Fire Weather Watch: Southern California

Friday, November 13, 2009

Fire Weather Watch: Southern California

FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS	Actual/Future/Severe/Possible
WHAT: SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN AND OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... WHO: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. WHY: NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP BELOW THE CAJON PASS AND IN THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS SUNDAY MORNING... THEN SHIFT SOUTH AND EAST INTO PORTIONS OF INLAND RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES DURING THE DAY. LOCAL GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES IN THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS. THE HUMIDITY WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT OR LESS FOR SEVERAL HOURS...MAINLY IN THE VALLEYS AND ON THE LOWER COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY WITH INLAND HUMIDITIES DROPPING BELOW 10 PERCENT AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. 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: ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-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-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE PALOMAR AND DESCANSO RANGER DISTRICTS OF THECLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST- Affected Counties or parts of: San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange

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How fires get their names

Every year in California thousands of wildfires start throughout the state. In most cases, the dispatch center sending the initial resources to a wildland fire will designate a name for the fire, but the first on scene engine or fire official can also name the incident. Fires are usually named for the area in which they start – a geographical location, local landmark, street, lake, mountain, peak, etc. Quickly naming the fire provides responding fire resources with an additional locater, and allows fire officials to track and prioritize incidents by name. For example during the Southern California Fire Siege of 2003, the largest wildland fire in California history, the Cedar Fire in San Diego County, was named after the Cedar Creek Falls area where it started. The destructive Old Fire, which burned during the same time period in San Bernardino County, was named after the road along which it started - Old Waterman Canyon Road.

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Friday, November 13, 2009