SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 912 AM PDT SAT OCT 11 2008 ...SANTA ANA WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... ...PATCHY FROST POSSIBLE IN WIND PROTECTED LOCATIONS... HIGH PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER NEVADA WILL CAUSE SANTA ANA WINDS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE STRONGEST OF THESE WINDS IS EXPECTED TO BE MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS WHERE GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND 45 MPH BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY COAST AND VALLEYS. VERY LOW HUMIDITIES DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WILL ACCOMPANY THE WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE A CRITICALLY HIGH FIRE DANGER RISK ACROSS THE AREA. THE OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING WARMER TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER...THE WARMING TREND WILL BE GRADUAL...ESPECIALLY INLAND. SUNDAY AND MONDAY THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT THE COAST WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S...WHILE THE VALLEYS REMAIN MOSTLY IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S. THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WILL BE EVEN COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S TO AROUND 70. BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...HIGHS WILL JUMP UP SEVERAL DEGREES WITH LOW 90S EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AND 70S AND 80S ELSEWHERE. EARLY MORNING LOWS WILL BE QUITE CHILLY IN WIND PROTECTED LOCATIONS WHERE PATCHY FROST IS POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS SUCH AS INTERIOR SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...AS WELL AS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WILL SEE TEMPERATURES DIPPING INTO THE HIGH 20S FOR A FEW HOURS EACH MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY. EVEN SOME COASTAL VALLEY LOCATIONS IN VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUCH AS OJAI AND MALIBU CANYON WILL DROP INTO THE MID 30S.Note: In order to comply with National Weather Service safety tests, occasionally this product will display test alerts, which are normally conducted during calm, quiet weather.
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