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Friday, May 31, 2013

[californiadisasters] On This Date In CA Weather History (May 31)

2001: Fresno reached 106°, marking the 9th time this month the high reached into the triple digits.
This set a record for the most triple digit high temperatures in May.

2001: It was 93° in Idyllwild, the highest temperature on record for May.
This also occurred on 5.29.1984.
It was 91° in Palomar Mountain, the highest temperature on record for May.
This also occurred on 5.28.2003.

1998: Fresno reached a high of only 85° and in Bakersfield the high reached 84°.
This was the warmest reading of the month at both locations and only the 3rd May on record in both cities that the high temperature never cracked 90° (also occurred in May 1917 and 1961).

1971: 8" of snow fell at Glenbrook, its all-time record one-day total for May.

1910: Earliest 110° high temperatures on record at Fresno and Bakersfield.
Also the highest temperatures ever recorded at both locations for May.
In Lemon Cove, the high reached a sweltering 118°, the highest on record here in May.

Source: NWS Hanford, Reno & San Diego

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warnings - NorCal (5/30/13-PM)

...BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY... HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE REGION WILL BRING MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES...DRIER CONDITIONS AND BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS TO INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. CRITICAL FIRE BEHAVIOR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY...THE EASTERN PORTION OF SOLANO COUNTY... AND THE EAST SIDE OF THE COASTAL RANGE MOUNTAINS. CAZ215-216-263-279-311700- /O.UPG.KSTO.FW.A.0002.130531T2000Z-130602T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KSTO.FW.W.0002.130531T1700Z-130602T0200Z/ NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY TO SOUTHERN TEHAMA COUNTY LINE BELOW 1000 FT- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY IN GLENN, COLUSA, YUBA, NORTHERN SUTTER, AND BUTTE COUNTY BELOW 1000 FT-SOUTHEAST EDGE SHASTA- TRINITY NF AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF TEHAMA-GLENN UNIT- EASTERN MENDOCINO NF- 330 PM PDT THU MAY 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 7 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215...216...263 AND 279... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 7 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 215 NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY TO SOUTHERN TEHAMA COUNTY LINE BELOW 1000 FT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216 CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY IN GLENN, COLUSA, YUBA, NORTHERN SUTTER, AND BUTTE COUNTY BELOW 1000 FT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 263 SOUTHEAST EDGE SHASTA-TRINITY NF AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF TEHAMA-GLENN UNIT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 279 EASTERN MENDOCINO NF. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 5. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 TO 12 PERCENT. POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH DRY FUEL CONDITIONS CAN LEAD TO ENHANCED FIRE DANGER. GRASS FIRES CAN SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SACRAMENTO/HAZARDS 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWS.SACRAMENTO WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSSACRAMENTO $$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 330 PM PDT THU MAY 30 2013 ...BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY... HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE REGION WILL BRING MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES...DRIER CONDITIONS AND BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS TO INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. CRITICAL FIRE BEHAVIOR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY...THE EASTERN PORTION OF SOLANO COUNTY... AND THE EAST SIDE OF THE COASTAL RANGE MOUNTAINS. CAZ217-218-311700- /O.NEW.KSTO.FW.W.0002.130531T1700Z-130602T0200Z/ SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY IN YOLO- SACRAMENTO FAR WESTERN PLACER, SOUTHERN SUTTER AND SOLANO COUNTY BELOW 1000 FT-CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA- 330 PM PDT THU MAY 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 7 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 217 AND 218... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 7 PM PDT SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 217 SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY IN YOLO-SACRAMENTO FAR WESTERN PLACER, SOUTHERN SUTTER AND SOLANO COUNTY BELOW 1000 FT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 218 CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. HIGHEST GUSTS MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 5 AND FROM THE VACA MOUNTAINS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. POOR TO MODERATE HUMIDITY RECOVERY FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH DRY FUEL CONDITIONS CAN LEAD TO ENHANCED FIRE DANGER. GRASS FIRES CAN SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SACRAMENTO/HAZARDS 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWS.SACRAMENTO WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSSACRAMENTO

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[californiadisasters] North Ops News & Notes Update (5/30/13-6PM)

Date	Time	News and Notes
5/30/2013	1800	Light initial attack activity reported today.
05/30/2013	1545	The NWS has issued a Red Flag Warning from 1000 hrs. Friday to 1900 hrs. Saturday for the Sacramento Valley, including Solano County, portions of the coast range and adjacent foothills. High pressure is bringing warming temperatures and lowering humidities. Northerly winds will increase, elevating fire danger.
05/29/2013	1800	Light intial attack activity reported throughout North Ops today.
05/28/2013	0700	Light initial attack reported over the past 24 hours.

