Red Flag Fire Conditions For Malibu Oct. 27-28

From the City of Malibu: The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a red flag warning in effect from 10 p.m. Oct. 27 through 6 p.m. Oct. 28 for the Los Angeles and Ventura County coast and the Santa Monica Mountains due to gusty Santa Ana winds and very low humidities.

A Santa Ana wind event is likely to develop late Sunday and Monday. The peak winds are expected to be Sunday night into Monday morning when gusts between 40 and 50 mph will be common across wind prone areas of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, except gusts between 50 and 60 mph across the Los Angeles county mountains, including the Santa Monica Mountains.

Humidities are expected to lower rapidly Sunday night, with minimum values between 5 and 10 percent in many areas on Monday.

If fire ignition occurs, conditions will be favorable for extreme fire behavior and very rapid fire spread which would threaten life and property.

A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. Use extreme caution with potential fire ignition sources.

The City of Malibu continues to monitor the situation and will post information based on (potential) impact for Malibu as emergency, weather and traffic alerts, on social media, Nextdoor and the website. All current emergency alerts will remain on the City alert page. To sign up for alerts, visit the E-Notifications page (scroll down to Alert Center, select Emergency, Traffic, Weather, Utility or others you would like to receive).

Residents should monitor National Weather Service forecasts (enter "Malibu" in the search box for the most precise local information) and local fire and weather information on local news stations, including KNX AM 1070 (or KNX online), KBUU FM 99.1 and other stations to stay up to date on fire danger for the Malibu area.

For wildfire preparedness information, read the LA County Fire Department's Ready! Set! Go! Guide.

This press release was produced by the City of Malibu. The views expressed here are the author’s own.