CLOSELY.
FROM BEL-AIR JOY BENEDICT.
JEFF: THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DEALING
WITH.
RIGHT ON CUE AFTER 7:00.
ELSA: AMBER LEE IS LETTING YOU
KNOW THAT THINGS ARE PICKING UP.
SHE SAID THEY WOULD AND RIGHT ON
CUE THEY ARE.
AMBER: WE THOUGHT IT WOULDN'T BE
AS BAD OR PROBABLY AS BAD AS
WHAT WE SAW EARLIER THIS WEEK
AND MAYBE EVEN WORSE.
THIS IS A LIVE LOOK FOR SKY 9
FLYING OVERHEAD.
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE THOMAS
FIRE IN VENTURA COUNTY.
THE WINDS ARE STARTING TO PICK
UP END STRENGTH IN AS WE HEAD
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WHERE
THEY WANT TO GIVE YOU A UPDATED
WIND GUST.
ALMOST HURRICANE-FORCE GUSTS AND
AREAS LIKE BONY MOUNTAIN IN THE
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS BETWEEN
HIDDEN VALLEY IN MALIBU AND
MALIBU WHO -- MALIBU HILLS.
A CATEGORY 1 SUSTAINED WINDS.
THESE ARE JUST GUSTS OF MT.
WILSON 62-MILE PER HOUR GUSTS.
EARLIER 7:00 AT NIGHT WAS LIKE
VILLAGE SIDE GUSTS INTO THE
60s.
WE ARE JUST NOW STARTING TO SEE
A LOT OF THE WINDS PICKED UP.
IT'S GOING TO BE A ROUGH NIGHT
AS WE HEAD INTO THE ARRA HOURS.
AS I STEP OUT OF THE WAY YOU CAN
SEE WHERE THE STRONGEST WINDS
ARE.
YOU CAN SEE THEM ON LINE THROUGH
SANTA CLARITA TOWARD FILLMORE
AND OXNARD AGOURA HILLS ALSO
PICKING UP AND SEEING STRONG
WINDS IN THE FOOTHILLS AMOUNT
COMMUNITIES OF THE SAN GABRIEL
MARTENS.
WE ARE SEEING PURPLES AND PINKS
IN AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT FEW
HOURS THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
PICK UP.
HERE'S A LOOK AT FUTURECAST.
I ASSUME THAT AREAS LIKE VENTURE
IN SANTA PAULA.
BY 9:00 P.M. WE ARE EXPECTING
GUSTS AT 20 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR
HOUR.
AROUND 1:00 A.M. WHILE WE ARE
SLEEPING A LOT OF PURPLE SHOWING
UP ON THE SCREEN GOING TO SANTA
PAULA AND VENTURA SIMI VALLEY
THOUSAND OAKS AND SANTA CLARITA.
WE START TO SEE THE WINDS RELAX
AS WE HAD IN TOMORROW AFTERNOON
BUT IT WILL STILL BE GUSTY.
NOT AS GUSTY AS WHAT WE ARE
SEEING OVERNIGHT AND BY THE TIME
WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY THAT'S WHEN
THE WINDS START TO RELAX.
HERE'S A LOOK AT AS WE HEAD INTO
SHADOW HILLS IN THE FILLMORE
AREA.
BY NINE 30:00 A LOT MORE PURPLES
PICKING UP.
20 AND 30 MOUTHER WITH GUSTS
PICKING UP AND IT STAYS THAT WAY
UNTIL TO THIRD -- 2:30 IN
TOMORROW MORNING KICKING BACK UP
AGAIN.
STILL IN THE 20s AND 30s AND
40-MILE AN HOUR GUSTS POSSIBLY
TO THE 50s FOR SOME
PLANS RELAXING AS WE HEAD INTO
FRIDAY MORNING.
HERE'S A LOOK AT INLAND EMPIRE
UPLAND EXPECTING GUSTS TO
52 MILES AN HOUR AS WE HEADED TO
THE MIDNIGHT HOUR AND THE WINDS
GO DOWN INTO THE 30s AND
40s.
AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON
AFTER WE START TO SEE THE WINDS
LET UP THE TAB FOR PICKUP
TOMORROW NIGHT AND FRIDAY EASES
UP A LOT AS THE HIGH-PRESSURE
SYSTEM STARTS TO WEAKEN.
THE DAMAGING WINDS WILL CONTINUE
TO STAY WITH US NOT JUST THROUGH
TOMORROW BUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE
WEEKEND THAT ISOLATED GUSTS
POTENTIALLY UP TO 80 MILES AN
HOUR SINGLE-DIGIT HUMIDITY VERY
DRY FUEL.
THIS IS WHY WE HAVE CRITICAL
FIRE DANGER.
THE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
THE FIRES TO SPREAD.
WE SAW THAT IN THE LAST COUPLE
OF DAYS.
NOT ONLY WILL WE SEE THE FIRE IN
DOWNED TREES BUT POWER OUTAGES
IN BLOWING DUST.
HERE'S A LOOK AT VENTURA THROUGH
THE GUSTS KICKING UP TO 27 MILES
PER HOUR AND NO RAIN OUR
FORECAST.
4pm Update On Creek Fire Meghan & Royal etiquette: Who have to curtsey to her Evening High Winds Stoke Hot Spots In Skirball Fire Warning!! Water level is going to rise. Drones Sacrificed for Spectacular Volcano Video | National Geographic Ojai On Edge As Winds Expected To Pick Up Thomas Fire Roars Back To Life Thomas Fire burns 90,000 acres; firefighters expect 'challenging' night ahead The Real Reason We Don't Hear About Susan Boyle Anymore During Japan Tsunami a strange creature was caught on camera - real footage