Tuesday, July 2, 2013

[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warnings (Expanded) - NorCal (7/02/13-AM)



...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD RESULT IN CRITICAL  FIRE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AND AGAIN ON  WEDNESDAY...    .MONSOONAL MOISTURE HAS INCREASED ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE LAST  36 HOURS. INSTABILITY HAS STEADILY INCREASED ACROSS THE AREA.  CONVECTIVE INHIBITION IS FORECAST TO DECREASE OVER THE E PORTIONS  OF THE TRINITY AND W MENDOCINO NF FIRE WEATHER ZONES DURING THE  AFTERNOON TODAY. IN ADDITION...A WEAK MID-LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS  FORECAST TO MOVE N INTO THE WARNING AREA DURING THE SAME TIME  FRAME. THIS FEATURE WILL ACT AS AN ADDITIONAL TRIGGER FOR  THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. STORM MOTION WILL BE TOWARD THE N AT  ABOUT 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THIS WILL DECREASE TO 5  MPH BY WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...STORMS ARE FORECAST TO PRODUCE A  BIT MORE RAINFALL ON WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...COVERAGE MAY BE SLIGHTLY  HIGHER ON WEDNESDAY THAN TODAY AS DEEPER MOISTURE IS ENTRAINED  INTO THE AREA...AND THIS MAY LEAD TO MORE OVERALL LIGHTNING  STRIKES.    CAZ277-283-030145-  /O.NEW.KEKA.FW.W.0003.130702T2100Z-130704T0300Z/  WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.-  TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.-  1040 AM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM  WEDNESDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 277 AND 283...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG  WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS  AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY.    * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 277 AND 283.    * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING SCATTERED THIS    EVENING. SCATTERED STORMS EXPECTED AGAIN WED AFTERNOON AND    EVENING. DRY STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS ACTIVITY INITIATES.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...WINDS OUTSIDE OF STORMS WILL BE LIGHT AND MOSTLY    TERRAIN DRIVEN. LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE    POSSIBLE NEAR STORMS.    * IMPACTS...MARGINALLY DRY FUELS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR    LIGHTNING MAY RESULT IN FIRE STARTS. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS NEAR    STORMS MAY RESULT IN FIRE SPREAD AWAY FROM RAIN AREAS.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF  STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN  CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.    &&    $$    CARROLL

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  622 AM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013    .A SURGE OF MONSOON MOISTURE WILL ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTH TODAY AND  REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE  POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND ARE EXPECTED  TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON UNDER A  BROAD MONSOONAL FLOW FROM THE SOUTH. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS  THUNDERSTORMS WILL LEAD TO THE HIGH POTENTIAL OF NEW WILDFIRE  IGNITIONS ACROSS THE AREA DUE TO DRY RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS.    CAZ284-285-030130-  /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0600Z/  SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT  SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY-  622 AM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY  FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE  285 AND THE MODOC NATIONAL FOREST PORTION OF 284...    * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285 AND THE MODOC NATIONAL    FOREST PORTION OF 284.    * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE    EXPECTED AT TIMES DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. WHILE    THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON    THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF    THUNDERSTORMS AS EARLY AS THIS MORNING.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE    POSSIBLE WITH LARGER THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS.    * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL    FOR NEW FIRES AND SIGNIFICANT FIRE GROWTH.    * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT    HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED  THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE  MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.    &&    $$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  622 AM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013    .A SURGE OF MONSOON MOISTURE WILL ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTH TODAY AND  REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE  POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND ARE EXPECTED  TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON UNDER A  BROAD MONSOONAL FLOW FROM THE SOUTH. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS  THUNDERSTORMS WILL LEAD TO THE HIGH POTENTIAL OF NEW WILDFIRE  IGNITIONS ACROSS THE AREA DUE TO DRY RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS.    ORZ624-625-030130-  /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.130702T1800Z-130704T0600Z/  KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST-  SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN  LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES-  622 AM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO  11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR  FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET...    * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET.    * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE    EXPECTED AT TIMES DURING THE WARNING PERIOD.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL    BE POSSIBLE.    * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS IN GRASS AND BRUSH FUEL    TYPES BELOW 6000 FEET WILL LEAD TO THE HIGH POTENTIAL OF NEW    FIRE STARTS.    * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT    HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED  THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE  MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.    &&    $$      VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  622 AM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013    .A SURGE OF MONSOON MOISTURE WILL ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTH TODAY AND  REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE  POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND ARE EXPECTED  TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON UNDER A  BROAD MONSOONAL FLOW FROM THE SOUTH. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS  THUNDERSTORMS WILL LEAD TO THE HIGH POTENTIAL OF NEW WILDFIRE  IGNITIONS ACROSS THE AREA DUE TO DRY RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS.    CAZ280-281-ORZ623-030130-  /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.130702T1800Z-130704T0300Z/  WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-  CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-  SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-  622 AM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO  8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE  WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 623...    * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 623.    * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES    DURING THE WARNING PERIOD.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL    BE POSSIBLE.    * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL    FOR NEW FIRES AND SIGNIFICANT FIRE GROWTH.    * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT    HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED  THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE  MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
Source: NWS Eureka


__._,_.___


Be sure to check out our Links Section at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/californiadisasters/links
Please join our Discussion Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/californiadisasters_discussion/ for topical but extended discussions started here or for less topical but nonetheless relevant messages.




Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional
Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)
Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe

__,_._,___

No comments:

Post a Comment