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RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
330 PM PST WED NOV 26 2003

CAZ044>047-053-054-088-271730-

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THANKSGIVING DAY MORNING 
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND SANTA ANA WINDS FOR 
THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES 
COUNTIES...ZONES 244 THROUGH 247...253...254 AND 288.

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE GREAT BASIN 
TONIGHT...FORCING NORTHEAST WINDS TO DEVELOP ACROSS VENTURA AND LOS 
ANGELES COUNTIES BY THANKSGIVING DAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE 
STRONGEST THROUGH AND BELOW NORTHEAST-SOUTHWEST ORIENTED PASSES AND 
CANYONS AND BLOW BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS. 
THE AIRMASS OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL ALSO BECOME INCREASINGLY 
DRY. THERE WILL BE A PERIOD FROM AROUND 9 AM UNTIL AROUND 2 PM BOTH 
THANKSGIVING DAY AND FRIDAY WHEN THE WINDS WILL PEAK AND RELATIVE 
HUMIDITY WILL BE BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE 
MOST PREVALENT IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...ALONG THE SOUTHERN 
AND WESTERN SLOPES OF THE LOS PADRES AND ANGELES NATIONAL 
FOREST...INCLUDING SOLEDAD CANYON...AND THE FOLLOWING VALLEY 
LOCATIONS: NORTHERN SAN FERNANDO VALLEY...CONEJO VALLEY...SIMI 
VALLEY...SANTA CLARA RIVER VALLEY AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY. 

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD 
OF THIS WARNING.

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MOYER