Tuesday, September 6, 2011

[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Fire Weather Watches - Modoc/Siskiyou Co's



THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING  THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE  FOR CALIFORNIA FIRE ZONES 284 AND 285... AND OREGON FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625. * AFFECTED AREA: CALIFORNIA FIRE ZONES 284 AND 285...AND OREGON FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BECOME SCATTERED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS WILL BE DRY AT THE ONSET AND THEN TREND TOWARD WET THURSDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND RECEPTIVE FUELS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY LEAD TO FIRE STARTS. GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES COULD LEAD TO RAPID GROWTH OF THOSE STARTS AND ANY ON-GOING FIRES ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... &&

Instruction:
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

Area:  SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MTSHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY-KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERNLAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES-

Affected Counties or parts of: Modoc, Siskiyou

Sent: 2011-09-06T21:51:37-07:00

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

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR

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 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH  SATURDAY MORNING FOR A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR CALIFORNIA FIRE ZONE 280 AND OREGON FIRE ZONES 616...618...619...620...621 AND 622. * AFFECTED AREA: CALIFORNIA FIRE ZONE 280 AND OREGON FIRE ZONES 616...618...619...620...621 AND 622. * WIND...PRIMARILY DIURNALLY DRIVEN SLOPE WINDS THURSDAY WILL BECOME NORTHEAST TO EAST THURSDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...REMAINING THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY MORNING.  * HUMIDITY... MINIMUM HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 20 PERCENT THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT...AND 8 TO 15 PERCENT DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST WITH POOREST RECOVERIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND RECEPTIVE FUELS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY LEAD TO FIRE STARTS. GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES COULD LEAD TO RAPID GROWTH OF THOSE STARTS AND ANY ON-GOING FIRES ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... &&

Instruction:
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

Area:  WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-UMPQUA BASIN-SOUTHERN OREGON COAST-WESTERN ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST-WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY-SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-

Affected Counties or parts of: Modoc, Siskiyou

Sent: 2011-09-06T21:51:36-07:00

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

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR


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