KSTO1873680451 KSTO@nwws.oes.ca.gov 2012-08-01T14:53:15-07:00 Actual Alert Public WWUS86 KSTO 012152 RFWSTO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE KSTO.FW.A.0004 Fire Future Severe Possible 2012-08-05T01:00:00-07:00 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA DRY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...268 AND 269 ABOVE 4000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH ABOVE 4000 FEET FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 221 STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST ABOVE 4000 FEET...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 268 NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK- BECKWORTH PEAK) ABOVE 4000 FEET AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 269 NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST ABOVE 4000 FEET. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED HIGH BASED STORMS WITH LIMITED PRECIPITATION. * OUTFLOW WINDS... WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 50 MPH IN THE VICINITY OF STORMS THAT DEVELOP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AREA WILL TRANSPORT MONSOONAL MOISTURE NORTHWARD ON SATURDAY BRINGING INSTABILITY OVER THE SIERRA. THIS WILL BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NEAR THE CREST. WITH A DRY AND WARM AIRMASS IN PLACE THIS WEEK BRINGING SIGNIFICANT DRYING OF FUELS...HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE PRECIPITATION WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH DRY FUELS AND LITTLE RAIN MAY BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT FIRE DANGER. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. P-VTEC /O.NEW.KSTO.FW.A.0004.120804T2100Z-120805T0800Z/ route ncsnorth.oes.ca.gov;capserverNorth STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST-NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/SWEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK-BECKWORTH PEAK)-NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THESIERRA CREST- 41.1751,-122.47001 41.183886,-121.331791 40.445367,-121.327826 40.446536,-121.061417 40.256418,-121.061495 40.191931,-120.928582 39.79952,-120.702835 39.668987,-120.662674 39.68907,-120.60243 39.68907,-120.60243 39.598705,-120.46187 39.41797,-120.361465 39.177,-120.24097 38.84565,-120.140564 38.785404,-120.01004 38.65488,-119.9498 38.433983,-119.65861 38.198858,-119.612671 38.082554,-119.72889 38.022312,-119.8795 37.881744,-119.81926 37.881744,-119.81926 37.755025,-119.807809 37.828808,-120.079508 37.726253,-120.34448 37.653668,-120.312572 37.683559,-120.391931 37.633264,-120.38667 37.399266,-120.98339 37.345682,-120.963223 37.157674,-121.225804 37.150135,-121.399019 37.380672,-121.409075 37.482829,-121.471198 37.8215,-121.53623 38.091967,-121.581295 38.07326,-122.337454 38.1428,-122.35900 38.155017,-122.19538 38.315713,-122.205982 38.315912,-122.064779 38.50427,-122.0985 38.839932,-122.287999 38.819245,-122.345056 38.702203,-122.46389 38.674957,-122.61058 38.85014,-122.821592 39.071994,-123.093013 39.279905,-123.019616 39.50354,-123.063183 39.565141,-122.88579 39.968131,-122.934013 40.232574,-122.975129 40.321636,-123.04233 40.361797,-123.03229 40.575337,-122.693077 40.673065,-122.74111 41.133346,-122.44599 41.1751,-122.47001 UGC CAZ221-268-269-021200-