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Posted by: thepinetree on 08/02/2012 05:07 PM Updated by: thepinetree on 08/02/2012 05:07 PM
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Fire Weather Watch Issued For Northern Sierra

Sacramento, CA...The National Weather Service has issued a fire weather weather watch for this weekend. A dry thunderstorm for Saturday afternoon and evening is the culprit. The watch is enclosed...


Fire Weather Watch

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
407 PM PDT THU AUG 2 2012

...DRY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...LOW PRESSURE FORMING OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL
BRING A SHIFT IN THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW OVER THE WEEKEND WHICH WILL
BRING MONSOON MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA AND A THREAT OF
MOUNTAIN AND EVEN VALLEY THUNDERSTORMS. INITIALLY...SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD CONTAIN LITTLE RAINFALL. THE POTENTIAL FOR DRY
THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL BRING THE
POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA AND SOUTHERN CASCADES. THE
THUNDERSTORM THREAT LESSENS ON SUNDAY AS DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW
DEVELOPS...WITH DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW AND STABLE WEATHER EARLY NEXT
WEEK.


CAZ221-268-269-032330-
/O.CON.KSTO.FW.A.0004.120804T2100Z-120805T0800Z/
STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST-
NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S
WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK-
BECKWORTH PEAK)-
NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE
SIERRA CREST-
407 PM PDT THU AUG 2 2012

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR A PERIOD OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE SIERRA CASCADE RANGE...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...268 AND
269 ABOVE 4000 FEET...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 221 STANISLAUS NF WEST OF
THE SIERRA CREST ABOVE 4000 FEET...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 268
NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S
WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK-
BECKWORTH PEAK) ABOVE 4000 FEET AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 269
NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF
THE SIERRA CREST ABOVE 4000 FEET.

* THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED HIGH BASED STORMS WITH LIMITED
PRECIPITATION OUTSIDE OF THE HEAVIER RAIN CORES.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH 50
MPH DOWNDRAFTS POSSIBLE IN VICINITY OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS.

* IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH DRY FUELS AND LITTLE RAIN RAISE
THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT FIRE DANGER. THE FIRE WEATHER
WATCH OR POSSIBLE FUTURE UPGRADES TO RED FLAG WARNINGS MAY BE
EXTENDED INTO THE MOTHERLODE/FOOTHILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

&&

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