Tuesday, July 28, 2015

[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warnings - NorCal Inland (7/27/15-PM)



...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TUESDAY TO 11 AM  PDT WEDNESDAY...    * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CAUSE    FIRES TO SPREAD VERY RAPIDLY.    * AFFECTED AREA:    IN NORTHERN CA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 280.    * COUNTIES AFFECTED: IN NORTHERN CA...UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES    ABOVE 4000 FT IN WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY.    * WINDS: NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.    * OVERNIGHT AND MORNING HUMIDITY: AFTER A TEMPORARY RISE IN THE    LATE EVENING...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO    AROUND 20 TO 30 PERCENT ON RIDGES TUESDAY MORNING. THESE LOW    HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY    MORNING.    * DAYTIME HUMIDITY: AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE  EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY.    &&    

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA  936 PM PDT MON JUL 27 2015    ...MODERATE OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RH VALUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY...    .BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE IN COMBINATION WITH A STRENGTHENING  THERMAL TROUGH ACROSS INTERIOR CALIFORNIA WILL RESULT IN GUSTY  OFFSHORE WINDS FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA. THE  STRONGEST WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES  WILL OCCUR OVER DEL NORTE...EXTREME NORTHERN HUMBOLDT AND WESTERN  SISKIYOU COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...AND AGAIN  TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.    CAZ203-204-281245-  /O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0006.150728T0900Z-150728T1800Z/  /O.CON.KEKA.FW.A.0004.150729T0600Z-150729T1800Z/  UPPER SMITH...INLAND PORTION OF THE SMITH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN  THE SIX RIVERS NF.-  LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH...INLAND PORTION OF THE KLAMATH RIVER  DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST AND THE UKONOM  DISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST.-  936 PM PDT MON JUL 27 2015    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 AM PDT  TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES  203 AND 204...    ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING  THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR  FIRE WEATHER ZONES 203 AND 204...    * AFFECTED AREA...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET IN FIRE WEATHER    ZONES 203 AND 204.    * WIND...EAST-NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.    * HUMIDITY...20 TO 40 PERCENT.    * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.    OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF  STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL  CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.    A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE  RED FLAG WARNINGS.    &&    $$      HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA


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


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