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[californiadisasters] South Ops News & Notes Update (5/30/13-5PM)

Date	Time	News and Notes
05/30	1700	Powerhouse CA-ANF-002297 San Francisquito Canyon Los Angeles Co. San Francisquito Canyon South of Lake Elizabeth rd.near powerhouse 1 Start Time:1541 05-30-2013 150+ acres, 0% contained Rapid Rate of Spread burning in grass and heavy brush Structures reported threatened. Fire continues to burn beneath high tension electrical transmission lines that support communities in the Los Angeles Basin.
05/30	0830	The National Weather Service Hanford has extended a wind advisory that remains in effect until 0500 hrs PDT Friday for the Kern County Mountains and the Southeastern Kern County desert.
05/30	0800	General Fire, CA-RRU 110025, Vegetation fire, 36342 Highway 79, Vallecito, Banner Grade Area, San Diego County. 1,191 acres, 90% contained. White Fire CA-LPF-001473, Vegetation fire, Six miles N/O Santa Barbara Co. Paradise Rd. / Highway 154, White Rock Campground Central Coast T/2 IMT Nunez in Command 1984 acres, 90% contained.

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

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[Geology2] Re: Disappearance of Stromatolites, Earliest Visible Manifestation of Li

How timely! This article covers an important part of "The Land That Fossils Built" that I uploaded to the Geology2 Files section recently. The first part of TLTFB describes the fossils in northern Arkansas, but parts 2 and 3 are concerned with the numerous thrombolite reefs there and the major part they played in shaping the environment during the late Mississippian Period. I've included a number of pictures of mottled thrombolite textures along with some interpretations. I also touch on the relationship between thrombolites and stromatolites in the following passage:

"Stromatolites are known from rocks ranging in age back to the early Precambrian, but thrombolites did not appear until the late Precambrian when cyanobacteria began to precipitate fine-grained calcium carbonate. Before that point, all stromatolites were made of coarse-grained sediment, but afterward began to occur as both coarse-grained and fine-grained types. The thrombolites were most abundant during the Cambrian and Ordovician and were much larger in the past than those that exist today. The habitats of both stromatolites and thrombolites have continued to dwindle until the present when they are known from only a few places in the world. The evolution of grazing sea bottom organisms must have had something to do with this. One expert observed that the microbial communities that form these structures may be the slowest evolving and longest declining populations on earth."

The Arkansas thrombolite reefs show stromatolitic laminations in only a few places. However, there is a series of limestones in Spain that contain alternating layers of thrombolites and stromatolites through hundreds of feet of vertical section. The first thing that jumps to mind is that this would result from cyclic changes in water depth, but no one has ever been able to link water depth as a factor by independent evidence.. Stromatolites and thrombolites are found in the same general environments today and the physical conditions that govern their separate occurrence is still a puzzle.

The thrombolite reefs in northern Arkansas had a tremendous influence on the environments around them. They provided a stable surface surrounded by an environment of sand that shifted continually, and as such they were home to a multitude of plants and animals, most of which disintegrated after death and fed the sediment accumulation that built up raised banks on the shallow sea floor. They channeled the shallow tidal currents and created sheltered areas on their landward sides adapted to special fauna, Ultimately, the topography they created on the sea floor would be reflected in the present topography along a narrow zone stretching across northern Arkansas where oddly shaped peaks and ridges are common. Topo maps and aerial photos of these features are shown in part three of TLTFB.

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Re: [californiadisasters] ANF Powerhouse Fire San Fransciquito Cyn.

Per the Hotlist it's up to 1000 acres.

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Richard Bixler <karrie_scott@hotmail.com> wrote:

I changed the subject of this discussion to properly name the fire and incident.

http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3399/ Here is some info. from Inciweb on the Powerhouse fire as it is now called.

INCIDENT UPDATED 1:51 HRS. AGO
Incident Overview
Fast moving wildfire in San Francisquito Canyon.

Basic Information

Incident Type Wildfire
Date of Origin Thursday May 30th, 2013 approx. 03:30 PM
Location San Fransciquito Canyon
Current Situation

Total Personnel 300
Size 600 acres
Fuels Involved
brush and chapperal
Outlook

Terrain Difficulty
Rugged and Steep
Current Weather

Temperature 85 degrees

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RE: [californiadisasters] ANF Powerhouse Fire San Fransciquito Cyn.

