Wind and low humidity bring elevated fire risk to parts of Southern California

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Elevated fire weather conditions are expected through Sunday across the Southland's interior valleys, mountains and deserts, along with brief periods of critical fire weather conditions.

Late summer in California always brings fire risks, but that’s particularly so during the second year of drought as the effects of climate change intensify around the globe.

“We have strong onshore winds and it’s still warm out there. And it’s also still really dry,” said Kristen Stewart, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.

 

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