LOS ANGELES, CA — While the Hollywood Hills made it through the worst of the week's Santa Ana windstorm without any major wildfires, Friday's wind gusts still pose a potent fire risk throughout Los Angeles County.
The National Weather Service continued its red flag warning for the region until 10 p.m. Saturday in the Los Angeles County mountains, Santa Monica Mountains Recreational area, Angeles National Forest and the Santa Clarita Valley. The San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys, along with the coastal area stretching into downtown Los Angeles, will be under a red flag warning until 6 p.m. Friday. The region won't get much of a break, however. The winds may die down Sunday, but another bout of Santa Ana winds may hit the region again on Monday, "possibly continuing into Wednesday or Thursday," the Weather Service warned.
"Winds are decreasing today, however, it will remain gusty in the mountains and foothills with gusts of 35 to 45 mph," according to the National Weather Service. "Lower elevations will see less wind with some gusts to 25 to 35 mph at times through (Friday) morning. The air mass remains extremely dry with minimum humidities in the single digits to lower teens expected across most valleys and mountains through Saturday. Poor overnight recoveries of only 10-20 percent will be likely for windier areas of the fire district. Elevated to brief critical fire weather conditions will persist after Saturday due to continued dry air and locally gusty offshore winds."
The wind event again prompted Southern California Edison to implement its Public Safety Power Shutoffs, in which electricity is cut in particularly wind-affected areas to prevent equipment damage that could spark fires.
Thousands of customers in Los Angeles and Orange counties had their power cut off on Wednesday and Thursday, but the numbers decreased dramatically Friday morning as winds slowly weakened. As of mid-morning Friday, only 194 customers in Los Angeles County and 842 in Orange County were reported by SCE to be without power under the program. Another 4,777 customers in Los Angeles County were being considered for shutoffs.
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