EDIS - Fire weather watch in effect for friday afternoon and evening for dry lightning Northern Sierra

[EDIS] Fire weather watch in effect for friday afternoon and evening for dry lightning potential for the northern sierra and the southeastern cascades

BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP-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 EL DORADO NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST-

.A WEAK LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH THE REGION ON FRIDAY BRINGING SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND THE SOUTHEASTERN CASCADES. EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO BE HIGH BASED WITH LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION...AT LEAST INITIALLY. MOST OF THESE STORMS WILL FORM OVER THE CREST OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. IN ADDITION TO LIGHTNING... LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR DRY LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EXTEND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND THE SOUTHEASTERN CASCADES. MOST OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE DRY AT THE ONSET... GRADUALLY BECOMING WETTER AS ADDITIONAL SUB-TROPICAL MOISTURE COMES INTO THE AREA. AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SIERRA AND SOUTHERN CASCADES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE PROGRESSIVELY MOISTER AIR SHOULD ALLOW THESE STORMS TO BE OF THE WETTER VARIETY.

Instruction:
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

Area: BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP-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 EL DORADO NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST-

Affected Counties or parts of: Modoc, Yuba, Plumas, Yolo, Trinity, Mendocino, Mono, Napa, Calaveras, Amador, Sonoma, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sacramento, Mariposa, Solano, Butte, Merced, Colusa, Sutter, Lake, Tehama, Alameda, Santa Clara, Nevada, Contra Costa, Lassen, El Dorado, Alpine, Sierra, Tuolumne, Stanislaus, Placer, Siskiyou, Glenn,

Sent: 2007-07-04T14:26:27-07:00