I changed the subject of this discussion to properly name the fire and incident.

http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3399/ Here is some info. from Inciweb on the Powerhouse fire as it is now called.

INCIDENT UPDATED 1:51 HRS. AGO

Incident Overview

Fast moving wildfire in San Francisquito Canyon.

Basic Information

Incident Type	Wildfire
Date of Origin	Thursday May 30th, 2013 approx. 03:30 PM
Location	San Fransciquito Canyon

Current Situation

Total Personnel	300
Size	600 acres
Fuels Involved	brush and chapperal

Outlook

Terrain Difficulty	Rugged and Steep

Current Weather

Temperature	85 degrees

Scott Bixler

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Mobile (310) 256-0725

To: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
From: joalis76@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 20:50:24 -0700
Subject: RE: [californiadisasters] ANF Brush Fire in San Francisquito Canyon

update from wlf -

The Fire is in San Fran canyon between LA DWP powerhouse 1 and Green Valley, the west side of the fire is burning in fuel that has not burned since 1951, very heavy fuel, the east side of the fire is burning in the Copper Fire Scar it burned in 2002, there is a Structure threat in the town of Green Valley. The Closest Raws will be Grass Mtn. If the Fire slops over Tule Ridge it will run toward Lake Hughes and Lake Elizabeth.

per www.wildlandfire.com

To: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
From: joalis76@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 20:49:23 -0700
Subject: RE: [californiadisasters] ANF Brush Fire in San Francisquito Canyon

photo- https://twitter.com/SCVSHERIFF/status/340272432554336256/photo/1

To: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
From: joalis76@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 18:49:01 -0700
Subject: RE: [californiadisasters] ANF Brush Fire in San Francisquito Canyon

per scanner hikers mabe on the pacific coast trail near this fire , air attack will try to see if they can find them.. , air attack is also concerned
about heavier fuels on the west side of san francisquito road.,

J

To: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
From: joalis76@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 18:42:11 -0700
Subject: RE: [californiadisasters] ANF Brush Fire in San Francisquito Canyon

large header seen from thousand oaks, , area has not burned in 30 years per wlf, ic is asking for 5 more fire engins to back up the ones
they already have on scene.. new strike teams being formed. san francisquito and south portol, for division Mike = scanner

J

To: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
From: Fizzboy7@aol.com
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 21:02:36 -0400
Subject: Re: [californiadisasters] ANF Brush Fire in San Francisquito Canyon

I was watching the fire live on KCAL9 when flames reached the powerlines and they started arching. My lights started flickering about ten minutes later. LADWP said they have cut off power to those lines and rerouted them elsewhere.

Jason

In a message dated 5/30/2013 5:56:42 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, t_billman@hotmail.com writes:

That little ivideo clip looked inpressive. Shame they did not keep showing the fire.

DJ Tom Enterprises, We play for weddings, birthdays, corporate parties, pretty much for any event . I have top notch equipment with music from the big bands to today's music.

To: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
From: joalis76@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 17:47:59 -0700
Subject: RE: [californiadisasters] ANF Brush Fire in San Francisquito Canyon

thanks scott . about 400 ac per ic and 600 per air attack , green valley community is being evacuated due to this fire . and right now its on juniper mtn
heading towards green valley.. road closures- spunky and elizabeth lake ,, fire is spotting about 1/4 to 1/2 mile out ahead of the
main fire, with major spots forming from those.. , - 300 ac elizabeth lake for dip site possibly.. Joann

To: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
From: karrie_scott@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 17:42:44 -0700
Subject: [californiadisasters] ANF Brush Fire in San Francisquito Canyon

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/05/30/fast-growing-brush-fire-burns-near-structures-power-lines-in-angeles-national-forest/

and on the radio: http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/829/web

Scott Bixler

Home: (310) 337-9904

Mobile (310) 256-0725

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VOLCANO MADNESS

Friday, May 31, 2013

[californiadisasters] On This Date In CA Weather History (May 31)

Thursday, May 30, 2013

[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warnings - NorCal (5/30/13-PM)

[californiadisasters] North Ops News & Notes Update (5/30/13-6PM)

[californiadisasters] South Ops News & Notes Update (5/30/13-5PM)

[Geology2] Re: Disappearance of Stromatolites, Earliest Visible Manifestation of Li

Re: [californiadisasters] ANF Powerhouse Fire San Fransciquito Cyn.

Incident Overview

Basic Information

Current Situation

Outlook

Current Weather

RE: [californiadisasters] ANF Powerhouse Fire San Fransciquito Cyn.

Incident Overview

Basic Information

Current Situation

Outlook

Current Weather

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