More Santa Ana winds to bring extreme wildfire risk to Southern California this weekend

Another Santa Ana wind event is expected to take place Friday evening into Saturday, and combined with low relative humidity, will bring critical risk for wildfire in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

Another Santa Ana wind event is expected to batter Los Angeles and Ventura counties Friday evening into Saturday, and combined with low relative humidity, could bring extreme wildfire risk to the region.

Weather Service meteorologist David Sweet said that wind speeds over the weekend will be around 5 to 10 mph less than Wednesday’s event.is in effect from 1 a.m. Saturday until 10 a.m. Sunday for the Los Angeles and Ventura county mountains and the Santa Clarita, San Fernando and Ventura valleys. Humidity levels are expected to hover in the 12% to 20% range starting early Saturday, with levels as low as 8% to 15% in the Los Angeles and Ventura county valleys.

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