1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 8, 8:00 AM PST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 900 AM PDT TUE AUG 8 2006 .SYNOPSIS... MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL BRING SOME CLOUDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS TODAY AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. OVER THE COAST AND VALLEYS...WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH LESS NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS. LOW CLOUDS SHOULD INCREASE FROM THURSDAY ON AS A COASTAL EDDY DEVELOPS AND WEAK LOW PRESSURE ALOFT APPROACHES THE WEST COAST. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... TROPICAL WAVE MOVING WEST ACROSS SOUTHERN BAJA AND UPPER LOW EJECTING NORTHEAST ACROSS OREGON WITH TRAILING TROUGH ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LEAVES MOST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE EAST TO WEST HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE TODAY. SUBSIDENCE ALOFT SHOWS UP IN THIS MORNINGS SOUNDINGS TAKEN AT YUMA AND MIRAMAR WITH ANTICYCLONIC TURNING OF THE WINDS WITH HEIGHT AND STABLE LAYERS BETWEEN 10000 AND 35000 FEET...BOTTOM LINE NO THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. TOMORROWS ANOTHER STORY...WITH A WEAKNESS IN THE RIDGE BEING ADVERTISED BY ALL THE MODELS AND INCREASING MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTHEAST. HAD ISSUED A CORRECTION TO THE ZONES EARLIER IN THE SHIFT, WILL UPDATE GRIDS AND FWF AND ZFP TO REMOVE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. ANTICIPATE NO ADDITIONAL CHANGES IN AFTERNOON PACKAGE. && .AVIATION...TAFS AND TWEB ADEQUATELY REFLECT EXPECTED CONDITIONS. SEE TAFS LAXTAFSAN...LAXTAFCRQ...LAXTAFSNA...LAXTAFONT... LAXTAFPSP...LAXTAFTRM...AND TWEB LAXTWB432 FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDED TAFS. CLEAR SKIES WITH SHALLOW PATCHY FOG IN SOME VALLEYS WEST OF THE MTNS EARLIER THIS MORNING. THE FOG HAS ALREADY BURNED OFF AND VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL INTO TOMORROW...EXCEPT FOR SCATTERED CUMULUS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. LITTLE OR NO MARINE LAYER AGAIN TONIGHT BUT THE PATCHY SHALLOW FOG WILL LIKELY RETURN TOMORROW MORNING. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CA...NONE. PZ...NONE. && PUBLIC...BALFOUR AVIATION/MARINE...GONSALVES NWS ON THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO ZZZZ99 KSGX 081506 WRKAVN PG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 545 AM PDT TUE AUG 8 2006 CAZ055-056-058-060-061-062-082300- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 545 AM PDT TUE AUG 8 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH DRY LIGHTNING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA... HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. MARTIN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Mountain Fire burned 113 acres near Banning. No structures were burned and no injuries were reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5532730.