Sunday, June 30, 2013

[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warning - Southern Sierra (6/30/13-AM) 



...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING  FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE KERN AND TULARE  COUNTY MOUNTAINS...    * AFFECTED AREA...THE SEQUOIA FOREST PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE    295 KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 297 TULARE    COUNTY MOUNTAINS.    * TIMING...HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN LOW TODAY. SOME RECOVERIES ARE    EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT...BUT HUMIDITY DURATIONS AT OR BELOW 10    PERCENT WILL BE NEAR 10 HOURS.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5-10 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND    EVENING HOURS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY.    * 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 RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW  RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME  FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE  CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.
NWS Hanford


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