640  
FNUS86 KMTR 202158  
FWLMTR  
 
ECCDA DISCUSSIONS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA  
258 PM PDT FRI MAR 20 2026  
 
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..DISCUSSION FROM SFOFWFMTR
 
 
EXCEPTIONALLY ABOVE NORMAL HEAT CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY BEFORE  
SLIGHTLY COOLER, BUT STILL ABOVE NORMAL, TEMPERATURES RETURN  
SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES COOL INTO THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S ON  
SATURDAY AND 70S TO LOW 80S SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK. ONSHORE WINDS  
RETURN SATURDAY AND CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK. FINE FUELS ARE RAPIDLY  
CURING AS A RESULT OF THE MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, ESPECIALLY  
ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 100 HR FUEL MOISTURE CHARTS SUGGEST  
LARGER FUELS ARE DECENTLY MOIST BUT ARE STARTING TO DRY OUT.  
 
   
..DISCUSSION FROM SFOFWFEKA
 
 
.A DOMINANT BLOCKING RIDGING PATTERN PROMOTING UNSEASONABLY WARM AND  
DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST THROUGH TODAY, FOLLOWED BY A SLOWLY GRADUAL  
WEAKENING THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK MODERATING THE HEAT.  
EXCEPT FOR SOME ENHANCED NORTH WINDS RIGHT ALONG SHORE AND CHANNELED  
ALONG THE EEL RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON, DAYTIME WINDS WILL BE  
MOSTLY GENTLE AND TERRAIN DRIVEN. AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE  
TO BE LOW TODAY WITH VALUES IN THE MID TEENS TO UPPER 20S PERCENT  
ACROSS THE INTERIOR, WITH POOR TO MODERATE OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES OVER  
THE RIDGES. INCREASING WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY WITH MODERATE  
BREEZES TO LOCALLY GUSTY W TO NW WINDS, ESPECIALLY OVER THE COASTAL  
HEADLANDS, EXPOSED RIDGES AND THROUGH THE CHANNELED TERRAIN. THIS  
UPTICK IN W-NW BREEZES WILL BRING A PUSH OF MARINE MOISTURE ON  
SATURDAY. COOLING EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND WITH A RETURN OF RAIN BY  
MID OF NEXT WEEK.  
 
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ECC010-211000-  
ST HELENA ECC DISPATCH-  
DISCUSSION FOR MARIN AND SONOMA AND NAPA COUNTIES  
258 PM PDT FRI MAR 20 2026  
 
EXCEPTIONALLY ABOVE NORMAL HEAT CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY BEFORE  
SLIGHTLY COOLER, BUT STILL ABOVE NORMAL, TEMPERATURES RETURN  
SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES COOL INTO THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S ON  
SATURDAY AND 70S TO LOW 80S SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK. ONSHORE WINDS  
RETURN SATURDAY AND CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK. FINE FUELS ARE RAPIDLY  
CURING AS A RESULT OF THE MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, ESPECIALLY  
ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 100 HR FUEL MOISTURE CHARTS SUGGEST  
LARGER FUELS ARE DECENTLY MOIST BUT ARE STARTING TO DRY OUT.  
 

 
 
ECC014-211000-  
MORGAN HILL ECC DISPATCH-  
DISCUSSION FOR ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA AND SANTA CLARA COUNTIES  
258 PM PDT FRI MAR 20 2026  
 
EXCEPTIONALLY ABOVE NORMAL HEAT CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY BEFORE  
SLIGHTLY COOLER, BUT STILL ABOVE NORMAL, TEMPERATURES RETURN  
SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES COOL INTO THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S ON  
SATURDAY AND 70S TO LOW 80S SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK. ONSHORE WINDS  
RETURN SATURDAY AND CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK. FINE FUELS ARE RAPIDLY  
CURING AS A RESULT OF THE MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, ESPECIALLY  
ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 100 HR FUEL MOISTURE CHARTS SUGGEST  
LARGER FUELS ARE DECENTLY MOIST BUT ARE STARTING TO DRY OUT.  
 

 
 
ECC013-211000-  
FELTON ECC DISPATCH-  
DISCUSSION FOR SANTA CRUZ AND SAN MATEO COUNTIES  
258 PM PDT FRI MAR 20 2026  
 
EXCEPTIONALLY ABOVE NORMAL HEAT CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY BEFORE  
SLIGHTLY COOLER, BUT STILL ABOVE NORMAL, TEMPERATURES RETURN  
SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES COOL INTO THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S ON  
SATURDAY AND 70S TO LOW 80S SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK. ONSHORE WINDS  
RETURN SATURDAY AND CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK. FINE FUELS ARE RAPIDLY  
CURING AS A RESULT OF THE MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, ESPECIALLY  
ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 100 HR FUEL MOISTURE CHARTS SUGGEST  
LARGER FUELS ARE DECENTLY MOIST BUT ARE STARTING TO DRY OUT.  
 

 
 
ECC018-211000-  
MONTEREY ECC DISPATCH-  
DISCUSSION FOR MONTEREY AND SAN BENITO COUNTY  
258 PM PDT FRI MAR 20 2026  
 
EXCEPTIONALLY ABOVE NORMAL HEAT CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY BEFORE  
SLIGHTLY COOLER, BUT STILL ABOVE NORMAL, TEMPERATURES RETURN  
SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES COOL INTO THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S ON  
SATURDAY AND 70S TO LOW 80S SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK. ONSHORE WINDS  
RETURN SATURDAY AND CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK. FINE FUELS ARE RAPIDLY  
CURING AS A RESULT OF THE MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, ESPECIALLY  
ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 100 HR FUEL MOISTURE CHARTS SUGGEST  
LARGER FUELS ARE DECENTLY MOIST BUT ARE STARTING TO DRY OUT.  
 

 
 
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