Red Flag Warning

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1123 PM PST TUE NOV 24 2009

...LOCALLY WINDY WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE SANTA
ANA MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING....

.SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN AND OFFSHORE FLOW
WILL CONTINUE THE LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY OVER THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL BE WEAKER AND MORE
LOCALIZED ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

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SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE TRABUCO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL
FOREST-
1123 PM PST TUE NOV 24 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY FOR
NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 15
PERCENT...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY.

SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITY ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS
ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL GUST TO
AROUND 50 MPH THIS EVENING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN
DIMINISH TO AROUND 35 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THURSDAY MORNING.
LIGHTER WINDS ARE LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOONS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL BE NEAR OR BELOW 5 PERCENT WITH NO OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY
RECOVERY TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MAXIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT ONLY INCREASE TO
AROUND 10 PERCENT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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