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Your Devil Winds Forecast
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Last night's howling winds might have tipped you off: the mighty Santa Ana winds are back.
Don't say we didn't warn you (we did), but we wanted to give you an update on the winds that are making us a little crazy and knocking out our power. The National Weather Service sent out a fire weather message and a red flag warning this morning for the Southland, according to City News Service.
The red flag warning for the Santa Monica Mountains and the Santa Clarita and San Fernando Valleys begins at 8 pm tonight and lasts until 2 pm Saturday. For coastal and downtown Los Angeles, the red flag warning is in effect from 3 am until 6 pm on Friday.
Northeast winds will be blowing and humidity will be dropping, which unfortunately are the perfect conditions for a wildfire to spread really fast (so watch those cigarette butts). Prepare yourselves: winds are expected to peak early on Friday and humidity is expected to be at its lowest on Friday and Saturday afternoon. Gusts of wind could get up to 60-65 mph in the Santa Monica Mountains and valleys and 45 mph in central Los Angeles.
It's probably a good idea to have a back-up plan in case you lose power as many Angelenos did last night and this morning. (Residents in Alhambra, South Pasadena and Montebello lost power, too, but that had nothing to do with the wind, according to CNS.)
The @LAFDtalk twitter account is offering up tips about how to prepare for the windstorm, and we're guessing #lawind hashtag will be in heavy use over the next few days.
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