Someone I know had to rush off yesterday to help her father evacuate near Frazier Park. Looks dreadful.
The A.V. has zero wind forecast (which is somewhat unusual), so I was wondering what the fire wind forecast is.
A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
919 AM PDT WED SEP 27 2006
...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS
ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM THURSDAY FOR VERY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...
.AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS
THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY BRINGING VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS
TO INLAND AREAS. THE DRIEST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...WHERE A
RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF VERY
LOW HUMIDITIES. PORTIONS OF THESE AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE
A LONG DURATION OF HUMIDITIES AT 10 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...ALONG WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. THE
DRIEST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ABOVE AN ELEVATION OF 3000
FEET. MODERATE ONSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...WHERE LOCAL GUSTS TO 20
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.
ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE SOMEWHAT ON FRIDAY AS A WEAK
UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA. WHILE THIS MAY BEGIN TO BRING SOME COOLING AND HIGHER
HUMIDITIES TO LOWER ELEVATIONS...THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN QUITE DRY WITH AN INCREASE IN ONSHORE WINDS.
ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AS THE
UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PREVAILS ACROSS CALIFORNIA. OVER
THE WEEKEND...THERE SHOULD BE A GRADUAL COOLING TREND WITH
GRADUALLY HIGHER HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION.