...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY... .LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OFF OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST THIS WEEKEND WILL BRING SOUTHEAST FLOW OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS SUNDAY, AND, POSSIBLY, INTO THE LOWER LEVELS ON MONDAY. THIS SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL OF COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF LIGHTNING ON DRY VEGETATION THAT IS LIKELY TO LEAD TO MULTIPLE NEW FIRES. CAZ280>282-284-285-ORZ616-617-620>624-081400- /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0023.140810T1800Z-140812T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA- TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY-UMPQUA BASIN- UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 315 PM PDT THU AUG 7 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...282...284...285...616...617...620... 621...622...623 AND 624... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 281...622...624...285... 282...284...621...623...616...617...280 AND 620 * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON SUNDAY. SUNDAY NIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE AS SOUTHEAST FLOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY MAY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS, BUT NOT OTHERS. * OUTFLOW WINDS...OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED LIGHTNING ON DRY, DROUGHT STRICKEN VEGETATION WILL LEAD TO MULTIPLE FIRE STARTS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO OVERWHELM INITIAL ATTACK RESOURCES. THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BEING TRULY DRY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THIS WATCH AREA. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.NWS Medford
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