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Fire Weather Watch 1, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

January 17, 2021Monterey County, San Benito County, California

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this fire weather watch at Jan 17, 2021, 12:25 PM PST for Monterey County, San Benito County, California. It took effect at Jan 18, 2021, 7:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 17, 2021, 12:25 PM PST (20:25 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 18, 2021, 7:00 PM PST
Expired
Jan 18, 2021, 9:52 AM PST
In force
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Counties Monterey County, CA, San Benito County, CA

The radar

The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this fire weather watch went out at Jan 17, 9:32 AM PST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 9:32 AM PST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 16, 7:08 PM PSTBeach Hazards StatementMTRSanta Cruz47 hr
Jan 16, 7:08 PM PSTHigh Surf AdvisoryMTRMarin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma47 hr
Jan 17, 2:18 AM PSTGale WarningMTR60 hr
Jan 17, 2:18 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMTR43 hr
Jan 17, 1:39 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningMTRMonterey, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz44 hr
Jan 17, 2:13 PM PSTGale WatchMTR12 hr

Nearby

Fire Weather Watches in California, 2021Every fire weather watch in 2021

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.