[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warnings - East Bay Hills/Sacto Valley (6/12/10-AM)

NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY TO SOUTHERN TEHAMA COUNTY LINE BELOW
1000 FT-
CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY IN GLENN, COLUSA, YUBA, NORTHERN
SUTTER, AND BUTTE COUNTY BELOW 1000 FT-
SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY IN YOLO-
 SACRAMENTO FAR WESTERN PLACER, SOUTHERN SUTTER AND SOLANO COUNTY
BELOW 1000 FT - EXCLUDES THE DELTA-CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-
NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY IN SAN JOAQUIN AND STANISLAUS
COUNTIES BELOW 1000 FT - EXCLUDES THE DELTA-
 LAKE COUNTY PORTION OF LAKE-NAPA-SONOMA UNIT-
411 AM PDT SAT JUN 12 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...

* WIND: NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
   40 MPH DURING THE DAY TODAY.

* HUMIDITY: POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY THIS MORNING WILL BE FOLLOWED
  BY LOW HUMIDITY DROPPING TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.

* TEMPERATURES: THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES OF THE YEAR ARE EXPECTED
   TODAY AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID 90S.

* IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY WINDS AND
  LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
 
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HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SACRAMENTO

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
444 AM PDT SAT JUN 12 2010
 
CAZ511-130000-
/O.CON.KMTR.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100613T1400Z/
EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE-
444 AM PDT SAT JUN 12 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR
GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS WITH LOW HUMIDITY...
 
* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 511 EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO
  RANGE...INCLUDING THE SANTA CLARA UNIT AND ELEVATIONS ABOVE
  1000 FEET IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

* TIMING: GUSTY OFFSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
   MORNING.

* WIND: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ARE FORECAST
  ALONG WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* HUMIDITY: DAYTIME HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 PERCENT
  AND NIGHTTIME HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 30 TO 50 PERCENT.
 
* IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY
  OFFSHORE WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...
  ESPECIALLY AT ELEVATIONS BETWEEN 1000 TO 2000 FEET WHERE FUELS
  ARE DRIEST. THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL
   COINCIDE WITH THE WARMEST WEEKEND SO FAR THIS SEASON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

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