Coverage of the Hughes, Sepulveda and Laguna fires in Southern California during a fourth consecutive day of red flag fire weather warnings.

The Clay Fire was one of several fires that broke out in Southern California Tuesday as parts of the region sees red flag warnings through Thursday.

On Wednesday, Jan. 22, the Hughes fire broke out in Castaic amidst the red flag warning, spreading to over 9,000 acres by Wednesday evening as dry and windy weather affected the area.

A red flag warning has been issued for the Inland Empire and some cities in the Coachella Valley as strong gusty winds and low humidity are expected early next week. The warning is in effect from 10 a.

As of Friday morning, there are nine active wildfires burning in California and a red flag warning remains in place.

The weekend’s rainfall will not be a very powerful storm, but rather showers, bringing between one quarter to a half inch of rain across Orange County and the inland region, Tardy said. Los Angeles is only expecting one-tenth of an inch, meteorologist Lisa Phillips said.

Forecasters in Southern California expect to issue a 'particularly dangerous situation' red flag warning for the coming week as the Santa Ana wind forecast worsens.

Southern California is expected to see its first rain of the winter this weekend, but it will have to get through a couple more days of windy fire weather first. The National Weather Service warned that single-digit humidity and strong wind gusts on Thursday and into early Friday will create elevated wildfire conditions – again.

Elsewhere in Southern California ... San Bernardino and Riverside counties are under the high wind warning, which is less severe than a red flag warning.

A red flag warning has been issued for the Inland Empire ... gusts of 40 to 50 mph are expected in various parts of Southern California. Gusts of more than 60 mph are also expected in mountain ...

More damaging, powerful Santa Ana winds are heading for Southern California. A Red Flag Warning takes effect at ten o’clock this morning and will be in place through ten o’clock Tuesday night. It will impact parts of Los Angeles,

Santa Ana winds return to Southern California from Monday to Tuesday, once again raising fire danger concerns.