A prolonged period of dry offshore flow will continue to bring elevated to critical fire weather conditions at times across much of Southwest California during the next 7 days. Northeast winds through Wednesday will gust between 30 to 45 mph with humidities in the teens to single digits. A significant strengthening Santa Ana event is still on target to form Wednesday night through Thursday, then continue into Friday with slow and gradual weakening through the weekend. Gusts should peak between 55 and 70 mph, with minimum humidities between 5 to 15 percent on Thursday, and 5 and 10 percent on Friday through Sunday. During this long duration, very critical fire weather event, use extra caution driving and with any potential source of fire.