A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM OVER THE WEST COAST WILL BRING GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE OWENS VALLEY AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * 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 WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS BETWEEN NOON AND 8 PM. * WIND... SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY NOON WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH BEFORE DECREASING DURING THE EARLY EVENING. * 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: 2011-07-18T05:10:22-07:00
Original Sender: KVEF@nwws.oes.ca.gov
From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
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