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Red Flag Warning issued June 17 at 2:23PM PDT until June 18 at 6:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT TUESDAY FORGUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST COMBININGWITH LOW TO VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE INTERSTATE-5CORRIDOR IN NORTHWEST LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND THE VENTURA COUNTYMOUNTAINS......RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6PM PDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVEHUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS AND HIGHWAY 14CORRIDOR....Dangerous fire-weather conditions are expected to continuethrough Tuesday and expand in areal coverage. Strong northwest tonorth winds, shifting to the northeast between Midnight and 6 AMPDT Tuesday, will combine with low to very low daytime relativehumidity, and only poor to moderate overnight relative humidityrecovery. These conditions will be favorable for the rapid growthand spread of wildfires, including the ongoing Post Fire complex.The Red Flag Warning for gusty northwest to north winds and lowrelative humidity for the Interstate-5 corridor in northwest LosAngeles County and the Ventura County mountains is now in effectuntil 6 PM PDT Tuesday, and includes an expected wind shift tothe northeasterly direction between midnight and 6 AM PDTTuesday. Thereafter, gusty northeast winds will continue, asrelative humidity becomes very low, falling into the singledigits. In addition, the Red Flag Warning has been extended inareal coverage to include the western San Gabriel Mountains andHighway 14 Corridor from Midnight tonight to 6 PM PDT Tuesday,where gusty northeast winds and relative humidity falling to thesingle digit readings is expected.* WINDS...Northeast 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph, locally 55mph, gradually tapering off on Tuesday.* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 to 45 percent tonight falling to 5 to10 percent Tuesday.* IMPACTS...Conditions will be favorable for rapid rates of firegrowth and spread.A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditionsare either occurring now, or will shortly. Use extreme cautionwith anything that can spark a wildfire. Residents near wildlandinterfaces should be prepared to evacuate if a wildfire breaksout. See readyforwildfire.org and wildfirerisk.org forinformation.

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