[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warning Extended - Southern Sierra/Tehachapis (12/30/13-PM)

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY FOR  VERY LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS...    * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 295 KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS.    * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.    * TIMING...THROUGH 10 AM PST TUESDAY.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...SINGLE DIGITS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS    CONTINUING THIS EVENING AND WILL RECOVER ONLY INTO THE TEENS TO    MID 20S TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING.    * 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 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.

Source: NWS Hanford

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