Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Tucson, AZ

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WWUS85 KTWC 301213
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RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
513 AM MST WED APR 30 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST THIS MORNING THROUGH
8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR COCHISE...SANTA CRUZ...GRAHAM...GREENLEE...
SOUTHEASTERN PINAL AND EASTERN PIMA COUNTIES FOR STRONG AND GUSTY
WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE
DANGER RATING...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY FOR SOUTHERN GRAHAM AND
COCHISE COUNTIES DUE TO ANTICIPATED STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES
AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN TODAY WILL
RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS BY LATE MORNING.
GIVEN THE ALREADY VERY DRY AIR IN PLACE OVER MUCH OF ARIZONA AND
FIRE DANGER RATINGS RANGING FROM VERY HIGH TO EXTREME...A RED FLAG
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY. WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL ACROSS SOUTHERN GRAHAM AND COCHISE COUNTIES THURSDAY WHERE
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
EVENING. 

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ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148
GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN
VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/
SAFFORD BLM/TDC-
513 AM MST WED APR 30 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM MST THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN GRAHAM AND COCHISE COUNTIES. A RED FLAG WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING.

A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN SOUTHWEST WINDS SPEEDS...RANGING FROM
15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH DURING THE LATE MORNING
INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS CAN BE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED IN COCHISE AND GREENLEE COUNTIES...THOUGH WIND SPEEDS IN
THE REMAINING COUNTIES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH RED FLAG CRITERIA BY
EARLY AFTERNOON. 

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 WILL CREATE
THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ARIZONA.


$$

AZZ146-147-302100-
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ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 146
NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-GRAHAM COUNTY NORTH OF GILA RIVER-
APACHE NF/SAN CARLOS BIA/SDC-ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 147
SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-
TOHONO OODHAM NATION-CORONADO NF/PAPAGO BIA/TDC-
513 AM MST WED APR 30 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM MST THIS EVENING...

A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN SOUTHWEST WINDS SPEEDS...RANGING FROM
15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH DURING THE LATE MORNING INTO
THE EARLY EVENING HOURS CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL REACH RED FLAG
CRITERIA BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

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 WILL
CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ARIZONA.

$$

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RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
237 PM MST WED APR 30 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING
FOR COCHISE...SANTA CRUZ...GRAHAM... GREENLEE... SOUTHEASTERN
PINAL AND EASTERN PIMA COUNTIES FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER
RATING...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY FOR GRAHAM...GREENLEE AND
COCHISE COUNTIES DUE TO ANTICIPATED STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES
AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN
CONTINUES TO RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED WIND SPEEDS THAT
WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL CALM
SOMEWHAT BY LATE EVENING IN MOST LOCATIONS...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO
REDEVELOP BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING IN COCHISE...GRAHAM AND GREENLEE
COUNTIES. VERY DRY AIR WILL REMAIN OVER ARIZONA AND FIRE DANGER
RATINGS REMAIN VERY HIGH TO EXTREME. THUS...THE RED FLAG WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING AND A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY EVENING.


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ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148
GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN
VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/
SAFFORD BLM/TDC-
237 PM MST WED APR 30 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS
EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 

INCREASED SOUTHWEST WINDS SPEEDS...RANGING FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS BEFORE BEGINNING TO CALM AROUND 8 PM THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST
WIND SPEEDS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN COCHISE COUNTY...THOUGH RED
FLAG CONDITIONS HAVE ALSO BEEN OBSERVED IN THE REMAINING COUNTIES.

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 WILL
CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ARIZONA.

$$

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/O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-080501T0300Z/
ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 146
NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-GRAHAM COUNTY NORTH OF GILA RIVER-
APACHE NF/SAN CARLOS BIA/SDC-
237 PM MST WED APR 30 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS
EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS
EVENING. 

INCREASED SOUTHWEST WINDS SPEEDS...RANGING FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS BEFORE BEGINNING TO CALM AROUND 8 PM THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST
WIND SPEEDS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN GREENLEE COUNTY...THOUGH RED
FLAG CONDITIONS HAVE ALSO BEEN OBSERVED IN NORTHERN GRAHAM COUNTY
AS WELL.

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 WILL
CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ARIZONA.

$$

AZZ147-010300-
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ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 147
SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-
TOHONO OODHAM NATION-CORONADO NF/PAPAGO BIA/TDC-
237 PM MST WED APR 30 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING.

INCREASED SOUTHWEST WINDS SPEEDS...RANGING FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS BEFORE BEGINNING TO CALM AROUND 8 PM THIS EVENING. WHILE THE
STRONGEST WIND SPEEDS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN SURROUNDING
COUNTIES...RED FLAG CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN SOUTHEASTERN
PINAL COUNTY.

