Red Flag Warning 15, NWS Eureka, CA

258 
WWUS86 KEKA 031648
RFWEKA

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
948 AM PDT SAT OCT 3 2015

...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND FAIR NIGHTTIME RH RECOVERIES ACROSS
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 201...203...204...211...212...276..277 AND 283
LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE
2000 FEET...

.A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST THROUGH LATE SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG
AND GUSTY EAST AND NORTHEAST WINDS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH...AND GUSTS RANGING FROM 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS INLAND AREAS ABOVE 2000 FT. THE GUSTY WINDS...WILL ALSO
PROMOTE VERY POOR RECOVERY ESPECIALLY ALONG UPPER SLOPES AND
RIDGES. COASTAL ZONES WILL ALSO SEE GUSTY EAST AND NORTHEAST WINDS
AND POOR RECOVERY BUT WILL BE MORE LOCALIZED. THIS BRIEF OFFSHORE
PATTERN IS ONLY EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE
COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS...WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO
RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

CAZ201-276-040100-
/O.EXA.KEKA.FW.W.0015.151004T0000Z-151004T1800Z/
NORTH COAST STRIP...FROM OREGON BORDER TO ROCKPORT CONSISTING OF
COASTAL SECTIONS OF DEL NORTE...HUMBOLDT...AND A SMALL PORTION OF
MENDOCINO COUNTY. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF CA NPS AND REDWOOD PARKS.-
INTERIOR MENDOCINO...INTERIOR PORTION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY.-
948 AM PDT SAT OCT 3 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM
PDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE
2000 FT INCLUDING FIRE WEATHER ZONES 201 AND 276 AND INCLUDING
ELEVATED PORTIONS OF REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM
PDT SUNDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 201 AND 276 FOR ELEVATIONS
  ABOVE 2000 FT.

* WIND...N TO NE INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY EVENING WITH GUSTS
  FROM 35 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE ALONG RIDGETOPS AND IN ELEVATED
  VALLEYS ALIGNED WITH THE WIND.

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITIES FROM 15 TO 30 PERCENT TODAY. POOR
  RECOVERIES TONIGHT WITH MAXIMUM HUMIDITIES 40 TO 50 PERCENT AND
  LOCALLY AS LOW AS 10 TO 20 PERCENT. 

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

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.

$$

CAZ203-204-211-212-277-283-040100-
/O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0015.151004T0000Z-151004T1800Z/
UPPER SMITH...INLAND PORTION OF THE SMITH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN
THE SIX RIVERS NF.-
LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH...INLAND PORTION OF THE KLAMATH RIVER
DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST AND THE UKONOM
DISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST.-
HUPA...THE HOOPA INDIAN RESERVATION AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE
TRINITY RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.-
VAN DUZEN / MAD RIVER...INLAND PORTION OF THE VAN DUZEN AND MAD
RIVER DRAINAGES WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.-
WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.-
TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.-
948 AM PDT SAT OCT 3 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 203...204...211...212...277 AND 283 FOR ELEVATIONS
ABOVE 2000 FEET.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 203...204...211...212... 
  277 AND 283 FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FT. 

* WIND...N TO NE INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY EVENING WITH GUSTS
  OF 35 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE ALONG RIDGETOPS AND IN ELEVATED
  VALLEYS ALIGNED WITH THE WIND.

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITIES FROM 15 TO 30 PERCENT TODAY. POOR
  RECOVERIES TONIGHT WITH MAXIMUM HUMIDITIES 40 TO 50
  PERCENT...AND LOCALLY AS LOW AS 15 TO 25 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

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.

$$

TONKIN

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA

404 
WWUS86 KEKA 040031
RFWEKA

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
531 PM PDT SAT OCT 3 2015

...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND FAIR NIGHTTIME RH RECOVERIES ACROSS
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 201...203...204...211...212...276..277 AND
283 LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR ELEVATIONS
ABOVE 2000 FEET...

