1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Hanford, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 31, 7:20 PM PST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 820 PM PDT MON JUL 31 2006 .UPDATE...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...BAKERSFIELD AND FRESNO ENDED JULY WITH THEIR SECOND CONSECUTIVE BELOW-NORMAL HIGHS AS THE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH FINALLY MOVED INTO CALIFORNIA. SATELLITE LOOPS SHOW THE CUMULUS OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA CREST DISSIPATING IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AHEAD OF THE CREST. WITH CLEAR SKIES AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 30S-MID 40S...THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY WILL HAVE LITTLE TROUBLE DROPPING INTO THE MID 50S TO MID 60S...DESPITE SOME WIND MIXING...MAINLY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE VALLEY. THE 00Z NAM/NGM ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE 18Z GFS/UKMET AND 12Z ECMWF WITH THE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH AXIS MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR BETWEEN 06-12Z TUESDAY. BEHIND THE TROUGH...THE MODELS FORECAST 850-MB TEMPERATURES TO WARM BY 1-2 C TUESDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW SOME TEMPERATURE RECOVERIES AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. HOWEVER...BOTH THE 00Z NAM AND 18Z GFS CONTINUE TO FORECAST STRONG ONSHORE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS THIS EVENING...SO EXPECT A CONTINUED INFLUX OF MARINE AIR INTO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY OVERNIGHT AS WELL AS CONTINUING GUSTY CONDITIONS OVER THE KERN COUNTY DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS INTO THE MORNING HOURS. WITH MARINE AIR POOLED IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...TEMPERATURES ON THE VALLEY FLOOR AND THE LOWER FOOTHILLS WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL AT LEAST ONE MORE DAY...UNTIL THE MARINE AIR MIXES OUT. WITH THE TROUGH AXIS NOT REACHING THE HANFORD WARNING/FORECAST AREA UNTIL AFTER 06Z...HAVE UPDATED THE FORECAST WORDING FOR TONIGHT TO KEEP THE STRONGER WINDS GOING BEYOND MIDNIGHT. OTHERWISE...THE CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS GOOD. .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...FOR 1410 PDT...ISSUED AT 2110Z... .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS SWINGING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART OF CA TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT AND WILL SET UP FOR A ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE AREA WITH ONLY MINOR HEIGHT RISES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH IN TEMPERATURE CHANGE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE ABOUT 1 TO 3 DEGREES WARMER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY AND EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. WITH A SPEED MAX AT H250 MOVING THROUGH ON TUESDAY, CLOUDS WILL BE ACROSS THE SIERRAS, SO HAVE INCLUDED SOME CLOUDS ACROSS THAT REGION. MOISTURE IS VERY LIMITED, EVEN ALONG THE SIERRA CREST SO NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED IN THE SHORT TERM. THE WINDS ACROSS THE REGION WILL STAY UP OVER NIGHT AS THE UPPER TROUGH SWINGS THROUGH. THE GRADIENTS HAVE WEAKENED BY TUESDAY AND DO NOT EXPECT THE WINDS TO BE AS STRONG ACROSS THE FA AS THEY WERE YESTERDAY AND TODAY. HAVE KEPT IN GUSTS TO AROUND 50 IN THE PASSES IN THE KERN CO MOUNTAINS AND ALONG THE DESERTS IN KERN CO. FOR EARLY THIS EVENING AS THESE CONDITIONS WILL SUBSIDE THROUGH THE NIGHT. .LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...ALL MEDIUM RANGE PROGS INDICATING A WEAK H5 TROUGH ALONG THE WEST COAST WITH A BROAD AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE EAST OF THE ROCKIES THROUGH THE PERIOD. LITTLE DAY TO DAY CHANGE IN THE STRENGTH OF THE TROUGH OVER THE CWFA...SO EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS. WITH A SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN EAST OF THE AREA FOR CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 00Z WEDNESDAY. FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO TAFS FOR KMCE...KFAT...AND KBFL. && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SANGER/JDB/MENDENHALL
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Frog Complex Fire was a lightning initiated fire on July 21st but became a resource management fire. The fire was located 1 mile West of Laurel Lake or 19 miles northwest of Yosemite Village. The fire continued through August and September and burned 5,578 acres by October 2nd and at a cost of $850,033.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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