Red Flag warnings will be in effect for Los Angeles and Ventura counties from Tuesday to Thursday as strong Santa Ana winds blast through the area.
“A fairly rare situation setting up starting tonight, peak lasting into Thursday with a peak of Tuesday evening into Wednesday,” Andrew Rourke with the National Weather Service told KNX News’ Jon Baird.
Winds in L.A. County are expected to be between “30 to 45 mph with gusts between 60 and 80 mph expected,” while winds in Ventura County are expected to be between “25 to 40 mph with gusts between 6 0 and 80 mph expected,” according to NWS.
Baird reported that forecasters could elevate this to what is referred as a “particularly dangerous situation.”
“That means that it’s a situation where the combination of all the factors is coming together to form an environment where fires starts,” Rourke explained. “ If they do, we’ll put it extremely rapidly and extremely dangerously.”
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