Thursday, June 27, 2013

[californiadisasters] Fire Weather Watch - Southern Sierra (6/27/13-PM)



...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH  SUNDAY EVENING FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITIES FOR  THE KERN AND TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER  WATCH FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN  EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.    * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 295 KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND    FIRE WEATHER ZONE 297 TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS. AREAS WITH THE    LOWEST HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE SEQUOIA NATIONAL FORECAST IN    THE KERN AND SOUTHEASTERN TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS.    * TIMING...HUMIDITIES LOWERING FRIDAY EVENING AND REMAINING LOW    THROUGH SUNDAY. SOME RECOVERIES LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY    NIGHTS...BUT HUMIDITY DURATIONS AT OR BELOW 10 PERCENT WILL BE    10 TO 12 HOURS.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT.    * LIGHTNING...NONE.    * IMPACTS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY    FUELS WILL RESULT IN INCREASED FIRE DANGER. IF FIRE IGNITION    OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD    TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE FIRE  OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH.  LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.    &&    $$    SANGER    WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
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