[californiadisasters] Fire Weather Watch - SoCal (05/06/11-AM)

CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 230
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-
CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 231
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-
CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 232
IMPERIAL COUNTY AND EASTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY-
 530 AM MST FRI MAY 6 2011 /530 AM PDT FRI MAY 6 2011/

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING FOR FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND THE LOWER DESERTS OF
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA DUE TO STRONG WINDS...LOW
 RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR FAR
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND THE LOWER DESERTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-
 CENTRAL ARIZONA DUE TO STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH
FIRE DANGER.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL LEAD TO
STRONG WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER
 SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...LESS SO OVER SOUTH-
CENTRAL ARIZONA. THOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER
SUNDAY...HUMIDITIES WILL BE LOW BEFORE SLOWLY INCREASING SUNDAY
NIGHT.

* AFFECTED AREA: IN CALIFORNIA...
   FIRE ZONE 230 CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 230 JOSHUA TREE
  NATIONAL PARK...FIRE ZONE 231 CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONE
  231 LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA...FIRE ZONE 232 CALIFORNIA
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 232 IMPERIAL COUNTY AND EASTERN RIVERSIDE
   COUNTY.

* WIND: SOUTHWEST AND WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
  OVER FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...15 TO 25 MPH
  WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH OVER THE SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA DESERTS.
 
* HUMIDITY: 10-15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS: THE EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH THE VERY
  DRY FUELS AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE
  WEATHER CONDITIONS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

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Source: http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=sgx&wwa=fire%20weather%20watch
 

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