Friday,  Jan. 17, 2014 • Vol. 16--No. 185 • 10 of 32

Critical Fire Weather Conditions Continue to Threaten California

• Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions will continue to pose a serious fire weather threat to parts of California on Friday. The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a Critical fire weather risk area in Southern California. Red Flag Warnings will remain in effect for large swaths of California until Friday evening (PST).
Today: Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 20s. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Coldest wind chill readings 15 below to 25 below zero in the morning.
Tonight: Windy. Not as cold. Mostly

Yesterday's Weather
High: 37.0°F at 12:01 AM
Low: 5.9°F at 11:22 PM
Wind Chill:
High Gust: 48 mph at 4:16 PM
Precip: 0.00
Snow for the season: 14.00

Record High: 48° in 1947
Record Low:  -32° in 1997
Average High: 22°F
Average Low: 1°F
Average Precip in Jan.:  0.27
Precip to date in Jan.: 0.00
Average Precip to date: 0.27
Precip Year to Date: 0.00
Sunset Tonight: 5:20 p.m.
Sunrise Tomorrow: 8:08 a.m.

cloudy with a 30 percent chance of light snow. Areas of blowing snow after midnight. Lows in the lower 20s. Temperature steady or slowly rising after midnight. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph increasing to northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph after midnight.
Saturday: Windy. Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of light snow in the morning. Areas of blowing snow through the day. Highs in the upper 20s. Temperature steady or slowly falling in the afternoon. Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph decreasing to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear. Lows 15 to 20. Temperature steady or slowly rising after midnight. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows around 15.
Martin Luther King Jr Day: Colder. Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of light snow. Highs 15 to 20.
Monday Night: Colder. Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows around 10 below.
Tuesday: Partly sunny. Highs around 15.
Tuesday Night Through Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy. Lows zero to 5 above. Highs 10 to 15.

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