Sunday, July 20, 2014

[californiadisasters] Fire Weather Watches - NorCal (7/20/14-PM) 



MONSOONAL MOISTURE MOVING NORTHWARD FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AND  THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING WITH IT THE POSSIBILITY OF SCATTERED  LIGHTNING BEGINNING EARLY MONDAY MORNING ACROSS MODOC AND LAKE  COUNTIES. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEVELOPING ALONG THE WEST COAST  ON MONDAY WILL DEVELOP THE SCATTERED LIGHTNING THREAT WESTWARD  MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FLOW WILL TURN MORE SOUTHERLY  TUESDAY BRINGING THE LIGHTNING THREAT WEST TO THE SHASTA VALLEY  AND CASCADES.    CAZ284-ORZ624-211200-  /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.A.0015.140721T1800Z-140723T0600Z/  SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT  SHASTA-KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST-  1225 PM PDT SUN JUL 20 2014    ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH  TUESDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE  WEATHER ZONES 284 AND 624...    THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING  THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.    * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 284    * THUNDERSTORMS...MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SCATTERED    THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AS MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY COMBINE.    A BREAK IN THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT, THEN    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON TUESDAY.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...20 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE.    * IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH EXISTING VERY    DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT PERIOD    OF TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE    THUNDERSTORMS... BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO    NOT RECEIVE WETTING RAIN AND AS DRYING OCCURS IN THE DAYS    THAT FOLLOW THE THUNDERSTORMS.    * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG  WARNINGS.    &&    $$    PETRUCELLI    VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  1225 PM PDT SUN JUL 20 2014    .MONSOONAL MOISTURE MOVING NORTHWARD FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AND  THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING WITH IT THE POSSIBILITY OF SCATTERED  LIGHTNING BEGINNING EARLY MONDAY MORNING ACROSS MODOC AND LAKE  COUNTIES. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEVELOPING ALONG THE WEST COAST  ON MONDAY WILL DEVELOP THE SCATTERED LIGHTNING THREAT WESTWARD  MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FLOW WILL TURN MORE SOUTHERLY  TUESDAY BRINGING THE LIGHTNING THREAT WEST TO THE SHASTA VALLEY  AND CASCADES.    CAZ285-ORZ625-211200-  /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.A.0015.140721T1200Z-140723T0600Z/  MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY-  SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN  LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES-  1225 PM PDT SUN JUL 20 2014    ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH  TUESDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE  WEATHER ZONES 285 AND 625...    THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH  TUESDAY EVENING.    * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 285 AND 625    * THUNDERSTORMS...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS    WILL MOVE NORTHWARD TONIGHT BRINGING A THREAT OF LIGHTNING TO    THE AREA EARLY MONDAY MORNING. MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AS MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY    COMBINE. A BREAK IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE MONDAY    NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY, THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE    EXPECTED AGAIN ON TUESDAY.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY    MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.    * IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH EXISTING VERY    DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT PERIOD    OF TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE    THUNDERSTORMS... BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO    NOT RECEIVE WETTING RAIN AND AS DRYING OCCURS IN THE DAYS    THAT FOLLOW THE THUNDERSTORMS.    * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG  WARNINGS.    &&    $$
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  1225 PM PDT SUN JUL 20 2014    .MONSOONAL MOISTURE MOVING NORTHWARD FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AND  THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING WITH IT THE POSSIBILITY OF SCATTERED  LIGHTNING BEGINNING EARLY MONDAY MORNING ACROSS MODOC AND LAKE  COUNTIES. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEVELOPING ALONG THE WEST COAST  ON MONDAY WILL DEVELOP THE SCATTERED LIGHTNING THREAT WESTWARD  MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FLOW WILL TURN MORE SOUTHERLY  TUESDAY BRINGING THE LIGHTNING THREAT WEST TO THE SHASTA VALLEY  AND CASCADES.    CAZ281-282-ORZ617-623-211200-  /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0016.140722T1200Z-140723T0600Z/  CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA-  TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY-UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-  SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-  1225 PM PDT SUN JUL 20 2014    ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH  TUESDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE  WEATHER ZONES 281...282...617 AND 623...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER  WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY  EVENING.    * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 281...282...623 AND 617.    * THUNDERSTORMS...THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE SOUTHEAST WILL MOVE    NORTHWARD BRINGING A THREAT OF LIGHTNING TUESDAY MORNING.    THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SCATTERED TUESDAY AFTERNOON    INTO TUESDAY EVENING AS MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INCREASE.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH GUST ARE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY    TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.    * IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH EXISTING VERY    DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF    TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE    THUNDERSTORMS, BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO NOT    RECEIVE WETTING RAIN AND AS DRYING OCCURS IN THE DAYS THAT    FOLLOW THE THUNDERSTORMS.    * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG  WARNINGS.
NWS Medford


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Posted by: Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com>


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