Los Angeles, CA -
With the weekend heat coming on, lots of people are filling their water bottle...

1. SoCal Weekend Set To Be Hot, Hot, Hot!
Los Angeles, CA -
With the weekend heat coming on, lots of people are filling their water bottles in order the stay
hydrated.
Some like the heat. Some hate it. But Los Angeles County Fire Captain Brian Jordan says we all have
to deal with it, and the most important thing we can do is stay hydrated.
"If you do not maintain your hydration you can get woosy. You can pass out. And, the first person
you'll see when you wake up is a paramedic." That's because "dehydration can render you
unconscious or worse," said Jordan.
Some find this October heat wave unbearable.
"It's been a crazy wave. To think in September it's supposed to be fall and we're melting in the
middle of the afternoon. It is kind of annoying," said Joe Reitman, who lives in the San Fernando
Valley.
Jordan, who can't stress the need to stay hydrated enough, says a lot of people just don't understand
why hydration is important. He says LA County Fire has a hydration policy "that firefighters drink 48
to 64 ounces of water per day."
(FOX 11 / CNS) The Southland remained in the cross hairs of a wildfire threat today amid
unseasonably high heat, gusty Santa Ana winds and low humidity. A red flag warning indicating a
risk of wildfire will stay in effect in mountain, forest and valley areas of Los Angeles and Ventura
counties until early this evening.
Valley areas are expected to experience temperatures in the 100s Friday and even higher
temperatures Saturday. "The combination of rising temperatures, very low humidity and offshore
breezes in combination with critically dry vegetation will bring a high fire danger to much of
southwest California through this weekend,'' according to a National Weather Service statement.

2. Winds of between 15 and 20 miles per hour are expected in the Santa Monica and San Gabriel
Mountains today, gusting to 35 mph, NWS forecasters said.
This morning's strongest gusts in L.A. County were reported in the San Gabriels: 32 mph in Warm
Springs, 29 mph at Whitaker Peak, and 27 mph in Chilao.
The humidity level will be between 4 and 10 percent today, and mountain temperatures will be in
the 90s.
"With extremely dry fuels in place, if fire ignition occurs there could be rapid spread of wildfire that
would lead to a threat to life and property.''

3. The National Weather Service forecast highs of 83 in San Clemente; 87 in Avalon and Newport
Beach; 89 on Mount Wilson; 90 in Palmdale and Lancaster; 91 in Laguna Beach; 95 at LAX; 100 in
downtown L.A. and Long Beach; 98 in Saugus; 101 in Irvine and Burbank; 102 in Pasadena, San
Gabriel, Anaheim, Mission Viejo and Yorba Linda; 104 in Fullerton; and 105 in Woodland Hills.
Saturday's temperatures are forecast to be slightly higher, with a cooling trend getting underway
Sunday.
http://www.myfoxla.com/story/26683806/red-flag-warning-in-effect-fire-weather-returns-to-southland