INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE WILL INCREASE THROUGH TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ARRIVES FROM THE SOUTH AND MOISTURE FUNNELS IN FROM THE SOUTHEAST. THIS WILL BRING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWESTERN OREGON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND TO THE NORTH AND EAST TUESDAY. WHILE SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT IN MODERATE AND HEAVY RAINFALL DUE TO SLOW STORM MOVEMENT...ABUNDANT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS DUE TO DRY FUEL CONDITIONS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ON WEDNESDAY...THEN A WARMING AND DRYING TREND IS EXPECTED AT THE END OF THE WEEK. CAZ280-281-284-091015- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0001.150609T1800Z-150610T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0001.150609T1800Z-150610T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0002.150610T1800Z-150611T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA- 312 PM PDT MON JUN 8 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS: ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN MANY NEW FIRE STARTS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THESE FIRE STARTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO OVERWHELM INITIAL ATTACK...AND MAY SPREAD TO THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY. ADDITIONALLY...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND A DRYING TREND IS EXPECTED DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...284 * COUNTIES AFFECTED: SISKIYOU. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE WARNING AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. * RAINFALL...DUE TO ABUNDANT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE AVAILABLE AND STORM MOTION MOSTLY IN THE 5 TO 10 MPH RANGE...SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL UNDER STORM CORES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.--
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