URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
359 AM PST THU JAN 23 2014
...GUSTY NORTH TO EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY TODAY INTO EARLY
FRIDAY...
.GUSTY NORTH TO EAST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
TODAY AS A WEAK AND DRY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO THE GREAT BASIN. THIS COMBINED WITH LOW
HUMIDITY WILL BRING A PERIOD OF HIGH FIRE DANGER ESPECIALLY TO
THE WEST SLOPE OF THE SIERRA AND FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF
SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO THE MOUNTAINS OF LAKE
COUNTY.
CAZ221-269-240000-
/O.CON.KSTO.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140124T1800Z/
STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST-
NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE
SIERRA CREST-
359 AM PST THU JAN 23 2014
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND
269...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 221 STANISLAUS NF WEST OF
THE SIERRA CREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 269 NORTHERN SIERRA
INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST.
* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
* TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY ALONG WITH DRY FUELS
WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS... WHERE ANY NEW
IGNITIONS COULD SEE RAPID FIRE GROWTH.
* 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.