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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
1146 AM PDT MON SEP 24 2018
..RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
.BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. POOR OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY
RECOVERY AND LOWERING DAYTIME RH WILL ALSO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE COAST RANGE AND SIERRA AND ALSO THE NORTHERN
SACRAMENTO VALLEY.
CAZ213-215>217-221-263-264-266>269-279-251400-
/O.CON.KSTO.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-180926T0000Z/
EASTERN PORTION OF SHASTA/TRINITY NF-
NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY TO SOUTHERN TEHAMA COUNTY LINE BELOW
1000 FT-
CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY IN GLENN, COLUSA, YUBA, NORTHERN
SUTTER, AND BUTTE COUNTY BELOW 1000 FT-
SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY IN YOLO-
SACRAMENTO FAR WESTERN PLACER, SOUTHERN SUTTER AND SOLANO COUNTY
BELOW 1000 FT-STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST-
SOUTHEAST EDGE SHASTA-TRINITY NF AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF TEHAMA-
GLENN UNIT-LAKE COUNTY PORTION OF LAKE-NAPA-SONOMA UNIT-
NORTHERN SIERRA FOOTHILLS FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS
OF SHASTA-TRINITY AND BUTTE UNITS-
NORTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF
NEVADA-YUBA-PLACER-AMADOR AND ELDORADO UNITS-
NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S
WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK-
BECKWORTH PEAK)-
NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE
SIERRA CREST-EASTERN MENDOCINO NF-
1146 AM PDT MON SEP 24 2018
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR
BREEZY NORTH WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 213,
215, 216, 217, 221, 263, 264, 266, 267, 268, 269, AND 279...
* WIND...NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30
MPH. STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED IN THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING
HOURS.
* HUMIDITY...OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES AS LOW AS 25 TO 35
PERCENT, LOCALLY LOWER, ESPECIALLY TUESDAY MORNING. DAYTIME
MINIMUM HUMIDITIES 10 TO 20 PERCENT. SINGLE DIGITS POSSIBLE
IN THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
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WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSSACRAMENTO
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