Sunday, October 6, 2013

[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warning - Kern Co. (10/06/13-PM) 



...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY FOR  VERY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS...    * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 295 KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS.    * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.    * TIMING...GUSTIEST WINDS WILL BE DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS    THEN DECREASING INTO THE AFTERNOON.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING BELOW 10 PERCENT IN THE MOUNTAINS    AND REMAINING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.    POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND HUMIDITY    WILL FALL BACK INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE MONDAY MORNING AND    CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. BETTER RECOVERY IS EXPECTED    BY MONDAY EVENING.    * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD    AND EXTREME BEHAVIOR WITH 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  STRONG WINDS...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.    $$    ANDERSEN
Source: NWS Hanford


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