Thursday, August 6, 2015

[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warnings (Dry Lightning) - NorCal (8/06/15-AM)



...DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY AND PERSIST  OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA TODAY WITH DRY THUNDERSTORMS INITIALLY DEVELOPING OVER MONTEREY AND SAN BENITO COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE SAN FRANCISCO AND THE NORTH BAY AREA BY AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON LASTING INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS INTO FRIDAY MORNING. KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DRY WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED DOWN BURST WINDS.

CAZ509-511>513-516>518-528>530-070400-
/O.NEW.KMTR.FW.W.0001.150806T2100Z-150807T1800Z/
SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE-
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-SANTA CLARA VALLEY...INCLUDING SAN JOSE-SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY... ARROYO SECO...AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO-SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY INCLUDING PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK-
NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...HOLLISTER VALLEY...AND CARMEL VALLEY-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-

950 AM PDT THU AUG 6 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM
PDT FRIDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 509...
511...512...513...516...517...518...528...529 AND 530...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 509...511...512...513...
  516...517...518...528...529 AND 530.

* TIMING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP LATE THIS  MORNING IN MONTEREY AND SAN BENITIO COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORM  THREAT IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHWARD IN THE AFTERNOON  BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.

* THUNDERSTORMS...DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING ACTIVITY WITH ISOLATED DOWN BURST WINDS POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. WINDS CAN CHANGE SUDDENLY IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS.

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.

&&

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
950 AM PDT THU AUG 6 2015

...DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA TODAY WITH DRY THUNDERSTORMS INITIALLY DEVELOPING OVER MONTEREY AND SAN BENITO COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE SAN FRANCISCO AND THE NORTH BAY AREA BY AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON LASTING INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS INTO FRIDAY MORNING. KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DRY WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED DOWN BURST WINDS.

CAZ006-505>508-510-070400-
/O.NEW.KMTR.FW.W.0001.150807T0000Z-150807T1800Z/
SAN FRANCISCO-COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE-
NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-
SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE-EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-

950 AM PDT THU AUG 6 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 006...
505...506...507...508 AND 510...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 006...505...506...507...  508 AND 510.

* TIMING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP LATE THIS  AFTERNOON BECOMING MORE WIDE SPREAD IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.

* THUNDERSTORMS...DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING ACTIVITY WITH ISOLATED DOWN BURST WINDS POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. WINDS CAN CHANGE SUDDENLY IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS.

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.

&&

$$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
1219 PM PDT THU AUG 6 2015

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EASTWARD OVER THE AREA WILL BRING DRY THUNDERSTORMS TO MUCH OF INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY. THE STORMS WILL INITALLY DEVELOP OVER THE SAN JOAQUIN AND SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND SPREAD NORTHEAST THROUGH THE CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND SIERRA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE STORMS WILL DIMINISH OVER ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE SIERRA BY LATE AFTERNOON FRIDAY. HOWEVER...ACTIVITY MAY INCREASE OVER THE
SOUTHERN SIERRA FRIDAY AFTERNOON.


CAZ216>218-264-266-268-071200-
/O.NEW.KSTO.FW.W.0002.150807T0300Z-150807T1800Z/
CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY IN GLENN, COLUSA, YUBA, NORTHERN SUTTER, AND BUTTE COUNTY BELOW 1000 FT-
SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY IN YOLO-SACRAMENTO FAR WESTERN PLACER, SOUTHERN SUTTER AND SOLANO COUNTY
BELOW 1000 FT-CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-LAKE COUNTY PORTION OF LAKE-NAPA-SONOMA UNIT-NORTHERN SIERRA FOOTHILLS FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS
OF SHASTA-TRINITY AND BUTTE UNITS-NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S
WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK-BECKWORTH PEAK)-

1219 PM PDT THU AUG 6 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 16...217...218...219...221...267...268

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER
  ZONES 216...217...218...219...221...267...268

* WIND...NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...POORER HUMIDITY RECOVERY OVER THE DRY GRASSY SLOPES ON THE WEST AND EAST SIDES OF THE VALLEY...WITH GOOD RECOVERY AT LOWER ELEVATIONS.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED/SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* HIGHEST THREAT...WEST AND EAST SIDES OF THE VALLEY.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWS.SACRAMENTO
WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSSACRAMENTO

$$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
1219 PM PDT THU AUG 6 2015

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EASTWARD OVER THE AREA WILL BRING DRY THUNDERSTORMS TO MUCH OF INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY. THE STORMS WILL INITALLY DEVELOP OVER THE SAN
JOAQUIN AND SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND SPREAD NORTHEAST THROUGH THE CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND SIERRA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE STORMS WILL DIMINISH OVER ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE SIERRA BY LATE AFTERNOON FRIDAY. HOWEVER...ACTIVITY MAY INCREASE OVER THE
SOUTHERN SIERRA FRIDAY AFTERNOON.


CAZ220-221-267-269-071200-
/O.UPG.KSTO.FW.A.0003.150807T0300Z-150808T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KSTO.FW.W.0002.150807T0300Z-150808T0000Z/
SOUTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF CALAVERAS-TUOLUMNE UNIT-STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST-NORTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF NEVADA-YUBA-PLACER-AMADOR AND ELDORADO UNITS-NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST-

1219 PM PDT THU AUG 6 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...267...269...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 220...221...267...269...

* WIND...EAST OR DOWNSLOPE UP TO 10 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING WEST OR UPSLOPE UP TO 10 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* HUMIDITY...MODEST RECOVERY TONIGHT...AND AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED/SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...VERY DRY FUELS AND SPOTTY RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC THUNDERSTORM WINDS COULD AFFECT FIRE BEHAVIOR.


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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWS.SACRAMENTO
WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSSACRAMENTO

$$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
1219 PM PDT THU AUG 6 2015

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EASTWARD OVER THE AREA WILL BRING DRY THUNDERSTORMS TO MUCH OF INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY. THE STORMS WILL INITALLY DEVELOP OVER THE SAN JOAQUIN AND SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND SPREAD NORTHEAST THROUGH THE CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND SIERRA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE STORMS WILL DIMINISH OVER ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE SIERRA BY LATE AFTERNOON FRIDAY. HOWEVER...ACTIVITY MAY INCREASE OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA FRIDAY AFTERNOON.


CAZ219-071200-
/O.UPG.KSTO.FW.A.0003.150807T0300Z-150807T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KSTO.FW.W.0002.150807T0300Z-150807T1800Z/
NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY IN SAN JOAQUIN AND STANISLAUS COUNTIES BELOW 1000 FT-

1219 PM PDT THU AUG 6 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219.

* WIND...NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...POORER HUMIDITY RECOVERY OVER THE DRY GRASSY  SLOPES ON THE WEST AND EAST SIDES OF THE VALLEY...WITH GOOD RECOVERY AT LOWER ELEVATIONS.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED/SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* HIGHEST THREAT...WEST AND EAST SIDES OF THE VALLEY.

* IMPACTS...VERY DRY FUELS RESULTING IN AN INCREASED THREAT OF FIRE STARTS ON THE GRASSY SLOPES ON THE WEST AND EAST SIDES OF THE VALLEY.


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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWS.SACRAMENTO
WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSSACRAMENTO

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


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