Red Flag Fire Watch Isssued!

A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AND DESTABILIZE THE AIR MASS WHILE SHIFTING SOUTH TONIGHT. THE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DRAW MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH...OVER THE AREA...TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY BUT THREAT OF DRY LIGHTNING WILL DIMINISH SUNDAY AS THE MOISTURE DEEPENS WITHIN THE THREAT AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHWARD SATURDAY AFTERNOON THEN BEGIN MOVING WEST AND NORTHWESTWARD SATURDAY NIGHT. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS FOR INTERIOR SAN LUIS OBISPO...SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS... THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WATCH AREA STARTING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * OUTFLOW WINDS...STRONG AND ERRATIC WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF DRY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS...AND DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.