RED FLAG ALERT ON FOR WEEKEND DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS MAY SPIKE FIRE WOES.Byline: Staff and Wire Services SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, -- Firefighters are on alert today in Santa Clarita as dry and windy conditions return. 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. is in effect through 6 p.m. Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. in the region, bad news for crews fighting the nearly 3-week-old Day Fire northwest of Castaic, which was nearly 50 percent contained Friday. The warning -- indicating conditions ripe for wildfires -- comes as the National Weather Services calls for winds gusting up to 55 mph. Conditions will be the most dangerous early this afternoon. ``In addition to the strong winds, very dry conditions can be expected, with humidities lowering into the single digits and teens,'' the Weather Service noted in issuing the warning. ``While the offshore winds are expected to diminish some late Saturday into Sunday, very low humidities are expected to continue across much of the warning area through Sunday afternoon.'' Temperatures will hit the mid-80s today and dip into dip into Verb 1. to draw upon: he dipped into his savings 2. to read passages at random from (a book or journal) Verb 1. the 50s overnight. Smoke from the Day Fire likely will drift over the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. , which has been under a health warning for those with chronic respiratory or heart ailments. Sunday will be warmer with winds expected to peak at 20 mph to 30 mph. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) A photographer, above, captures the sun setting above the Santa Clarita Valley through smoke from the Day Fire on Friday. Below, smoke from the fire, which has burned more than 100,000 acres in the Los Padres National Forest Los Padres National Forest is a forest located in southern and central California, which includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast from Ventura to Monterey, extending inland. Elevations range from sea level to 8,831 feet. , fills the sky at sunset. |
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