[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warnings - NorCal (8/28/10-AM)

MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-
455 AM PDT SAT AUG 28 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR MONO...EASTERN
 ALPINE...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 273 MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES...
  FIRE ZONE 459 MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ON
  MID AND UPPER SLOPES WILL MIX TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS THIS
   MORNING. SIERRA RIDGE GUSTS WILL REACH UP TO 70 MPH....WITH
  GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS TODAY.


* HUMIDITY: VALUES OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT WILL BEGIN TO RISE BY LATE
  MORNING IN THE HIGH SIERRA AND BY THIS AFTERNOON IN THE LOWER
   ELEVATIONS.

* IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL
  CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
 WILL OCCUR.  CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES.

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HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
455 AM PDT SAT AUG 28 2010

CAZ272-281800-
/O.EXT.KREV.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100828T1800Z/
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-
455 AM PDT SAT AUG 28 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING
 FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS
MORNING.

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 272 GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA.

* WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
   IN WIND PRONE AREAS AND UPPER SLOPES WILL MIX TO THE LOWER
  ELEVATIONS THIS MORNING. SIERRA RIDGE GUSTS COULD REACH 70 MPH.

* HUMIDITY: VALUES NEAR 10 PERCENT WILL INCREASE TO ABOVE 20
  PERCENT BY LATE MORNING AND SHOULD EXCEED 40 PERCENT BY THIS
   AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL
  CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
 WILL OCCUR.  CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES.

&&

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