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Wind creating potentially dangerous wildfire conditions for Ventura, Santa Barbara Counties

A helicopter makes a water drop on the December, 2017 Thomas brush fire, which burned more than 280,000 acres of land in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.
Lance Orozco
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KCLU
A helicopter makes a water drop on the December, 2017 Thomas brush fire, which burned more than 280,000 acres of land in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.

Red Flag Warning, Fire Weather Watch issued for parts of region.

A major low pressure system impacting much of the Western United States is setting the stage for strong wind, and potentially dangerous fire conditions for parts of the Tri-Counties this weekend.

A Red Flag Warning has been issued for Santa Barbara County’s mountains for 3 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday.

The wildfire concerns will then shift south. There’s a Fire Weather Watch from 10 a.m. Saturday through noon on Sunday for much of Ventura County, as well as parts of western Los Angeles County like Agoura Hills.

The wind is expected to ease Sunday, but there’s another chance of Santa Ana conditions early next week.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.