URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 224 PM PDT SUN OCT 12 2014 ...HIGH PRESSURE CAUSING BREEZY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY ALONG AND WEST OF THE SACRAMENTO RIVER AS WELL AS THE WESTERN SIERRA SLOPES... .LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY AND POOR RECOVERY VALUES WITH BREEZY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE FORECAST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS WHILE ALSO IMPACTING THE WESTERN SIERRA SLOPES INCLUDING THE FOOTHILLS.
CAZ220-221-266>269-131500- /O.EXB.KSTO.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-141013T1500Z/ SOUTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF CALAVERAS-TUOLUMNE UNIT-STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST- 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- 224 PM PDT SUN OCT 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...266... 267...268 AND 269... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 220 SOUTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF CALAVERAS-TUOLUMNE UNIT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 221 STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 266 NORTHERN SIERRA FOOTHILLS FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF SHASTA-TRINITY AND BUTTE UNITS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 267 NORTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF NEVADA-YUBA-PLACER-AMADOR AND ELDORADO UNITS...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) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 269 NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ON CRITICALLY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. ACROSS THE WESTERN SIERRA SLOPES, PEAK CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL BE FROM 11 PM TO 8 AM. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SACRAMENTO/HAZARDS * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SACRAMENTO/HAZARDS 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 WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWS.SACRAMENTO WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSSACRAMENTO
