Meteorologists with the National Weather Service expect it to last through the end of the week and potentially through Super Bowl Sunday. (National Weather Service)The high-pressure ridge this week is expected to go “all the way up through Canada into southern Alaska,” said Carol Ciliberti, a meteorologist with the weather service. “We’re going to see that high pressure really sticking around,” said Rachel Kennedy, a meteorologist with the weather service. It doesn’t spread easily.”The weather service coordinates with fire agencies to rate fire risk, Gomberg said. The fire agencies take measurements of vegetation moisture in the field and forward the results to the weather service every two to four weeks.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 02, 2026 14:18 UTC