Re: [californiadisasters] Red Fag Warnings.

"Upper deserts", more often "High deserts", are upper both in latitude and
elevation. Essentially, north of the San Gabriel and San Bernardino
Mountains (I-10 is south of mts, Victorville, Twentynine Palms are desert).
(Death Valley is low elevation, in fact, below sea level, but most of the
area is more like 1000 to 2000'.)

"Low deserts" are the opposite, include Imperial County (E of San Diego
Co.--red flag on this map), Borrego Springs; Riverside Co., incl. Palm
Springs, Indio.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Bates" <HappyMoosePhoto@gmail.com>
To: <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 9:28 AM
Subject: RE: [californiadisasters] Red Fag Warnings.

> The NWS talks in zones, not counties. Riverside, San Diego and San Bern
> would be good places to listen...
> There may be other sites for what you're looking for. Here is the
synopsis
> for today.
>
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> FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA
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> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
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> 538 AM PDT FRI MAY 21 2010
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> ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS IN THE DESERTS...
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> .DISCUSSION...
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> A DEEP LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WITH ORIGINS IN THE GULF OF ALASKA
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> WILL MOVE DOWN THE CALIFORNIA COAST THIS WEEKEND BRINGING WINDY
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> CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND. THIS COLD SYSTEM WILL BRING COOLING EACH
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> DAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE AIRMASS IS INITIALLY QUITE DRY AND THE
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> COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN RED
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> FLAG CONDITIONS IN THE UPPER AND LOWER DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON AND
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> EVENING.
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> THE WINDS WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT AND THE HUMIDITIES
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> WILL INCREASE. HOWEVER...ON SATURDAY THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW
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> RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RETURN TO THE HIGH DESERTS. THEREFORE THE
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> RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 11 PM SATURDAY FOR THE HIGH
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> DESERTS OF THE APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS.
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> CAZ261-262-220545-
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> COACHELLA VALLEY-
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> INCLUDING THE PALM SPRINGS SOUTH COAST DESERT DISTRICT-
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> SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
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> INCLUDING THE ANZA BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK-
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> 538 AM PDT FRI MAY 21 2010
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> ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS
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> EVENING...
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> Rick
>
> www.HappyMoosePhoto.com
>
> Wildlife and scenic images
>
>
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> _____
>
> From: thomas billman
>
>
> I looked at that but it does not really list counties, it pretty much
talks
> about the dessert areas. I am not from california so i looking at the map
> and guessing the counties. I have riverside cdf on .
>
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>

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