Friday, June 6, 2014

[californiadisasters] NorCal High Heat & Fire Danger This Weekend



SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY-  BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-  CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-  CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-  MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-  CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-  NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE-  WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-  WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-  122 PM PDT THU JUN 5 2014    ...HOT TEMPERATURES, LOW HUMIDITY AND SOME BREEZY WINDS PEAKING  OVER WEEKEND...    ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE SIERRA IN THE  AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS...    * IMPACTS: ELEVATED HEAT CONCERNS ESPECIALLY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS.             POTENTIAL FOR LARGER FIRE GROWTH AND RAPID FIRE SPREAD.    * CONFIDENCE: HIGH FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, LOW AFTERNOON RH    AND AREAS OF POOR RH RECOVERY. MODERATE FOR WIND SPEEDS AND    THUNDERSTORMS.    * TIMING AND STRENGTH: LOWERING RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH THE WEEK    WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS DURING THE WEEKEND. WARMEST    TEMPERATURES IN MOST LOCATIONS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. DRYING,    NORTHERLY WINDS (5-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH) EXPECTED THROUGH    THE WEEKEND WITH THE STRONGEST AND MORE WIDESPREAD NORTHERLY    BREEZY WINDS ON SUNDAY.    * TEMPERATURES: HIGHS 100 TO 108 IN THE VALLEY AND LOW 70S TO LOW    90S IN THE MOUNTAINS. MAX TEMPERATURES 15 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE    NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE    60S TO AROUND 70 IN THE VALLEY AND 70S IN THE FOOTHILLS THERMAL    BELT. NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE.    * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE SIERRA    THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND AGAIN FRIDAY AND INTO THE    WEEKEND.
NWS SACRAMENTO
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Posted by: Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com>


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