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| Posted: 31 Dec 2007 04:50 PM CST Critical Fire Weather expected to subside by 7 pm - Eastern Riverside County and Imperial County. Gusty Winds will continue through New Years day. The winds shifted rapidly early this morning becoming Northeast winds of 25 to 35 Mph with gust's over 50 Mph and with humidities in the low teens(Blythe @1300-13%) this event developed well before sunrise today and will continue until tomorrow evening with gust's exceeding 35 Mph at times and the humidity should remain at or below 15%. -(1) CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 231LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 232IMPERIAL COUNTY AND EASTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY- Critical Fire Weather and Red Flag warnings remain in effect - Large areas of So Cal - San Diego, San Bernardino, Riverside counties especially mountain areas, passes and canyons. Expect Northeast to East winds gusting between 35 to 70 mph to continue through the night especially at elevations above 1000 feet with a prolonged period of low relative humidities, By morning and into New Years day relative humidities will be below 10 percent and temperatures will be 5 to 10 degrees warmer with winds gusting over 35 Mph. - -(1) ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-SAN DIEGO COUNTY INLAND VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE MOUNTAIN TOP AND FRONT COUNTRY RANGER DISTRICTS OFTHE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE SAN JACINTO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE SAN BERNARDINONATIONAL FOREST-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE TRABUCO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONALFOREST-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE PALOMAR AND DESCANSO RANGER DISTRICTS OF THECLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Explosive fire conditions send Nor Cal Fire Crews South Posted: 31 Dec 2007 02:36 PM CST Red Flags and Fire weather watches have Cal Fire prepositioning resources in the Southern California again. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Cal Fire News) - Cal Fire crews and resources from Northern California started heading for the southland Monday as critical, explosive fire conditions were forecast for all of South California. With high winds from the Northeast combined with very low humidities forecasted the National Weather service warned of "Explosive Fire conditions". Bulldozers, strike teams and air tankers from the north began their move to the South as Southern California was placed on another critical fire weather watch. Five strike teams from central California arrived Sunday night at Cal Fire headquarters in Rancho San Diego. In addition to a CDF helicopter from Monterey, Three air tankers were ready in Ramona and three more in Hemet will be on standby.Southern California is essentially now under a year round fire season, according to Cal Fire officials. These Santa Ana weather events create critical conditions that are ideal for large uncontrolled wildland fires with an increased probability of a quickly spreading wild land fire within the next twenty-four hours. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Good News Bad News For New Years Eve /SOCAL Posted: 31 Dec 2007 11:30 AM CST Bad News - CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE CERTAIN, HIGH WINDS, SINGLE DIGIT LOW HUMIDITIES, DOWNSLOPE WINDS Good News - THREE WET STORMS COMING IN BEHIND THIS WEATHER EVENT IF SOMETHING STARTS BURNING DRENCHING STORMS WILL ASSIST FIRE FIGHTING EFFORTS STARTING THURSDAY FIRE WEATHER WARNING ALL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, EXCLUDING THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DESERTS.... VALID NEW YEARS EVE AND NEW YEARS DAY, INTO WEDNESDAY FIRE WARNING : CONSIDERABLE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT WITH THE WARM TYPE WINDS, RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS IN MANY SPOTS. THIS; COMBINED WITH THE STRONGER WIND, WILL MAKE FOR CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS. THE FIRE WEATHER WARNING IS JUSTIFIED IN OWS ISSUING IT. THE WARNING WAS REPLACED FROM THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH WE ISSUED BACK ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 28, 2007 FOR THIS EVENT. A FIRE WEATHER WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE CERTAIN AND KNOWN THAT FIRE CONDITIONS WILL BE AT CRITICAL LEVELS DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. WARNING PERIOD ENDS WEDNESDAY EVENING AT 4PM FOR ALL AREAS. WE MAY KEEP HOLD OF THE WARNING FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS OVER THE DAY WEDNESDAY AND DROP IT ELSEWHERE DUE TO DRIER AIR CALCULATED THERE. MORE INFORMATION ON THE EXTENSION INTO WEDNESDAY FOR THAT AREA WILL BE NOTED IN FUTURE UPDATES. AS PREVIOUSLY SPOKEN ABOUT. IF FIRES DO START, A STORM TRAIN IS SETTING UP ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, AND POSSIBLY SUNDAY. THIS MEANS RAIN WOULD BE ON THE WAY TO HELP EFFORTS, UNLIKE LAST OCTOBER. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Small plane crash in Central Coast kills Bay Area pilot Posted: 31 Dec 2007 10:34 AM CST ATASCADERO, Calif.—A small plane crashed in a remote ranch east of this Central Coast city on Sunday, killing a pilot and sparking a fire, authorities said. Thomas Leveque, 41, of Pacifica was pronounced dead by rescuers responding to the crash in Creston around 11:40 a.m. The fire burned a wing coated in fuel, but firefighters contained the blaze within minutes, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Capt. Jane Schmitz said. The cause of the crash was under investigation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EDIS: Red Flags for Southern California Posted: 31 Dec 2007 10:00 AM CST
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