[californiadisasters] Fire Weather Watches - Cal Desert (05/27/11-AM)

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

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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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
524 AM MST FRI MAY 27 2011

CAZ231-232-272030-
/O.EXA.KPSR.FW.A.0004.110528T1800Z-110529T0400Z/
/O.CON.KPSR.FW.A.0005.110529T1800Z-110530T0400Z/
 CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 231
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-
CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 232
IMPERIAL COUNTY AND EASTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY-
524 AM PDT FRI MAY 27 2011

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
 SATURDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH
FIRE DANGER FOR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA INCLUDING IMPERIAL AND EASTERN
RIVERSIDE COUNTIES...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
 SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE
DANGER FOR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA INCLUDING IMPERIAL AND EASTERN
RIVERSIDE COUNTIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
 WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IMPERIAL AND EASTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTIES...INCLUDING
   THE IMPERIAL VALLEY AND THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY.

* WIND...SATURDAY...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
  SUNDAY...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.
 
* IMPACTS...FUELS ARE DRY AND FIRE DANGER IS VERY HIGH. THESE
  CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS
  WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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

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

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