire in Northern California and the Woolsey Fire that ripped through Agoura Hills, Calabasas and Malibu in 2018, power providers like Southern California Edison, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and PG&E are quick to cut power to lines in wildfire-prone areas......
Santa Ana winds to elevate fire danger in Los Angeles, Ventura counties
.....Santa Ana winds are expected to hit Los Angeles and Ventura counties on Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing critical fire condition to the region as it also faces extreme heat, officials said.
A Red Flag Warning has been issued starting 12 p.m. Tuesday until 8 p.m. Wednesday for the mountain and valley areas of the two counties due to “early season” gusty Santa Ana winds and low humidity, according to the National Weather Service. The Santa Ana winds will bring widespread, critical fire weather conditions as the region is already grappling with burning wildfires.
“This is a particularly dangerous period for new fires given the hot, dry, and windy conditions,” the agency said. “Fuel moisture conditions are very low at this time of the year and rapid fire spread will be possible.”
The critically dry fuels will result in a greater threat of fire ignition and more rapid flame growth.
A Red Flag Warning was also in place until 10 p.m. Monday in L.A. and Ventura counties, including near the Interstate 5 corridor, due to gusty north winds, low relative humidity and “very hot” temperatures, the NWS said. The conditions were expected to make large plume-driven fires a possibility throughout the region.
The southern coast and mountains of Santa Barbara were also under the Monday advisory.
Strong high pressure is expected to continue to bring dangerous heat with low humidities to the southwestern part of the state, with very hot and dry conditions and gusty north winds, according to the NWS.
A three-day heat wave brought triple-digit temperatures to much of California during Labor Day weekend, as several fires continued to burn in the region Monday, including the Bobcat Fire in the Angeles National Forest above Azusa and the El Dorado Fire in the Yucaipa area.
The coming Santa Ana winds were expected to complicate the firefight against the flames.
“The situation that we have right now is a life-threatening situation with the weather forecasts that we have for the next three days,” said Steve Goldman, incident commander for the Eastern Area Incident Management Team.
The wind conditions could potentially push the flames from the Bobcat Fire in the direction of six nearby communities, including Duarte, Monrovia, Azusa, Bradbury, Arcadia and Sierra Madre, he added.
“All of those six, because of the rate of spread of a fire like that — they’re all going to be in a warning or in an evacuation mode if you get a strong Santa Ana push to that fire,” Goldman said.
Los Angeles County officials warned of poor air quality caused by smoke and ash from the Bobcat Fire Monday, as nearly half of the state’s national forests temporarily closed due to the mixture of extreme heat and dangerous fire conditions.
be.......safe..........?!
Re: it will get worse before it gets better?!....red flag warning issued for L.A. -> major Santa Ana Winds..... - N-OS X-tasy! - 09-08-2020
Almost none of the current fires are located in either L.A. or Ventura county.
Re: it will get worse before it gets better?!....red flag warning issued for L.A. -> major Santa Ana Winds..... - RgrF - 09-08-2020
With Santa Ana conditions that could change overnight. PG&E customers seem most vulnerable. A utility that has to stop providing utility due to it's decayed infrastructure, is no longer a utility.
Not to mention it's also been found to be a criminal organization.
Re: it will get worse before it gets better?!....red flag warning issued for L.A. -> major Santa Ana Winds..... - ztirffritz - 09-08-2020
Yakima had 30+ mph winds for about 8 hours today. My front yard looks like a tornado went through.
Re: it will get worse before it gets better?!....red flag warning issued for L.A. -> major Santa Ana Winds..... - Speedy - 09-08-2020
Refer to it as a prescribed burn and call it a day. Evacuate all the residents, etc.
Re: it will get worse before it gets better?!....red flag warning issued for L.A. -> major Santa Ana Winds..... - davester - 09-08-2020
Ditto for northern California
Re: it will get worse before it gets better?!....red flag warning issued for L.A. -> major Santa Ana Winds..... - Ca Bob - 09-08-2020
The problem with having these conditions spring up is that there are already fires burning. Add 40 or 50 mph winds, incredibly dry air, and a hot day, and the current fires could spread way out of control.
I wonder if the Southern California inland areas are going to be just as out of bounds as the Gulf Coast as global warming continues to develop -- ie: what insurance company is going to be willing to offer coverage if there is a hurricane every 9 years or a brush fire every 15?
Re: it will get worse before it gets better?!....red flag warning issued for L.A. -> major Santa Ana Winds..... - Wags - 09-08-2020
Here in Portland we're getting 50-60mph gusts right now. I lost power for a couple hours but it came back on 20 minutes ago. Air quality is bad with AQI at about 170 and rising due to smoke from forest fires. We're being warned not to do anything that might trigger a fire. Humidity has dropped to below 20%. Supposed to last through tomorrow.
Re: it will get worse before it gets better?!....red flag warning issued for L.A. -> major Santa Ana Winds..... - RgrF - 09-08-2020
Will 2020 never end?
Re: it will get worse before it gets better?!....red flag warning issued for L.A. -> major Santa Ana Winds..... - Speedy - 09-08-2020
RgrF wrote:
Will 2020 never end?
It will but it is only getting worse as the year progresses.