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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

RED FLAGS: - Shasta Trinity Forest / Foothills West side Sacramento Valley

Red flag warning - 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 12 PM PDT FRIDAY: Red flag warnings in effect from 5 am Wednesday to 12 pm pdt Friday for low humidities and gusty northeast winds for elevations below 3000 feet in the eastern Shasta trinity forest and the foothills along the west side of the Sacramento valley

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 12 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET IN THE EASTERN SHASTA TRINITY FOREST AND THE FOOTHILLS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE GUSTY WINDS WILL TURN TO THE EAST THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. MINIMUM HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH THE POOR OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES AND LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

Instruction:
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

Area: EASTERN PORTION OF SHASTA/TRINITY NF-SOUTHEAST EDGE SHASTA-TRINITY NF AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF TEHAMA-GLENN UNIT-EASTERN MENDOCINO NF-

Affected Counties or parts of: Yuba, Plumas, Yolo, El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Sierra, Alpine, Shasta, Tuolumne, Stanislaus, Sacramento, Placer, Solano, Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter, Lake, Tehama, Nevada

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

RED FLAGS: - Shasta Trinity Forest / Foothills West side Sacramento Valley

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