FIRE WEATHER KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY #CAWx #CAFire

Monday, June 8, 2015

FIRE WEATHER KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY #CAWx #CAFire

FIRE WEATHER WATCH: ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS IS EXPECTED TO
  RESULT IN SCATTERED FIRE STARTS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA

Update

06/08/2015

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National Weather Service - Medford has upgraded the Fire Weather Watch to a Red Flag Warning in effect from Tuesday 1100 hours until Tuesday 2300 hours for fire weather zones 280, 281, and 284 for abundant cloud to ground lightning. A Fire Weather Watch has also been issued for Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening.http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/firewx/cafw/rfwwarningsbycwa.php?pil=XXXRFWMFR

FIRE WEATHER MAP

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KMFR
631 AM PDT MON JUN 8 2015

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY ON TUESDAY..

.INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE WILL INCREASE THROUGH TUESDAY AS AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ARRIVES FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST. THIS
WILL BRING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWESTERN OREGON TODAY THEN COVERAGE IS
EXPECTED TO REACH SCATTERED ON TUESDAY. WHILE SOME THUNDERSTORMS
WILL RESULT IN MODERATE AND HEAVY RAINFALL DUE TO SLOW STORM
MOVEMENT AND LIGHT STEERING WINDS.. ABUNDANT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS DUE TO DRY
FUEL CONDITIONS IN THE WATCH AREA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ON WEDNESDAY THEN A
WARMING AND DRYING TREND IS EXPECTED AT THE END OF THE WEEK.


CAZ280-281-284-ORZ620>623-090100-
/O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0001.150609T1800Z-150610T0600Z/
WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-
CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-
SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT
SHASTA-WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY-
SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-
631 AM PDT MON JUN 8 2015

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR..

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280. ..281. ..284. ..620. ..
  621. ..622. .AND 623

* COUNTIES AFFECTED: SISKIYOU...DEL NORTE...CURRY...JOSEPHINE..
   JACKSON...DOUGLAS...AND KLAMATH.

* IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS IS EXPECTED TO
  RESULT IN SCATTERED FIRE STARTS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THESE
  FIRE STARTS COULD SPREAD...YIELDING A THREAT TO LIFE AND
  PROPERTY. ADDITIONALLY...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND A
  DRYING TREND IS EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE
  REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

* THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.

* RAINFALL...DUE TO ABUNDANT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE AVAILABLE AND
  STORM MOTION MOSTLY IN THE 5 TO 10 MPH RANGE...SOME
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL UNDER
  STORM CORES.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS..

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

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CFN - California Fire News 2013

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