Fire weather watch in effect from 5 pm pdt this afternoon through tuesday morning

Monday, July 9, 2007

Fire weather watch in effect from 5 pm pdt this afternoon through tuesday morning

[EDIS] Fire weather watch in effect from 5 pm pdt this afternoon through tuesday morning for the possibility of scattered thunderstorms with dry lightning

SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-SAN DIEGO COUNTY INLAND VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE MOUNTAIN TOP AND FRONT COUNTRY RANGER DISTRICTS OFTHE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE SAN JACINTO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE SAN BERNARDINONATIONAL FOREST-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE TRABUCO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONALFOREST-VICTOR VALLEY-APPLE VALLEY-LUCERNE VALLEY-YUCCA VALLEY-MORONGO VALLEY-COACHELLA VALLEY-INCLUDING THE PALM SPRINGS SOUTH COAST DESERT DISTRICT-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-INCLUDING THE ANZA BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK-

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A TROPICAL WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT MAY GENERATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WOULD LAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN QUITE DRY BETWEEN 1500 FEET AND 15000 FEET THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING....MAKING WETTING RAINS UNLIKELY...AND DRY LIGHTNING POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 1500 FEET THE MARINE LAYER IS EXPECTED TO KEEP THE AIR MASS MOIST ENOUGH TO SUPPRESS ANY LIGHTNING STARTED FIRES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO FORM AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... HOWEVER THE AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO BE MOIST ENOUGH TO GENERATE WETTING RAINS...WHICH WOULD LOWER THE THREAT OF DRY LIGHTNING AND EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH.

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

Area: SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-SAN DIEGO COUNTY INLAND VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE MOUNTAIN TOP AND FRONT COUNTRY RANGER DISTRICTS OFTHE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE SAN JACINTO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE SAN BERNARDINONATIONAL FOREST-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE TRABUCO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONALFOREST-VICTOR VALLEY-APPLE VALLEY-LUCERNE VALLEY-YUCCA VALLEY-MORONGO VALLEY-COACHELLA VALLEY-INCLUDING THE PALM SPRINGS SOUTH COAST DESERT DISTRICT-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-INCLUDING THE ANZA BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK-

Affected Counties or parts of: San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Kern, Orange, Imperial, Los Angeles,

Sent: 2007-07-09T09:54:15-07:00

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Monday, July 9, 2007