[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warnings - Mojave Desert (6/10/10-PM)

.A PACIFIC STORM MOVING INTO THE DISTRICT WILL ALLOW FOR STRONG
AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING. THIS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
THIS AFTERNOON AND DRY TO VERY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE THE
 POTENTIAL FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR.

CAZ228-NVZ465-110900-
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MOJAVE DESERT INCLUDING MORONGO VALLEY/YUCCA VALLEY-
CLARK AND SW LINCOLN COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH-
 804 PM PDT THU JUN 10 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT FRIDAY...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT FRIDAY.

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL
 CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING BEFORE DECREASING
OVERNIGHT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE BEEN DROPPING RAPIDLY THE
PAST FEW HOURS AND WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 PERCENT ENABLING HAZARDOUS
FIRE CONDITIONS TO PERSIST...THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS
 BEEN CONTINUED UNTIL 2 AM PDT FRIDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
 WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE
EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

Source: http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=sgx&wwa=red%20flag%20warning

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