A wind advisory, an active fire emergency in Simi Valley, and Santa Ana winds returning Tuesday morning make this one of the most serious weather days of the year for LA County. Here's everything you need to know before you step outside.
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Los Angeles, the winds are not messing around today. A wind advisory is in effect for LA County and Santa Clarita right now, with northeast winds running twenty to thirty miles per hour and gusts hitting forty to fifty.
Here's where it gets serious. Those winds are feeding an active fire emergency in Simi Valley.
The harder problem is what comes next. Santa Ana winds are forecast to return Tuesday morning, arriving between six and eight a.m.
If you're in the San Fernando Valley, Tuesday's air quality alert is real. Sandy Fire smoke is already moving through the region.
On the other side of all this, a warming trend is building. Temperatures push into the low eighties by Wednesday before easing back toward the weekend.
Los Angeles. Forty to fifty mph gusts, a fast-moving fire with no containment, and Santa Ana winds back by sunrise Tuesday.
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