Firefighters are bracing for more winds Friday after a windstorm that whipped flames and embers across Los Angeles made containing the wildfires so complex.
Winds are expected to remain gusty into Friday afternoon in the fire zone. “At least when we start off the day today, the winds will be coming from a more northerly direction. But as we go through the day, it will shift,” CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar said Friday morning.
“Sometimes it will come from the east and sometimes from the west. That’s a concern for firefighters,” she added.
Chinchar predicted a “tremendous improvement in the winds on Saturday,” which would bring relief to fire crews in the skies; strong winds have at times grounded aircraft that were trying to dump water on the fires.
But the National Weather Service in Los Angeles warned Thursday night that “the threat doesn’t end after Friday,” noting offshore winds will continue into next week, peaking Sunday, then again Tuesday or Wednesday.
And “maybe even more robust winds” are possible as far out as next Tuesday, California Interagency Management Team 5’s operations section chief, Don Fregulia, said Thursday.
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