"Hot conditions and Santa Ana winds will hit Southern California this week, beginning the fall wildfire season in earnest as the region continues to recover from January's devastating firestorms. Though no red flag warnings have yet been issued, both the Santa Clarita and San Fernando Valley foothills will have elevated fire risks once the winds arrive, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Rose Schoenfeld."
""I don't think we can safely declare fire season over - especially with a prolonged period of anomalously warm and dry conditions coming up. Recent precipitation, however, does put it in a very different position than this time last year, when some of the driest conditions on record were rapidly developing in the Southland leading up to the devastating January 2025 fires," he wrote."
Hot conditions and Santa Ana winds will hit Southern California this week, beginning the fall wildfire season as the region recovers from January's devastating firestorms. No red flag warnings have been issued yet, but the Santa Clarita and San Fernando Valley foothills will face elevated fire risks once winds arrive. October's wetter conditions temporarily reduced fire danger, but November is trending warmer with a potential prolonged period of anomalously warm, dry conditions. Temperatures will reach the upper 80s to low 90s, 10 to 15 degrees above normal. Winds will be mostly confined to L.A. County mountains and foothills, and a heat advisory covers L.A. County, Orange County and the Inland Empire from 10 a.m. Tuesday to 7 p.m. Wednesday.
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