SoCal Weekend Set To Be Hot, Hot, Hot! Los Angeles, CA - With the weekend heat coming on, lots of people are filling their water bottles in order the stay hydrated. Some like the heat. Some hate it. But Los Angeles County Fire Captain Brian Jordan says we all have to deal with it, and the most important thing we can do is stay hydrated. "If you do not maintain your hydration you can get woosy. You can pass out. And, the first person you'll see when you wake up is a paramedic." That's because "dehydration can render you unconscious or worse," said Jordan. Some find this October heat wave unbearable. "It's been a crazy wave. To think in September it's supposed to be fall and we're melting in the middle of the afternoon. It is kind of annoying," said Joe Reitman, who lives in the San Fernando Valley. Jordan, who can't stress the need to stay hydrated enough, says a lot of people just don't understand why hydration is important. He says LA County Fire has a hydration policy "that firefighters drink 48 to 64 ounces of water per day." (FOX 11 / CNS) The Southland remained in the cross hairs of a wildfire threat today amid unseasonably high heat, gusty Santa Ana winds and low humidity. A red flag warning indicating a risk of wildfire will stay in effect in mountain, forest and valley areas of Los Angeles and Ventura counties until early this evening. Valley areas are expected to experience temperatures in the 100s Friday and even higher temperatures Saturday. "The combination of rising temperatures, very low humidity and offshore breezes in combination with critically dry vegetation will bring a high fire danger to much of southwest California through this weekend,'' according to a National Weather Service statement.
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SoCal Weekend Set To Be Hot, Hot, Hot!
Los Angeles, CA -
With the weekend heat coming on, lots of people are filling their water bottles in order the stayhydrated.
Some like the heat. Some hate it. But Los Angeles County Fire Captain Brian Jordan says we all haveto deal with it, and the most important thing we can do is stay hydrated.
"If you do not maintain your hydration you can get woosy. You can pass out. And, the first personyou'll see when you wake up is a paramedic." That's because "dehydration can render youunconscious or worse," said Jordan.
Some find this October heat wave unbearable.
"It's been a crazy wave. To think in September it's supposed to be fall and we're melting in themiddle of the afternoon. It is kind of annoying," said Joe Reitman, who lives in the San FernandoValley.
Jordan, who can't stress the need to stay hydrated enough, says a lot of people just don't understandwhy hydration is important. He says LA County Fire has a hydration policy "that firefighters drink 48to 64 ounces of water per day."
(FOX 11 / CNS) The Southland remained in the cross hairs of a wildfire threat today amidunseasonably high heat, gusty Santa Ana winds and low humidity. A red flag warning indicating arisk of wildfire will stay in effect in mountain, forest and valley areas of Los Angeles and Venturacounties until early this evening.
Valley areas are expected to experience temperatures in the 100s Friday and even highertemperatures Saturday. "The combination of rising temperatures, very low humidity and offshorebreezes in combination with critically dry vegetation will bring a high fire danger to much ofsouthwest California through this weekend,'' according to a National Weather Service statement.
Winds of between 15 and 20 miles per hour are expected in the Santa Monica and San GabrielMountains today, gusting to 35 mph, NWS forecasters said.
This morning's strongest gusts in L.A. County were reported in the San Gabriels: 32 mph in WarmSprings, 29 mph at Whitaker Peak, and 27 mph in Chilao.
The humidity level will be between 4 and 10 percent today, and mountain temperatures will be inthe 90s.
"With extremely dry fuels in place, if fire ignition occurs there could be rapid spread of wildfire thatwould lead to a threat to life and property.''
The National Weather Service forecast highs of 83 in San Clemente; 87 in Avalon and NewportBeach; 89 on Mount Wilson; 90 in Palmdale and Lancaster; 91 in Laguna Beach; 95 at LAX; 100 indowntown L.A. and Long Beach; 98 in Saugus; 101 in Irvine and Burbank; 102 in Pasadena, SanGabriel, Anaheim, Mission Viejo and Yorba Linda; 104 in Fullerton; and 105 in Woodland Hills.
Saturday's temperatures are forecast to be slightly higher, with a cooling trend getting underwaySunday.
http://www.myfoxla.com/story/26683806/red-flag-warning-in-effect-fire-weather-returns-to-southland
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