[californiadisasters] Fire Weather Watch - NorCal (8/05/13-PM)

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...    .AN UPPER LOW CURRENTLY OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE INLAND  THIS WEEK. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY  NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH A GREATER COVERAGE OF  THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS  WILL TREND WETTER BY WEDNESDAY EVENING AS MOISTURE INCREASES. THIS  INITIAL ROUND OF LIGHTNING OVER CONTINUED VERY DRY FUELS MAY  RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE  THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...BUT THEY WILL BECOME VERY WET.    CAZ284-285-ORZ624-625-061400-  /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0006.130807T1800Z-130808T0600Z/  SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT  SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY-  KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST-  SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN  LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES-  243 PM PDT MON AUG 5 2013    ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH  WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE  WEATHER ZONES 284...285...624 AND 625...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER  WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH  WEDNESDAY EVENING.    * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624...285...284 AND 625    * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED STORMS WEDNESDAY MORNING MAY BECOME    SCATTERED BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR ANY STORMS.    * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NEW FIRE    STARTS. OUTFLOW WINDS MAY CAUSE NEW FIRES TO SPREAD.    * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT    HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG  WARNINGS.

Source: NWS Medford

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