1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 29, 1:00 PM PST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 200 PM PDT TUE AUG 29 2006 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL MOVE TO THE NORTH CAUSING SLIGHT COOLING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THE MARINE LAYER WILL DEEPEN SLIGHTLY FOR MORE EXTENSIVE COASTAL LOW CLOUDS AND FOG. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE A BIT OVER THE AREA FOR SLIGHTLY WARMER DURING THE WEEKEND. SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO INCREASE TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK FOR POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... WEAK TROUGH MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY. IT WILL CAMP OUT THERE THROUGH MID WEEK. MARINE LAYER ABOUT 1100 FEET DEEP THIS MORNING. EXPECT IT WILL INCREASE TO ABOUT 1500 FEET AND POSSIBLY A BIT DEEPER TONIGHT. STRATUS WILL FILL IN A BIT MORE TONIGHT IN THE EAST PARTS OF ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES. THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID WEEK. BAGGY END OF TROUGH WILL SAG OFF THE COAST TO THE SOUTHWEST AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT MAKES A SLIGHT INCREASE OVER SOCAL BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE FORECAST TO BEGIN TO INTRUDE INTO THE AREA BY THU AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WILL START SLIGHT CHANCE ON THU AND KEEP IT GOING WITH LOW PROBABILITIES THROUGH SAT. PRECIP FORECAST SHOWS A SPOT OVER NORTHERN BAJA...NEAR THE BORDER...THU AND FRI AND THEN SOME SPOTS SHOW UP OVER SOCAL FOR THE WEEKEND. NOT IMPRESSIVE YET BUT THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE MAINLY THE MOUNTAINS TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK. CROSS SECTION SHOWS LARGE INCREASE IN MOISTURE THU AND KEEPS IT GOING THROUGH AT LEAST SAT WITH SOME SPORADIC DECREASES AND INCREASES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY BUT WITH SOME CLOUDS AT THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE MARINE LAYER IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN AS A WEAK SHORTWAVE PASSES TO THE NORTH...AND THIS COULD DEVELOP AN INTERMITTENT EDDY. SO CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER TONIGHT WHEN THE CLOUDS COVER THE COASTAL AIRPORTS AGAIN. BASES WILL ARRIVE BETWEEN 03-06Z AND WILL BE AROUND 800-1200 FEET WITH TOPS 1500-2000 FEET. VISIBILITIES WILL BE AROUND 3-5SM AT LOWEST. CLEAR OUT ON WED WILL BE AROUND 18Z. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CA...NONE. PZ...NONE. && PUBLIC...WHITLOW AVIATION/MARINE...MM NWS ON THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 400 PM PDT TUE AUG 29 2006 CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-301100- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 400 PM PDT TUE AUG 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA...HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. DVA
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Emerald Fire burned 2,129 acres in the hills above highway 38 near Morton Peak. The fire destroyed two residences and two outbuildings. The cause of this fire was not weather related.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in California, August 2006
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5532728.