...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 506 NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS... FIRE ZONE 507 NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND: NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BY LATE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SUBSIDE TO ABOUT 5 TO 15 MPH. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. MUCH BETTER HUMIDITY RECOVERIES EXPECTED BY TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WHERE EXISTING FIRES AND ANY NEW IGNITIONS WILL SEE RAPID FIRE GROWTH. 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.Source: NWS San Francisco/Monterey
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