Don't put away the bathing suit yet WEATHER: While hot and dry conditions are good for swimming, crews must ramp up fight vs. Station Fire.Byline: Bob Strauss, Staff Writer How hot is it going to be this week? The National Weather Service suggests finding the nearest body of water and jumping in. "In the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , it'll be a perfect time for swimming," said Jamie Stern, a hydrologist hy·drol·o·gy n. The scientific study of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on the earth's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere. with the National Weather Service based in Oxnard. As a high pressure system sets in over Southern California, temperatures in Northridge are expected to climb from a high of 97 degrees today to 104 on Tuesday and Wednesday, with only a slight dip to 101 on Thursday. Hot winds also will kick up starting tonight. Though winds will reach swirls ranging from 45 miles an hour in the mountains and canyons to 35 in the valleys and relative humidity is expected to fall into single digits, the National Weather Service isn't saying it's a Santa Ana condition. "At this point, we prefer not to call it that," Stern said. "We're concerned that may instigate To incite, stimulate, or induce into action; goad into an unlawful or bad action, such as a crime. The term instigate is used synonymously with abet, which is the intentional encouragement or aid of another individual in committing a crime. some people with ill intentions." They do expect to issue a red flag warning A Red Flag Warning is a forecast warning issued by the United States National Weather Service to tell area firefighting and land management agencies that conditions are ideal for wildland fire ignition and propagation. today, however. Over at the smoldering smol·der also smoul·der intr.v. smol·dered, smol·der·ing, smol·ders 1. To burn with little smoke and no flame. 2. remnants of the devastating Station Fire, fire officials weren't taking any chances. Though 93 percent contained, the largest fire in Los Angeles County history could still threaten the Mount Wilson area. Over the weekend, four 2,000-capacity heavy helitankers and three fixed-wing tankers were drenching drenching farmer's term for the administration of medicines as solutions or suspensions in water by mouth with a drench bottle, gun or funnel. drenching bit to be included in a bridle as a bit. hot spots. "And they're painting the ridge east of Mount Wilson with retardant this afternoon," said Carol Underhill, spokeswoman for the U.S. Forest Service. "We're being abundantly cautious. We're really trying to make sure that we do everything we can before those winds pop up (tonight)." Since an arsonist started the Station Fire on Aug. 26, some 160,550 acres of the Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los - about a fourth of its total territory - have been scorched. About 750 personnel are working to fully contain the blaze by Tuesday, but Underhill noted there are still 100 structures, 50 of them commercial buildings, threatened. But she noted one positive impact of the Station Fire as we enter early autumn's prime Santa Ana season. "We now have a big firebreak fire·break n. A strip of cleared or plowed land used to stop the spread of a fire. Also called fireguard. firebreak Noun a strip of open land in a forest to stop the advance of a fire , don't we?" Underhill said. "But I don't know how much you can spin off of that." Weather experts say don't expect the relatively cool summer we've enjoyed this year to have much bearing on how things go for the rest of this month and October, either. "The temperatures that we have coming up will just reflect what weather patterns we have, where our high and low pressure zones are," Stern from the National Weather Service explained. bob.strauss@dailynews.com Bob Strauss, 818-713-3670 |
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