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 WILL
CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ARIZONA.

$$

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WWUS85 KTWC 010303
RFWTWC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
803 PM MST WED APR 30 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY FOR GRAHAM...
GREENLEE AND COCHISE COUNTIES DUE TO ANTICIPATED STRONG
WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER
RATING...

WINDS HAVE CALMED SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING IN MOST LOCATIONS...BUT
ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING IN COCHISE...
GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES. VERY DRY AIR WILL REMAIN OVER
ARIZONA AND FIRE DANGER RATINGS REMAIN VERY HIGH TO EXTREME.
THUS...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATE THURSDAY
MORNING INTO THURSDAY EVENING.

AZZ146-148-011115-
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/O.CON.KTWC.FW.A.0012.080501T1800Z-080502T0300Z/
ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 146
NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-GRAHAM COUNTY NORTH OF GILA RIVER-
APACHE NF/SAN CARLOS BIA/SDC-ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148
GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN
VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/
SAFFORD BLM/TDC-
803 PM MST WED APR 30 2008

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY
MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 

ALTHOUGH SEVERAL LOCATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE SOME SOUTHWEST
BREEZES OF 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED
BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ARIZONA.

$$

AZZ147-010415-
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ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 147
SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-
TOHONO OODHAM NATION-CORONADO NF/PAPAGO BIA/TDC-
803 PM MST WED APR 30 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING. 

ALTHOUGH SEVERAL LOCATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE SOME SOUTHWEST
BREEZES OF 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED
BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
200 PM MST TUE APR 29 2008

.SYNOPSIS...A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
TONIGHT AND THE NORTHERN ROCKIES ON WEDNESDAY. THE TAIL END OF THIS
SYSTEM WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO SOUTHEAST ARIZONA WEDNESDAY
FOLLOWED BY COOLER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. WARMER
DURING THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT RETURNS.

&&

.DISCUSSION...STRONG RIDGE ALOFT HAS BROUGHT ANOTHER WARM LATE APRIL
DAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA TODAY. THIS RIDGE WILL START TO BREAK
DOWN THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY MOVING
INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST MOVES EAST INTO THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES. PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WEDNESDAY FOR A
BREEZY TO WINDY DAY AS THE TAIL END OF THIS SYSTEM SWEEPS ACROSS THE
STATE. HIGHEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE ACROSS COCHISE COUNTY AND NORTHERN
GREENLEE COUNTIES WHERE A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. WE WILL
ALSO HAVE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WEDNESDAY WHICH ARE SPELLED OUT IN
THE FIRE WEATHER SECTION BELOW. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A BIT COOLER
WEDNESDAY WITH THE COOLEST TEMPERATURES OF THE WEEK OCCURRING
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ON BACK SIDE OF SYSTEM. DUE TO THE WARMTH OF THE
PAST COUPLE OF DAYS IT WILL FEEL THAT THE DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ARE
MUCH BELOW NORMAL...BUT IN REALITY THEY WILL BE AT OR A FEW DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL.

WEAK UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA SATURDAY FOR A WARMING TREND.
STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON DEPTH OF NEXT UPPER TROUGH...SLATED TO HIT
THE AREA LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. GFS/EURO/CANADIAN ALONG WITH THE
ENSEMBLE MEMBERS ARE SHOWING DIFFERING DEPTHS/SPEED WITH THIS NEXT
SYSTEM. SO DIDNT MAKE TOO MANY CHANGES TO THE EXITING EXTENDED
FORECAST.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN WEDNESDAY. AS
THE SYSTEM PASSES TO OUR NORTH WEDNESDAY...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY
EVENING. WITH THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A
RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE ZONES 146 AND 148 AND EASTERN 147 FROM 11
AM TO 8 PM WEDNESDAY. BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN EAST
OF TUCSON THURSDAY...WITH SOME LOCALIZED AREAS APPROACHING RED FLAG
CRITERIA ONCE AGAIN.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS SE AZ OVER THE NEXT
24 HOURS WITH ANY CLOUDS OF SIGNIFICANCE AT OR ABOVE 20K FT AGL.
GUSTY SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT OVERNIGHT. EVEN STRONGER SW/W
SURFACE WINDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED
FOR TAF AMENDMENTS.

&&

.TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
  RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 146...148 AND EASTERN 147
    FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM WEDNESDAY.
  WIND ADVISORY FOR PUBLIC ZONE 19 (NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY) AND
    ZONE 35 (COCHISE COUNTY) FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM WEDNESDAY.

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
526 AM MST TUE APR 29 2008

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NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-
TUCSON METRO/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ COUNTY-COCHISE COUNTY-
526 AM MST TUE APR 29 2008

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN ON
WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN
SOUTHWEST WINDS. WIND SPEEDS WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH DURING THE LATE MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES...GENERALLY WELL BELOW 15 PERCENT...AND A FIRE DANGER
RATING IN THE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME CLASS...HAS RESULTED IN A
CONTINUATION OF THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.