THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH BELOW 5000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN CALIFORNIA...FIRE ZONE 221 STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST BELOW 5000 FEET...FIRE ZONE 269 NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST BELOW 5000 FEET. * THUNDERSTORMS:MAY DEVELOP NEAR THE SIERRA CREST FRIDAY MORNING AND MOVE INTO THE FOOTHILLS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. STORMS MAY INITIALLY BE DRY...BUT ARE LIKELY TO MOISTEN UP BY SATURDAY. LIGHTNING STRIKES AWAY FROM RAIN CORES AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE A HAZARDOUS FIRE ENVIRONMENT DURING THE WATCH PERIOD. * OUTFLOW WINDS:GUSTY AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS:VERY DRY FUELS... OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS MAY COMBINE TO CREATE A HAZARDOUS FIRE ENVIRONMENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING BELOW 5000 FEET. 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: STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST-NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THESIERRA CREST-
Affected Counties or parts of: Yuba, Plumas, Yolo, El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Sierra, Alpine, Shasta, Tuolumne, Stanislaus, Sacramento, Placer, Solano, Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter, Lake, Tehama, Nevada
Sent: 2011-09-07T14:28:17-07:00
Original Sender: KSTO@nwws.oes.ca.gov
From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
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