...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE EXPECTED
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...
.MONSOONAL MOISTURE COMBINING WITH INSTABILITY ALOFT FROM LOW
PRESSURE WEST OF CALIFORNIA IS EXPECTED TO LEAD TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
CALIFORNIA AND THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS ON
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
CAZ280-281-ORZ621-623-232215-
/O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0001.100725T1200Z-100726T1200Z/
WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-
CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-
SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-
200 PM PDT THU JUL 22 2010
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 5AM PDT SUNDAY THROUGH 5AM
PDT MONDAY FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR FIRE
ZONES 280...281...621...AND 623...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH FOR SCATTERED LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE...5AM PDT
SUNDAY THROUGH 5AM PDT MONDAY.
* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 281...621...623 AND 280
* THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED.
* OUTFLOW WINDS: OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR STRONG THUNDERSTORM CELLS.
* IMPACTS: DUE TO HIGH FIRE DANGER WITH DRY TO VERY DRY FUELS
SCATTERED LIGHTNING WILL RESULT IN A HIGH PROBABILITY OF A
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF NEW FIRE STARTS.
* TIMING: MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BEGIN TO ARRIVE FROM THE
SOUTH SATURDAY NIGHT WHICH COULD BEGIN LIGHTNING EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. SCATTERED LIGHTNING IS MORE LIKELY ON SUNDAY AS
INSTABILITY AND SUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR THUNDERSTORMS INCREASES.
* OTHER INFORMATION: A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY STILL
EXISTS IN THE EXACT TIMING AND LIGHTNING COVERAGE WITH THIS
EVENT. THIS WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED DUE TO MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN
SUBSTANTIAL LIGHTNING IN THE AREAS AFFECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.
&&
$$
LUTZ
VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGESource: http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=mfr&wwa=fire%20weather%20watch
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
359 AM PDT FRI JUL 23 2010
.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OFFSHORE WILL ALLOW MID LEVEL MOISTURE
CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO ADVANCE NORTHWARD SATURDAY
INTO SUNDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS.
CAZ283-232300-
/O.CON.KEKA.FW.A.0001.100724T2300Z-100726T1100Z/
TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.-
359 AM PDT FRI JUL 23 2010
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW
WINDS FOR FIRE ZONE 283...
* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 283
* DRY THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE THESE WILL INITIALLY BE ISOLATED IN
NATURE...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST
SATURDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE ON SUNDAY.
* OUTFLOW WINDS: GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY DRY
THUNDERSTORMS. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORM INDUCED
OUTFLOW IS SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE
GREATER MOISTURE ARRIVES.
* IMPACTS: GIVEN RECEPTIVE FUELS...ESPECIALLY AT MIDDLE AND
LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND MINIMAL RAINFALL INITIALLY...LIGHTNING
MAY RESULT IN WILDFIRE STARTS. WHILE RAINFALL UNDERNEATH
THUNDERSTORM CORES MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY ON SUNDAY...LIGHTNING
AWAY FROM THE CORE MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL WILDFIRE STARTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.
&&
$$
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA
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