KSTO3040616894 KSTO@nwws.oes.ca.gov 2012-08-26T22:07:18-07:00 Actual Update Public WWUS86 KSTO 270507 RFWSTO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE KSTO.FW.A.0007 Fire Immediate Severe Observed 2012-08-28T23:00:00-07:00 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214 AND 268 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREAS TUESDAY NOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN CENTERED OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COASTLINE THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL HELP TO KEEP TEMPERATURES IN INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RELATIVELY COOL AND WINDS ELEVATED. IT WILL ALSO ASSIST IN BRINGING MARINE AIR INTO THE DELTA REGION AND SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY IN EARLY MORNING HOURS. OVER HIGHER TERRAIN...MODERATE TO POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL PERSIST. THE COMBINATION OF STRONGER SOUTHWEST WINDS... LOW HUMIDITY... AND EXTREMELY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS TUESDAY. WINDS WILL WEAKEN ON MONDAY AND WILL BE BELOW CRITERIA FOR A RED FLAG WARNING THOUGH THEY WILL BE BREEZY AND LOCALLY GUSTY ACROSS THE REGION. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO ELEVATE AGAIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS ON TUESDAY EVENING. THESE CONDITIONS MAY ULTIMATELY EXTEND INTO WEDNESDAY BUT TUESDAY CURRENTLY LOOKS TO BE THE DAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214 AND 268... ... RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214 AND 268... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214 BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP AND 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). * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 60S. * FUELS...EXTREMELY DRY FUELS AND HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. * IMPACTS... ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. P-VTEC /O.CON.KSTO.FW.A.0007.120828T1900Z-120829T0600Z/ route ncsnorth.oes.ca.gov;capserverNorth BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDINGNORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP-NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/SWEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK-BECKWORTH PEAK)- 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 CAZ214-268-271400-