Named the Verbenia Fire, it consumed 3,833 acres but no structures. The cost to fight this fire was $3,890,023.
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The episode as NWS SGX wrote it up.
Named the Verbenia Fire, it consumed 3,833 acres but no structures. The cost to fight this fire was $3,890,023.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 11, 1:00 PM PST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO 200 PM PDT SUN JUL 11 2004 .SYNOPSIS...BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WEST WILL BRING A WARMING TREND INTO MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE MARINE LAYER WILL LOWER WITH THE COASTAL CLOUDS CONFINED MAINLY TO THE IMMEDIATE COAST THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. SOME STRATUS REMAINS ALONG THE COAST...MAINLY NEAR THE BEACHES...THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA MOSTLY CLEAR. SOME CUMULUS IS DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS...AGAIN...BUT SHOWING NO VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT. FAIRLY SHALLOW MARINE LAYER SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE STRATUS/FOG CONFINED TO THE COASTAL SECTIONS. WILL MENTION SOME PATCHY DENSE FOG FOR AROUND SUNRISE IN THE COASTAL SECTIONS. RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHWEST CONTINUES TO BUILD WESTWARD WITH RISING HEIGHTS OVER THE CWA AND THIS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. AT THE SAME TIME AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA WITH A TROUGH EXTENDING SOUTH OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND THIS WILL KEEP A SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY AS WELL. THE 12Z GFS IS SIMILAR TO THE EARLIER MODEL RUNS INDICATING A POSSIBLE EASTERLY WAVE MOVING INTO THE DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS ON THURSDAY. MOISTURE AHEAD OF THIS WAVE IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND PEAK ON THURSDAY BEFORE MOVING OUT ON FRIDAY. MODELS KEEP MOST OF THE ENERGY EAST OVER ARIZONA BUT THERE IS SOME INCREASE IN CAPE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN THE 850 TO 700 MB LAYER RH OVER THE AREA ON THURSDAY. WILL KEEP THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN PLACE FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. CLOUDS AND INCREASED RH ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EASTERLY WAVE SHOULD LOWER MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES OVER THE DESERTS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY BUT EXPECT THE TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB BACK UP FRIDAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE RH AND CLOUDS DECREASE. .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && HORTON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 530 AM PDT SUN JUL 11 2004 CAZ055-056-058-060-061-062-121300- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- APPLE AND YUCCA VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 530 AM PDT SUN JUL 11 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY INCREASING MONSOON MOISTURE WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. MOEDE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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