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WWUS86 KEKA 091159
RFWEKA
RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
459 AM PDT WED JUL 9 2008
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT ACROSS INTERIOR LOCATIONS FOR
EXTREMELY LOW RH VALUES...
CAZ203-204-211-212-100015-
/O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080710T0600Z/
UPPER SMITH...INLAND PORTION OF THE SMITH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN
THE SIX RIVERS NF.-
LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH...INLAND PORTION OF THE KLAMATH RIVER
DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST AND THE UKONOM
DISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST.-
HUPA...THE HOOPA INDIAN RESERVATION AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE
TRINITY RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.-
VAN DUZEN / MAD RIVER...INLAND PORTION OF THE VAN DUZEN AND MAD
RIVER DRAINAGES WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.-
459 AM PDT WED JUL 9 2008
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS HIGH
PRESSURE PERSISTS...AND NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE TO
FILTER DRY AIR ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THE RIDGES WILL BE MOST PRONE
TO THE CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WITH DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
DROPPING INTO THE LOW TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS THIS AFTERNOON.AN
INCREASE IN ONSHORE FLOW THURSDAY WILL BRING SLIGHTLY HIGHER RH
VALUES TO COASTAL AND NEAR COASTAL RIDGETOPS.
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
CAZ276-277-283-100015-
/O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080711T0500Z/
INTERIOR MENDOCINO...INTERIOR PORTION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY.-
WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.-
TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.-
459 AM PDT WED JUL 9 2008
..RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THURSDAY
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE PERSISTS...AND NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE TO
FILTER DRY AIR ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THE RIDGES WILL BE MOST PRONE
TO THE CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WITH DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
DROPPING INTO THE LOW TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. ONSHORE FLOW WILL
DEVELOP THURSDAY AND BRING GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT TO HUMIDITIES
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
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