A fire weather watch has just been issued for N. Kali late tonight and thru Wednesday morning.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
1020 AM PDT MON AUG 26 2002
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LATE TONIGHT THRU WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NATIONAL FORESTS...AS WELL AS THE SONOMA-NAPA-LAKE UNIT...
THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS FOR POOR NIGHTTIME RH RECOVERY AND BREEZY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS...
THIS INCLUDES FIRE WEATHER ZONES...
536...538...558...559...561...562.
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS NORTHEAST NEVADA TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WHILE LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS ALONG THE COAST. THIS WILL CREATE A STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND GRADIENT...WHICH TYPICALLY PRODUCES POOR NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY RECOVERIES. ALONG THE COAST THIS OFFSHORE FLOW WILL ALSO PREVENT ANY MARINE INFLUENCE,
ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS NORTH OF THE GOLDEN GATE.
THE WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT AND GET STRONGER BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAYBREAK. WINDS MAY DIMINISH A LITTLE DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...BUT HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL REMAIN VERY LOW DURING THE DAY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT...PRODUCING ANOTHER NIGHT OF POOR RH RECOVERIES.
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH.
Often when we have these warnings, they have an impact in S. Oregon and in particuliar SW Oregon.
THE WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT AND GET STRONGER BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAYBREAK. WINDS MAY DIMINISH A LITTLE DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...BUT HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL REMAIN VERY LOW DURING THE DAY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT...PRODUCING ANOTHER NIGHT OF POOR RH RECOVERIES.
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH.
As the WIND carries the fire over the firebreaks the burnt biscut continues to enlarge abd burn precious forestland.
I sure hope the fire captains are keeping a close watch because I don't want to read what I wrote!