[californiadisasters] Fire Weather Watch - Cal Desert (05/26/11-PM)

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 101 - 102 - 228 - 229 - 465 AND
466...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
 THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN CALIFORNIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
  228 MOJAVE DESERT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 229 LOWER COLORADO RIVER
  VALLEY. 

* TIMING...SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY EVENING.
 
* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY AROUND 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
  HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS THAT ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
 WARNINGS.

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STACHELSKI

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

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