AN UPPER LOW WILL GRADUALLY MOVE ACROSS OUR AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. ASSOCIATED MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE INCREASING WITH VERY WET STORMS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY. DESPITE THE RAIN...UNTIL FUELS RESPOND TO THE INCREASED MOISTURE...RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. CAZ280>282-284-285-ORZ616-617-619>625-081400- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130810T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA- TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY-UMPQUA BASIN- UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-WESTERN ROGUE RIVER- SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 101 PM PDT WED AUG 7 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280... 281...282...284...285...616...617...619...620...621...622...623... 624 AND 625... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 281...622...624...285... 282...284...621...625...623...616...617...280...620 AND 619 * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY. STORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE DURING NIGHT TIME BUT WILL DIMINISH IN COVERAGE. * RAINFALL...STORMS WILL BECOME WETTER OVER TIME. WHILE NOT ALL AREAS WILL GET WETTING RAINS...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN PRODUCING CONSISTENT WETTING RAINS ALONG THEIR PATHS BY THURSDAY. THE GREATEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE CASCADES. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR STORMS...ESPECIALLY EAST SIDE AREAS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS. OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CAUSE NEW FIRES TO SPREAD. * 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
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RISK OF LIGHTNING RELATED FIRES INCREASES TOMORROW AND FRIDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OFFSHORE WILL APPROACH THE NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COAST TOMORROW AND FRIDAY INCREASING THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL RANGE AND MOUNTAINS OF SHASTA AND PLUMAS COUNTIES. STORMS MAY INITIALLY BE DRY OR HAVE LIMITED PRECIPITATION TOMORROW BUT WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MORE WET INTO FRIDAY. STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WIND WHICH COULD QUICKLY SPREAD ANY LIGHTNING INDUCED FIRES. CAZ213-214-263-268-279-081200- /O.UPG.KSTO.FW.A.0006.130808T1800Z-130810T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSTO.FW.W.0008.130808T1800Z-130810T0300Z/ EASTERN PORTION OF SHASTA/TRINITY NF- BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP-SOUTHEAST EDGE SHASTA- TRINITY NF AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF TEHAMA-GLENN UNIT- NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK- BECKWORTH PEAK)-EASTERN MENDOCINO NF- 1258 PM PDT WED AUG 7 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 213... 214...263...268 AND 279... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 213 EASTERN PORTION OF SHASTA/TRINITY NF...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214 BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 263 SOUTHEAST EDGE SHASTA- TRINITY NF AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF TEHAMA-GLENN UNIT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 268 NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK- GRIZZLY PEAK-BECKWORTH PEAK) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 279 EASTERN MENDOCINO NF. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. STORMS MAY INITIALLY BE DRY BUT WILL TRANSITION TO WETTER THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. * OUTFLOW WINDS...COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING MAY CREATE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF NEW FIRES. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SACRAMENTO/HAZARDS * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SACRAMENTO/HAZARDS 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. && INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWS.SACRAMENTO WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSSACRAMENTO
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