[californiadisasters] South Ops News & Notes Update (10/07/13-5:45PM)

Date	Time	News and Notes
10/07/2013	1745	Deluz Fire CA-MCP 003197 Camp Pendleton MCAS, San Diego County CIIMT ICT2 Walker 2,236 acres 67% contained
10/07/2013	0745	The national weather service in Hanford, CA has issued a Red Flag Warning due to very low humidity values for Kern County Mountain range until 1700 today.
10/07/2013	0730	Deluz Fire CA-MCP 003197 Camp Pendleton MCAS, San Diego County CIIMT Type 2 Team (Walker) in command. 2,589 acres, 41 % contained
10/06/2013	1730	Deluz Fire CA-MCP 003197 Camp Pendleton MCAS, San Diego County Southern California Interagency Team #1 took transfer of command of the Deluz Fire at 1400hrs today from Camp Pendleton Fire. Crews will continue to build line in the steep rugged areas of the fire and improve other previously completed lines. Fire burned dirty along riparian areas and this continues to re-burn with low to moderate intensity.
10/06/2013	0800	Deluz Fire CA-MCP 003197 Camp Pendleton MCAS, San Diego County 1,200 acres 15% contained SOCAL (Walker IC) Team 1 has been mobilized and reporting to the base hospital at 0800. Control continues to be an issue due to current weather, winds and terrain. Structures continue to be threatened. Fuels are extremely dry and receptive to ignition.
10/05/2013	1845	Deluz Fire CA-MCP 003197 Camp Pendleton MCAS, San Diego County FRA A Type II incident management team has been requested to report to the base hospital at 0800 10/06/2013. Incident exhibited extreme fire behavior and spotting. 250 acres, 0 % contained  VALAT was deployed and utilized values at risk are military housing, military hospital, and other developments.
10/05/2013	1430	Deluz Fire CA-MCP 003197 Camp Pendleton MCAS, San Diego County FRA Fire is near Naval hospital and O'Neill lake, threat to hospital and base housing  Evacuations in the DeLuz and O'Niell housing Start Time:1314, hrs 10-05-2013 75 acres, 0 % contained  Rapid rate of spread, heavy fuels 91 ⁰, 09 %RH, 10 mph, W
10/05/2013	0800	Northeast to east winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph will continue over much of Southern California.
10/04/2013	1500	Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will join hundreds of uniformed firefighters from    throughout California tomorrow to honor 22 individuals whose names will be added to the California  Firefighters Memorial. Tomorrow, Saturday, October 5, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. at the Capitol Park, State Capitol, California Firefighters Memorial, Sacramento, CA 95814  More information on the California Firefighters Memorial Ceremony is available here.
10/04/2013	0800	Strong gusty winds have surfaced from LPF south and along coastal areas into to wind the prone areas in the high and low desserts.
10/03/2013	1700	Rim Fire  CA-STF-002857  Tuolumne County 257,135 acres, 95 % contained.
10/03/2013	1700	The National Weather Service has issued a number of Watch / Warnings for Central and South California due to high winds, very warm temperatures, low relative humidities and very dry fuel conditions. Fuels are very receptive to ignition.
10/03/2013	0730	A moderate strength Santa Ana wind event now appears likely for  late Thursday night through Sunday. Northeast to east winds  sustained 25 to 40 mph with local gusts as high as 65 mph  through and below canyons and passes. Winds will peak Friday  night and Saturday then diminish Saturday night and Sunday  morning turning onshore by Sunday afternoon. http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?wfo=sgx&pil=RFW&sid=sgx
10/03/2013	0730	Blowing dust advisory in effect from 5 am to 11 PM PDT Friday... The National Weather Service has issued a blowing dust advisory... which is in effect from 5 am to 11 PM PDT Friday for the south end of the San Joaquin Valley and the Kern County mountains.Winds: east 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph possible. Visibility: reduced to below a quarter mile. Timing: wind will increase early Friday morning and will produce areas of blowing dust through Friday evening. Locations include: Bakersfield, Arvin Taft... Lebec, Tehachapi and Lake Isabella including portions of Interstate 5 and state highways 99,58 and 178.
10/02/2013	1430	Fire Weather planning forecast for extreme Southwestern California The National Weather Service San Diego CA issued a fire weather watch / warning issued from 0200 am Friday morning through 2000 hrs. Sunday evening for most of Orange County, Southwest San Bernardino County, all of western Riverside County and a fire weather watch / warning  in effect from 1100 hrs Friday morning through 1400 hrs Monday afternoon for most of San Diego county.
10/02/2013	0730	Weather forecast calls for moderate offshore winds of 20-30 mph with gusts over 50 mph will occur Friday and Saturday across much of Southern CA.  Temperatures will be in the 90s and minimum RH will drop into the single digits Friday into the weekend in the windy areas.

Source: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/index.htm

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