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"Critical" fire weather conditions could pick back up on Wednesday, January 22, and remain in effect until Saturday, January 25, as another round of Santa Ana Winds sweeps across Southern California.
MORE: California fires weather forecast: 'Dangerous' wind situation begins early Tuesday. In addition to gusty winds, relative humidity will be very low, down to 8%.
The largest, the Palisades Fire, has spread by late Monday to almost 24,000 acres with only 14% containment, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
The combination of drought-like conditions — Southern California has had less than 10% of average rainfall since Oct. 1 — and powerful offshore winds that hit the region Tuesday prompted fire ...
But high winds are forecast to pick up again Monday and Tuesday, with gusts up to 70 miles an hour creating "extremely dangerous fire weather conditions" across coastal southern California, the ...
The windstorm and resulting fire danger were well forecast. On January 2, the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) warned that conditions in Southern California fostered "above normal significant fire potential." [9] That same day, local National Weather Service (NWS) forecasts noted the potential for intense fires and issued a Fire Weather ...
MORE: California fires weather forecast: Nearly 10 million on alert for fire conditions The average temperature in that time period has been 4.2 degrees warmer this year than it was in 1962/63.
Southern California will remain under a red flag warning as winds of 30-50 mph and low humidity continue throughout the area until Wednesday at 6 p.m., according to the National Weather Service ...