Thursday, August 7, 2014

[californiadisasters] Fire Weather Watches - NorCal (8/07/14-PM) 



...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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Posted by: Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com>


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