Strong winds are going to blow into California Wednesday night and continue through Friday night. They will be strongest in the southern part of the state where a red flag warning is in effect for the greater Los Angeles area. Wind gusts to 80 mph will occur over the mountains and below the canyons and passes.
Here is the forecast from the National Weather Service:
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URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
934 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011
RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES FOR VERY STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…
A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER ARIZONA AND GENERATE STRONG NORTHEAST SANTA ANA WINDS OVER MOST OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES THIS EVENING THROUGH MOST OF FRIDAY. PEAK SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED 40 MPH…ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS…WITH PEAK WIND GUSTS LIKELY EXCEEDING 60 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO HELP TO MAINTAIN LOW HUMIDITY READINGS…ESPECIALLY OVER THE COASTS AND VALLEYS.
ALTHOUGH THESE WINDS SHOULD WEAKEN BY FRIDAY EVENING…THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OVER THE WEEKEND.
I don’t know what everyone is talking about high winds Im in Chino, CA and the winds are none or definitly calm, no wind to speak of here it is 12:00 A.M and I have not seen or heard a strong gust all night?
strong winds are already blowing here. the Angeles is on 24 hour staffing until Saturday.