Fire weather warning for north O.C.

November 13th, 2009, 9:39 pm · 13 Comments · posted by Gary Robbins, science writer-editor

Updated Saturday,

4:15

The National Weather Service has upped the potential threat of wildfire, issuing a red flag fire warning for northeastern Orange County. (Check description above.) Earlier, forecasters had a lesser, fire weather watch in place for the whole county.

The red flag fire weather warning will be in effect from 9 a.m. Sunday to 6 p.m. on Monday. The weather service says in an advisory, “Northeast winds of 15-25 mph with gusts in excess of mph will develop below the Cajon Pass and in the Santa Ana Mountains and foothills Sunday morning. The winds should spread south and east into portions of inland Riverside and San Diego counties during the day and continue into Monday. Local gusts in excess of 45 mph are possible at times in the windiest locations. Relative humidities will drop to 15 percent or less for several hours on Monday, mainly in the valleys and on the lower coastal mountain slopes, and below 10 percent for 10 hours or more on Monday, especially at the lower elevations. ”

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aceofspades says:

November 13, 2009 at 10:10 pm

Thanks Gary… that’s an important update!

by the way… where is the related Shel Silverstein poem!?

aceofspades says:

November 13, 2009 at 10:14 pm

By the way… I am not being sarcastic Gary.. I am joking about the poem thing, cuz that was really funny (from an outsider view)… but regarding appreciation for your articles, that is sincere!

callthebal says:

November 14, 2009 at 12:04 am

Thanks for the info Gary!

OCRez says:

November 14, 2009 at 8:54 am

I believe the Freeway fire in Yorba Linda started a year ago today; it’s still dangerous out there this time of year with no recent rains.

OCBroker says:

November 14, 2009 at 10:53 am

Gary, do you know if the winds will make it to the OC coastline? The waves would be great if it did!

Lori says:

November 14, 2009 at 5:02 pm

I would rather have sleet, rain, hail, freezing temps or blistering temps!

I HATE WIND! It irritates me to no end.

Ken says:

November 14, 2009 at 6:19 pm

@OC Rez- And IIRC, the Santiago Fire around Foothill Ranch and the 241 started 2 years ago around Nov 10.

ocresident says:

November 14, 2009 at 6:23 pm

it was a year ago sunday that yorba linda experienced the impossible as fire consumed home after home in an unstoppable tidal wave of fire. the horror that had tragically touched so many other cities had suddenly invaded ours.

it was a terrible day for a beautiful city full of wonderful people.