.A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST THROUGH LATE SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG
AND GUSTY EAST AND NORTHEAST WINDS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH...AND GUSTS RANGING FROM 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS INLAND AREAS ABOVE 2000 FT. THE GUSTY WINDS...WILL ALSO
PROMOTE VERY POOR RECOVERY ESPECIALLY ALONG UPPER SLOPES AND
RIDGES. COASTAL ZONES WILL ALSO SEE GUSTY EAST AND NORTHEAST
WINDS AND POOR RECOVERY BUT WILL BE MORE LOCALIZED. THIS BRIEF
OFFSHORE PATTERN IS ONLY EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS...WILL BE
CONDUCIVE TO RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

CAZ201-203-204-211-212-276-277-283-040845-
/O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-151004T1800Z/
NORTH COAST STRIP...FROM OREGON BORDER TO ROCKPORT CONSISTING OF
COASTAL SECTIONS OF DEL NORTE...HUMBOLDT...AND A SMALL PORTION OF
MENDOCINO COUNTY. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF CA NPS AND REDWOOD PARKS.-
UPPER SMITH...INLAND PORTION OF THE SMITH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN
THE SIX RIVERS NF.-
LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH...INLAND PORTION OF THE KLAMATH RIVER
DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST AND THE UKONOM
DISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST.-
HUPA...THE HOOPA INDIAN RESERVATION AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE
TRINITY RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.-
VAN DUZEN / MAD RIVER...INLAND PORTION OF THE VAN DUZEN AND MAD
RIVER DRAINAGES WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.-
INTERIOR MENDOCINO...INTERIOR PORTION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY.-
WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.-
TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.-
531 PM PDT SAT OCT 3 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 203...204...
211...212...277 AND 283 FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 203...204...211...212... 
  277 AND 283 FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FT. 

* WIND...N TO NE INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY EVENING WITH 
  GUSTSOF 35 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE ALONG RIDGETOPS AND IN ELEVATED 
  VALLEYS ALIGNED WITH THE WIND.

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITIES FROM 15 TO 30 PERCENT TODAY. 
  POOR RECOVERIES TONIGHT WITH MAXIMUM HUMIDITIES 40 TO 50 
  PERCENT...AND LOCALLY AS LOW AS 15 TO 25 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

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.

$$


HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA

500 
WWUS86 KEKA 040844
RFWEKA

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
144 AM PDT SUN OCT 4 2015

...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND FAIR NIGHTTIME RH RECOVERIES ACROSS
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 201...203...204...211...212...276..277 AND
283 LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR ELEVATIONS
ABOVE 2000 FEET...

.A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. STRONG AND GUSTY EAST AND
NORTHEAST WINDS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...AND
GUSTS RANGING FROM 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS INLAND AREAS
ABOVE 2000 FT. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO PROMOTE VERY POOR RH 
RECOVERY...ESPECIALLY ALONG UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES. THE
COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS...WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO
RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

CAZ201-203-204-211-212-276-277-283-041800-
/O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-151004T1800Z/
NORTH COAST STRIP...FROM OREGON BORDER TO ROCKPORT CONSISTING OF
COASTAL SECTIONS OF DEL NORTE...HUMBOLDT...AND A SMALL PORTION OF
MENDOCINO COUNTY. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF CA NPS AND REDWOOD PARKS.-
UPPER SMITH...INLAND PORTION OF THE SMITH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN
THE SIX RIVERS NF.-
LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH...INLAND PORTION OF THE KLAMATH RIVER
DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST AND THE UKONOM
DISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST.-
HUPA...THE HOOPA INDIAN RESERVATION AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE
TRINITY RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.-
VAN DUZEN / MAD RIVER...INLAND PORTION OF THE VAN DUZEN AND MAD
RIVER DRAINAGES WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.-
INTERIOR MENDOCINO...INTERIOR PORTION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY.-
WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.-
TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.-
144 AM PDT SUN OCT 4 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM THIS MORNING
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
203...204... 211...212...277 AND 283 FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000
FEET.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 203...204...211...212... 
  277 AND 283 FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FT. 

* WIND...NE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE
  ALONG RIDGETOPS AND IN ELEVATED VALLEYS ALIGNED WITH THE WIND.

* HUMIDITY...POOR RECOVERIES TONIGHT WITH MAXIMUM HUMIDITIES OF 40
  TO 50 PERCENT...AND LOCALLY AS LOW AS 15 TO 25 PERCENT ALONG
  HIGHER RIDGETOPS.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

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.

$$

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA