Santa Ana winds are set to hit Southern California on Thursday, Oct. 15, with gusts up to 70 mph in the mountains, and the National Weather Service has put most of Los Angeles and Ventura counties under Red Flag Warnings through Saturday.
The NWS office in Los Angeles expects northeast to east winds of 20 to 40 mph, with gusts of 50 to 70 mph, from 6 a.m. Thursday to 8 p.m. Saturday in the mountains of both counties. The winds should be strongest from Thursday afternoon through Friday afternoon. Humidity is forecast to drop to between 8 and 20 percent…