Local brief
Red Flag Warning: Santa Barbara County, CA — Cuyama Valley and interior mountains 3 a.m. to 6 p.m. PDT Friday, Oct. 16
NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard issued a Red Flag Warning for the Cuyama Valley and the Santa Barbara County Interior Mountains from 3 a.m. to 6 p.m. PDT Friday, Oct. 16. East winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph and humidity as low as 8 percent; NWS says any new fire could show extreme fire behavior.
Essentials: The National Weather Service in Los Angeles/Oxnard issued a Red Flag Warning (KLOX.FW.W.0005) at 1:15 p.m. PDT Wednesday, Oct. 14, for two Santa Barbara County fire weather zones: the Cuyama Valley and the Santa Barbara County Interior Mountains. It is in effect from 3 a.m. to 6 p.m. PDT Friday, Oct. 16. NWS says the Fire Weather Watch for the interior mountains is no longer in effect. The South Coast, including the city of Santa Barbara, is not listed in this warning.
Get prepared: https://noticenearby.com/prepare
What NWS forecasts: East winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph, and minimum relative humidity of 8 to 15 percent common. NWS says: "If fire ignition occurs, conditions are favorable for extreme fire behavior which would threaten life and property."
What NWS says to do: A Red Flag Warning means critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will shortly. NWS urges extreme caution with anything that can spark a wildfire and says residents near wildland interfaces should be prepared to evacuate if a wildfire breaks out. NWS points to readyforwildfire.org and wildfirerisk.org for information.
Wider event: NWS says moderate to locally strong Santa Ana winds will develop quickly Thursday, peak Thursday afternoon through Friday afternoon, then slowly weaken through the weekend, while dry air dries out any effects of the recent rains. The same warning covers most of Los Angeles and Ventura counties from 6 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, to 8 p.m. PDT Saturday, Oct. 17. Regional brief: https://noticenearby.com/briefs/red-flag-warning-santa-ana-winds-los-angeles-ventura-ca-oct-15-16-2026
Sources: National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard Red Flag Warning (KLOX.FW.W.0005) via api.weather.gov (https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.acd9ae840dba78c67969047b1b7bd36f59cef13f.003.1). Verified Wednesday, Oct. 14. Updates: https://www.weather.gov/lox/. Notice Nearby wrote this brief in its own words. Same-zone segment for the interior mountains: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.acd9ae840dba78c67969047b1b7bd36f59cef13f.001.2. More Santa Barbara County notices: https://noticenearby.com/ca/santa-barbara
Notice Nearby on X: https://x.com/NoticeNearYou/status/2110490140917522637
Source: the public notice on this register NN-NWS-20261014-KLOX-FW-W-0005-santa-barbara · National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard Red Flag Warning.
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