The prolonged Heal Twave from southern California is finally forecast that will begin on Wednesday, but high temperatures will continue to bring health and fire risks on Monday and Tuesday.
A cooling trend is expected to fall slowly instead on Wednesday after a week of scoring temperatures that baked inside the southland and fed several rapid forest fires.
“On Wednesday it will be a little colder and then we will see a cooling trend on Thursday … and the weekend,” said Bryan Lewis, a meteorologist of the National Meteorological Service in Oxnard. “We are seeing relatively cold temperatures next week.”
While it is forecast that the reuse time falls temperatures of 10 to 15 degrees from the maximum maximums, Lewis said that temperatures will be kept hot at least in September.
But until that slight cooling, much of the region remains under heat warnings and notices that, according to officials, will continue to create high fire conditions.
The Antelope Valley and the surrounding foothills are under an extreme heat warning for Monday and Tuesday, with maximums that are forecast up to 110 degrees and remain in the 80s at night, according to the National Meteorological Service. The Mojave desert also received an extreme heat warning, with temperatures that are expected to reach 110, reaching up to 122 degrees in the Valley of Death.
Heat notices were also issued for much of the interior and mountainous areas of southern California, with maximums reaching the 90 or triple digits, even through the mountains of San Gabriel, the inner empire and the mountains of the County of San Bernardino and Santa Barbara. Much of the Central Valley is also under a heat warning, with maximums that are expected around 105.
While most of the Los Angeles County is not under a heat warning, the maximums will remain higher than the average on Monday and Tuesday, it is expected to reach 90 degrees on Monday in the center of Los Angeles, however, the coastal areas will not be affected by a strong sea layer.
The heat will continue to dry an already pairing landscape, which Lewis said that he will maintain the threat of high forest fires even without an important forecast of important winds.
“Every time you have these warm, especially prolonged temperatures, [fire weather] It is still definitely worrying, ”said Lewis.
However, firefighters have been able to advance in Canyon's fire, which exploded in the east of Ventura County during the beginning of the heat wave last week. The 5,370 acres fire was contained in 91% as of Monday and all evacuation warnings had been raised. According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, two houses were destroyed in the fire, as well as seven smaller sheds, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
But further north, officials remained concerned about the Gifford fire, which is burning in the north of Santa Barbara County and the south of San Luis Obispo county. Since it was lit on August 1, the fire has charged almost 120,000 acres as of Monday, becoming the largest fire of the year of the State.
While the Gifford fire is burning mainly in wild areas, the United States forest service officials said that the high continuous temperatures will maintain the challenging conditions. It was 33% content from Monday, and generalized orders and warnings of evacuation remain in force.
The cause of both fires remains under investigation.
