Monday, December 30, 2013

[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warnings - Southern Sierra (12/30/13-AM) 



...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY FOR  VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES FOR THE  SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS...    * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 295 KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS...    FIRE WEATHER ZONE 296 SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS    CANYON NATIONAL PARK AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 297 TULARE COUNTY    MOUNTAINS.    * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.    * TIMING...THROUGH 4 PM PST MONDAY.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RECOVERY INTO THE TEENS TO MID 20S OVERNIGHT.    HUMIDITIES FALLING BACK TO 10 PERCENT OR LESS DURING THE MORNING    HOURS ON MONDAY AND REMAINING LOW THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.    * 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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