Sunday, July 17, 2011

[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Red Flag Warning - Owens Valley/Inyo N.F.



A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM DROPPING TO JUST OFF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST MONDAY WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE OWENS VALLEY AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEVADA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN CALIFORNIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 226 OWENS VALLEY/SOUTHERN INYO FOREST. IN NEVADA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 460 ESMERALDA AND NYE COUNTY DESERTS/CNC DISPATCH.  * TIMING... WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING MONDAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS BETWEEN NOON AND 8 PM. HUMIDITY WILL BE LOW MOST OF THE DAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET.  * WIND... SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY NOON WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... &&

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

Area:  OWENS VALLEY/SOUTHERN INYO FOREST-ESMERALDA AND NYE COUNTY DESERTS/CNC DISPATCH-

Affected Counties or parts of: Inyo, San Bernardino

Sent: 2011-07-17T14:48:19-07:00

Original Sender: KVEF@nwws.oes.ca.gov

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV



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