[californiadisasters] South Ops News & Notes Update (8/24/10-7PM)

Date	Time	News and Notes
08/24	1900	Town Fire CA-KRN-024500 Fire is 200 acres with 10% contained. The fire is 5 miles north of the Post fire.
08/24	1900	Post Fire CA-KRN-024500 Fire is 2,500 acres 0% Opliger SOCAL Team# 4 IMT Type 1 Mobilized to the incident.150-200 homes have been evacuated by Kern CO. SO... The DC-10 was mobilized and has been making drops on the incident.
08/24	1530	Post Fire CA-KRN-024500. An evacuation center has been set up at Frazier Mountain School. Temp. at Lebec 95 HR 10% wind SE 9mph. with gust to 21.
08/24	1430	Post Fire CA-KRN-024500. Fire is near the community of Lebec, with numerous homes threatened. Fire size approximately 700 acres.
08/24	0930	Two fires occurred early this morning in the East Valle Vista area of Riverside County. The Bautista Fire burnt 25 acres near the intersection of Bautista Rd. and Blackburn Ridge Rd. And was contained as of 0700 hrs. Cause is under investigation. The Dark Fire burnt .10 acre along Hwy 74 near the Cranston Fire Station (USFS) SE of Valle Vista and was controlled as of 0600 hrs. Cause was arson.
08/24	0730	Hot temperatures will continue over most of the region through Thursday. Temperatures will reach over 100 degrees over most valley and foothill locations.  The warmest valley locations will be around 110 degrees today and Wednesday and then drop to around 105 degrees Thursday.  Minimum humidity over much of the region will remain between 5% and 15% today and then increase to 15% to 30% Wednesday and Thursday as moisture increases from the southeast. A big cooling trend will occur over the region Friday through Monday.  Temperatures will be well below normal starting Saturday with maximum temperatures over the warmer valley locations in the low to mid 80s.

Source: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/index.htm

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