Hughes fire heading towards I5 and Castaic + weather update

Both I5 north and south are closed from Castaic Junction (2 minutes from 6 flags) through the grapevine. Weather: A high wind warning will begin 10pm 1/22 till 2pm 1/23. Winds expected 30-40mph with gusts up to 60mph, isolated up to 80. Castaic is not even under a high wind warning yet when the fire broke out, and has charred almost 10k acres in 12 hours. Unfortunately, this means the fire will likely spread further S/SW and will most likely jump the i5 just above 6 flags. It will likely spread to Halsey Canyon and Val verde. I hope the 5 will stop the fire, but with the high wind warning, embers will most likely spread miles away as we saw in the Palisades, and Eaton fire.

I pray it won’t get worse, but with the high wind warning about to start, it’s looking like it will only get worse before it gets better.

Now for some good news. The chance of rain is increasing for all of SoCal as we bring a pretty good shot of rain this weekend and heavy mtn snow.