Southern California is expected to see its first rain of the winter this weekend, but it will have to get through a couple more days of windy fire weather first.
The National Weather Service warned that single-digit humidity and strong wind gusts on Thursday and into early Friday will create elevated wildfire conditions – again.
Wind gusts as high as 60 miles per hour were expected in parts of Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties on Thursday. The highest winds are expected to last until Thursday afternoon.
Residents, especially those living in fire-prone areas and communities, are advised to stay vigilant and be in a continual state of readiness,” an NWS bulletin reads.
The NWS Critical Fire Weather Warning, originally set to expire on Thursday, has been extended until 10 a.m. Friday.
The warnings come amid the most brutal and destructive wildfire season in Los Angeles history. Firefighters continued to battle the 10,000-acre Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake on Thursday. Earlier in the month, more than 10,000 people lost their homes in the Eaton and Palisades wildfires.
