[californiadisasters] Fire Weather Watches - NorCal (8/20/10-AM)

SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT
SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY-
KLAMATH BASIN-
116 AM PDT FRI AUG 20 2010

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
 THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 284...285...624 AND 625...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 624...285...284 AND 625

* WIND: SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
   GUSTS TO 35 MPH.

* HUMIDITY: AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO 8
  TO 18 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS: LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS COULD CREATE
  A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER SITUATION SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
   EVENING.

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.

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STOCKTON

VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
132 PM PDT THU AUG 19 2010
 
...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES SATURDAY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ON
SATURDAY BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST
WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND THE BURNEY BASIN. THE COMBINATION OF
 SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH AND HUMIDITIES LESS THAN 15
PERCENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

CAZ214-201700-
/O.NEW.KSTO.FW.A.0003.100821T1800Z-100822T0600Z/
 BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING
NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP-
132 PM PDT THU AUG 19 2010

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONE
 214...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE BURNEY BASIN FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY
SOUTHWEST WINDS.
 

* AFFECTED AREA: IN CALIFORNIA...FIRE ZONE 214 BURNEY BASIN AND
  NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHWEST LASSEN
  NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP.

* WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 22 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH.
 
* HUMIDITY: DROPPING DOWN TO 8 TO 15 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON

* IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL
  CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.


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.

&&

$$
HSO

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SACRAMENTO

Source: http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=rev&wwa=fire%20weather%20watch

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