...PROLONGED PERIOD OF POTENTIAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LIGHTNING FIRE STARTS NEXT WEEK IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS... LOW PRESSURE WILL LINGER ALONG THE COAST BEFORE GRADUALLY MOVING OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BY THE MIDDLE TO END OF NEXT WEEK. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS STARTING OVER THE WEEKEND AND CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. SOME STORMS IN THE COASTAL RANGE MAY BEGIN AS EARLY AS SATURDAY BUT ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE AREA BY MONDAY. THE MAIN THREAT FOR LIGHTNING IS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS ALSO COULD EXTEND INTO THE VALLEY. STORMS SHOULD BECOME INCREASINGLY WET BUT WITH SUBSTANTIAL LIGHTNING COULD PRODUCE FIRE STARTS AWAY FROM RAIN CORES. CAZ213-214-220-221-263-264-266>269-279-171045- /O.NEW.KSTO.FW.A.0007.130819T1800Z-130822T0600Z/ EASTERN PORTION OF SHASTA/TRINITY NF- BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP- SOUTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF CALAVERAS-TUOLUMNE UNIT-STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST- SOUTHEAST EDGE SHASTA-TRINITY NF AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF TEHAMA- GLENN UNIT-LAKE COUNTY PORTION OF LAKE-NAPA-SONOMA UNIT- NORTHERN SIERRA FOOTHILLS FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF SHASTA-TRINITY AND BUTTE UNITS- NORTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF NEVADA-YUBA-PLACER-AMADOR AND ELDORADO UNITS- NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK- BECKWORTH PEAK)- NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST-EASTERN MENDOCINO NF- 340 PM PDT FRI AUG 16 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 213... 214...220...221...263...264...266...267...268...269 AND 279... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SOME STORMS MAY ALSO EXTEND INTO THE VALLEY EARLY NEXT WEEK. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED STORMS MAY DEVELOP SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOONS BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD BY MONDAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY WET BUT LIGHTNING STRIKES MAY EXTEND OUTSIDE OF RAIN AREAS. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCALLY GUSTY TO 40 MPH NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH FORM. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES MAY CREATE NEW FIRE STARTS. LOCALLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS FROM ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY CAUSE FIRES WHICH DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SACRAMENTO/HAZARDS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWS.SACRAMENTO WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSSACRAMENTO--
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