[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warning - Eastern Sierra/Owens Valley

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PDT /1 PM MST/  THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PDT /9 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG  WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 102...  226...460...461...462...463...464 AND 465...    * AFFECTED AREA... IN CALIFORNIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE    226 OWENS VALLEY/SOUTHERN INYO FOREST.     * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY    AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE    DECREASING BY LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.    * WIND...ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF FIRE ZONE CAZ226...WEST 20 TO 30    MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS BELOW CANYONS ALONG THE    LOWER SLOPES COULD REACH 70 MPH AT TIMES. IN SOUTHERN NEVADA AND    NORTHWEST ARIZONA...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS    BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. POSSIBLE GUSTS TO NEAR 70 MPH ALONG THE    EAST SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS OF NEVADA ZONES 463 AND 464.    * HUMIDITY...SINGLE DIGITS THROUGH EARLY EVENING.    * 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 RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG  WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE  EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.    &&    $$    HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS

Source: http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=lox&wwa=red%20flag%20warning

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