SANTA ANAS, COLD NIGHTS PREDICTED.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Fire and ice are in the weather warnings for northern Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County. In 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, , yet another red-flag warning has been issued, indicating severe fire danger through tonight. High winds and low humidity have firefighters on alert for brush fires. But in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley , the National Weather Service issued a freeze warning through this morning. The entire region can expect powerful Santa Ana winds Santa Ana Winds may refer to: 1. Santa Ana wind, a local Southern California reference to Föhn winds, a meteorological phenomenon occurring as a layer of wind is forced over a mountain range -- drying the air -- which then passes over the crest and begins to move downslope -- and low humidities today. Winds were clocked at 47 mph Friday in Warm Springs, a forest community between Lake Hughes and Castaic. The weather service issued the red-flag warning effective until 11 tonight in most of the county, including Santa Clarita, but excluding the Antelope Valley. ``A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity relative humidity n. The ratio of the amount of water vapor in the air at a specific temperature to the maximum amount that the air could hold at that temperature, expressed as a percentage. and warm temperatures will create explosive fire growth potential,'' a weather service advisory said. Santa Clarita will have sunny skies today, with highs in the lower 80s and northeast winds 20 to 25 mph. . Sunday through Thursday -- including Halloween on Tuesday -- will be much the same, though slightly cooler. |
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