[californiadisasters] Fire Weather Watch - Klamath NF (9/08/13-PM)

...POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES AND GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS IN THE  MOUNTAINS MONDAY NIGHT...    .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH  TUESDAY AND LEAD TO BREEZY OFFSHORE FLOW AND AN INCREASINGLY DRY  AIRMASS. HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE MODERATE TO POOR OVER THE  WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE AIRMASS  DRIES OUT. BY MONDAY NIGHT...RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR WITH MAXIMUM  HUMIDITY LESS THAN 30 PERCENT OVER THE RIDGES. THIS COMBINED WITH  CONTINUED BREEZY OFFSHORE WINDS WILL LEAD TO INCREASED FIRE  DANGER.    CAZ280-092300-  /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0011.130910T0300Z-130910T1500Z/  WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-  218 PM PDT SUN SEP 8 2013    ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH  TUESDAY MORNING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE  HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 280...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER  WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY  MORNING.    * AFFECTED AREA: THE MOUNTAINS OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 280.    * WIND...EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.    * HUMIDITY...POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES OF ONLY 25 TO 30 PERCENT.    * TIMING...DRY AIR AND BREEZY OFFSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE    REGION THROUGH TUESDAY. HOWEVER...THE MOST EXTREME CONDITIONS    ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.    * IMPACTS...DRY AIR AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO INCREASED FIRE    DANGER. EXISTING OR NEW FIRES MAY CONTINUE TO BURN ACTIVELY    THROUGH THE NIGHT AND MAY SPREAD.    * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT    HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG  WARNINGS.    &&    $$      VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

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