CA: High Fire Danger Into Monday ~ Santa Ana Winds again for Southern California....

Accuweather ^ | Sunday, November 05, 2006 3:57 PM | Accuweather forcasters and NWS

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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The two-week anniversary of the deadly Esperanza fire is still a few days away, but already Southern California will have to deal with another round of Santa Ana winds. As an upper-level ridge of high pressure builds into the Southwest, the north to northeast winds circulating around the ridge will blow offshore tonight and into Monday. With the winds gusting up to 40 mph over the mountains and through the passes and canyons, any fire that starts could quick spread. In addition, the extremely dry and warm conditions created by the Santa Ana winds (Downtown Los Angeles looks to crack the 90-degree mark on Monday) will put the region at even more risk for wildfires to spark and grow quickly.

Story by AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Kristina Baker.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

They changed my picture....

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Warm weather on the way according to this national picture:

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Plains Late-Summer Warmth

Updated: Monday, November 06, 2006 10:19 AM

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Very warm air will build into the Plains Monday into Tuesday. This is due, in large part, to a northward shift in the main jet stream, setting up a strong westerly flow. Temperatures will slowly climb today and it will really get warm on Tuesday. Highs will range from as much as 30 degrees above average in the northern Plains to 10 degrees above normal in parts of the more temperate southern Plains areas. Even on Wednesday, despite the passing of a cool front in the northern areas, it will still run 10-20 degrees above average.

Story by Accuweather.com Meteorologist Matthew Rinde

[BurbankKarl]

I have a lot of friends in Seattle...they are having record rains (for these early dates)...they were told they would have a drought because of El Nino

[BurbankKarl]

Incident: 0361 Type: Location: info as of: 11/6/2006 8:46:50 AM
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
8:43AM PER 123-11, ALL VEHS CHASED OFF THE R/S NB 15 JSO SIERRA
8:38AM ROLL 203 OR AVAIL UNIT ASAP TO 210 TO CK IF 210 NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN
8:26AM ROLL ANOTHER UNIT NB 15 30-40 VEHS ON RS NEED TO BE CLRED - 103 F/ ARCHIBALD 10
8:24AM SB SIERRA OFR STILL NOT SHUT DOWN
8:17AM PER 75-13 UNABLE TO USE SIERRA / TRAFFIC TOO BACKED UP^
8:12AM 1039 COMM CNT TO RESPOND FOR MED EMG NB 15 SIERRA OFR
8:11AM SB AT SIERRA OFR FOR 13M
8:10AM 153 ADV MED EMG NB 15 ON SIERRA OFR
8:09AM 1039 8734 ETA 20 FOR NB OFR
8:08AM SIERRA JNO HIGHLAND FIRE IS GOING PRETTY GOOD IN THIS AREA
8:08AM SB SIERRA OFR / KEEP TRAFFIC GOING PER 11 FOR P1
8:06AM 11 RERAMPING ALL TRAFFIC TO SOUTHBOUND
8:06AM CT CAN YOU ADVS ETA
8:06AM 11 REQ HARD CLOSURE
8:05AM ONLY 1 UNIT 97 AT THIS TIME // THEY ARE DIVERTING TRAFFIC
8:04AM CAN YOUR UNITS RELIEVE 153 ON SIERRA OFR
8:04AM 75-11 WILL BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OFR DIVERTING TRAFFIC FOR OFR AND ONR
8:03AM SIGALERT ISSUED ***
8:03AM ROLL CT SUPERVISOR RESPOND FOR HARD CLOSURE
8:02AM 75-11 CPYS CLOSURE SB SIERRA WILL CLOSE
8:01AM ISSUE SIGALERT PER 75-L1 FOR FIRE
8:01AM L2- SIERRA UNDER THE 15 DIRECTING TRAFFIC
8:00AM PER COM CTR, UNK REF BREAKS, HAVE UNIT 98 AT CP
8:00AM PER COM CTR -- STAGING SIERRA/RIVERSIDE CP-- AT THIS TIME, NEED NB SIERRA ONR/OFR SHUT DOWN & SB SIERRA OFR SHUT DOWN PER LINES 9 & 18
7:57AM NB SIERRA OFR WILL NEED TO BE CLOSED -L2 REQ SB OFR CLOSED ALSO
7:56AM PER 11 FIRE IS GETTING BIG
7:56AM DOES FIRE NEED CHP TO RUN BREAKS
7:54AM BLOWING SOUTH- WINDS ARE BLOWING HARD - L2 REQ 153 98 W/ HIM ON OFR
7:53AM PER S1, WHEN 97, ADV 11 OR 13M TO 1021 S1 AT 111 TO ADV DISPO OF FIRE
7:50AM 1039 CT PUBLIC AFFAIRS
7:45AM L2 HAS VISUAL OF FIRE - REQ A RANCHO UNIT TO CHECK ON IT-- FIRE IS GETTING BIG
7:41AM COM CTR REQ NB 15/SIERRA ONR SHUT DOWN
7:35AM FIRE ON R/S
7:35AM 1039 COM CENTER

[BurbankKarl]

Evacuations to Glen Helen Park.....where the memorial service was yesterday.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

It is bone-dry out here in Boulevard, I get a lot static electricity from touching anything metal.

[BurbankKarl]

Another fire off the 101 and Liberty Canyon....just started

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

Coincidence? Or some nogoodniks playing with matches?

[lainie]

Rialto -- that pallet company sure has a lot of fuel.

The woman talking on the phone a minute ago said their whole tract has been ordered evacuated. (KTTV)

They showed the fire start area. It was on the east side of the 15 freeway.

Where is 101 at Liberty Cyn? Agoura Hills?

[socal_parrot]

Propane tanks exploding in the pallet yard. FF also worried about ammonia tanks exploding and causing a public hazard.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Suspicious start point for a fire.

[ArmstedFragg]

North San Diego County, 8am, 72 degrees and dry. Oh joy (not).

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Looks like the morning commute out there has got problems...

[socal_parrot]

Live feed from ABC 7...



http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=special_coverage&id=3538279

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Fox 11 is on the scene of the Rialto pallet yard...

[spectre]

It looks like a great wall of Fire..a huge towering inferno.

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[socal_parrot]

What river bed is the fire burnng in or is it just a generic flood control wash?

[Myrddin]

I took my wife to the range yesterday. It was 45 degrees with a 15 knot wind. I started by sighting in the scope on th e 17M2. It was holding a 1/2" group at 50 yards. My wife continued to shoot 3 more targets at 50 years with about 1" groups...her first time using a scoped rifle. My next "adventure" was lighting off some rounds of 500 S&W in a T/C Encore Katahdin rifle (20" barrel). Lots of boom and not the kind of accuracy I expected out of the box. Finally, I finished adjusting the scope on the Savage 12VLP (Ruger 204) at 50 yards. One fat hole at 50 yards. BTW, the 100 yard berms were all occupied in spite of the "bad" weather.

We are enjoying fires in the wood burning stove in the evenings this week. Rain and snow showers are in the forecast toward the end of the week.

[lainie]

Earlier they mentioned the Lytle Creek Wash.

[BurbankKarl]

Firefighters did a great job (again!)