Wind, Fire Weather Persists Across San Gabriel Valley

ARCADIA, CA — Much of San Gabriel Valley, remained under a red flag warning Monday signifying a high risk of wildfire due to continued high winds and low humidity, the National Weather Service reported.

The San Gabriel Mountains in L.A. and Ventura counties and L.A. County's San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys also remain under a red flag warning until at least 2 p.m. Monday, the National Weather Service said. At 10 p.m. Sunday, it went into force in the Santa Monica Mountains, the San Gabriel Valley and along the L.A. and Ventura County coastlines.

The less serious fire weather watch was declared from 11 p.m. Tuesday to 6 p.m. Thursday in much of L.A. and Ventura counties because of strong Santa Ana winds and very low humidity, but, with the NWS reporting the next Santa Ana wind event may be even stronger than the current one, the watch appeared likely to be upgraded to a red flag warning.

The NWS warned that gusts of 40 to 50 miles per hour are expected in L.A. and Ventura counties Monday morning, along with humidity levels of between 5 and 10 percent.
In the Antelope Valley, a freeze warning will be in effect until 9 a.m. Temperatures could dip to 28 degrees.

The NWS forecast sunny skies in L.A. County and highs of 60 on Mount Wilson; 64 in Palmdale and Lancaster; 70 in Saugus; 71 in Avalon; 76 in Burbank and at LAX; and 77 in Downtown L.A., Long Beach, Pasadena, San Gabriel and Woodland Hills. Tuesday's temperatures will be up to five degrees lower and roughly the same on Wednesday before ramping up by several degrees on Thursday, when highs will be 79 in Downtown L.A. and Woodland Hills.