rhiannon. >> rhiannon: let's talk more about the winds.mara theodore with the latest forecast. we know it's calm right now but more santa ana winds headed for california, somara. >> somara: that's right. new this morning a red flag warning has now been issued for riverside, california. you can see there parts of los angeles, east los angeles county we're seeing that red flag warning in place, and we still have the fire weather watch for places like pacific palisades and, of course, the air quality alerts in the surrounding areas, and that is all because this classic santa ana wind system, i'm sorry, setup is getting ready to go into full effect. so, critical fire risk from simi valley to san fernando to san bernardino down to anaheim. i really want to stress the fact even if there's not a fire burning, this entire region is susceptible, so just be prepared to evacuate. we're also monitoring the smoke, that's going to continue to descend in places as far south as redondo beach. gio. >> gio: all right. thank you so much, somara. >>> now to t

rhiannon. >> rhiannon: we thank dr. griffiths and all those heroes out there helping.that report. we know the weather a huge factor for the fires and over to somara with more. >> somara: i think a lot are wondering why. it's very layered. one of the components to seeing these wildfires is the drought. just this past week los angeles was upgraded to a severe drought. you know it's the longest second driest may to december on record. downtown los angeles has only seen 16 inches of rain since last may. to put that in perspective, between october 1st and today, we should have received over 4 1/2 inches. that's like me saying, i'll give you $5 for lunch, but i only end up giving you a quarter. that coupled with the winds, speaking of the winds, what they can anticipate is lighter winds as we head through this morning, but then by this afternoon, they are really picking up, robust santa ana winds reaching up to 65-mile-per-hour gusts potentially through this afternoon, so they are going to have to prepare for another round. >>> and that's >> somara: and that's a look at your

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