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LOS ANGELES – Another round of potentially damaging Santa Ana winds will hit much of Southern California on Tuesday and linger through mid-week, combining with low humidity to lead to dangerous wildfires.
The Santa Ana winds could bring gusts of up to 80 miles per hour to parts of the region, prompting a “particularly hazardous situation” (PDS) fire warning for much of the Santa Ana wind corridor of Los Angeles counties through Tuesday Angeles and Ventura. The IBS warning applies to the Susana Mountains until Wednesday. Further south, San Diego County is also under a fire warning.
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NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center is predicting “extreme” fire conditions for Tuesday in places like Santa Clarita, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Moorpark and Santa Paula along the Southern California coast.
These areas remain under a standard red flag warning until Wednesday at 6 p.m., along with the eastern San Fernando Valley, San Gabriel Valley and the 5 Freeway corridor.
The wind will decrease on Wednesday afternoon. However, the humidity will remain extremely low.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department issued a statement saying the agency “has implemented its comprehensive staffing plan by ordering additional personnel and predeploying ground and air resources throughout the county.”
This comes as the Franklin Fire burning in Malibu has scorched more than 2,000 acres, forcing evacuations.
As usual during red flag conditions, Southern California Edison advised thousands of customers that they could experience power outages designed to prevent electrical equipment from starting wildfires when winds threaten.
The Santa Ana winds blow from the Santa Ana Mountains in Southern California, bringing in hot, dry air from the east of the mountains. They can occur at any time of the year, but are more common during cooler weather fall Through winter.
The source: This story was reported with information from the National Weather Service, FOX Weather and City News Service.
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