FIRE WEATHER WATCH: Inyo, San Bernardino counties

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

FIRE WEATHER WATCH: Inyo, San Bernardino counties

FIRE WEATHER WATCH
Due to strong southwest winds and low relative humidity wednesday

.STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOJAVE DESERT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING DUE TO STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF CLARK...MOHAVE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUST BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS HAS BEEN VERY POOR THE PAST FEW DAYS. LITTLE WILL CHANGE TONIGHT AS POOR RECOVERY IS EXPECTED WHICH WILL ALLOW HUMIDITY VALUES TO EASILY FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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

Area: NORTHWEST DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU-MOJAVE DESERT-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-CLARK AND SW LINCOLN COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH-

Affected Counties or parts of: Inyo, San Bernardino

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