The Ramp Fire started around 11:30 am at the junction of Interstate 15 and Hwy 18 in the San Bernardino Mountains. Gusty winds from afternoon thunderstorms aided in the spread of the fire.
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The Ramp Fire started around 11:30 am at the junction of Interstate 15 and Hwy 18 in the San Bernardino Mountains. Gusty winds from afternoon thunderstorms aided in the spread of the fire. The Ramp Fire burned 450 acres and destroyed 8 structures. The cause of the fire is unknown.
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 22, 8:20 AM PST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 920 AM PDT SAT JUL 22 2006 .SYNOPSIS...IT WILL BE ANOTHER HOT AND HUMID DAY TODAY...AND AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FOR INTERIOR AREAS. MONSOON FLOW WILL BRING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND SOME STORMS COULD MOVE WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. THE WEATHER WILL TURN A LITTLE COOLER NEXT WEEK AS THE UPPER HIGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN WEAKENS. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. MORNING TEMPS WERE MUCH HIGHER HIGHER THAN 24 HOURS AGO...SOME 10 TO 15 DEGREES HIGHER IN SOME SPOTS. MANY RECORD HIGH MIN TEMPS WERE BROKEN THIS MORNING...THE 93 AT PALM SPRINGS OBLITERATED THE OLD RECORD OF 86 IN 1931. LINDBERGH FIELD HAD A LOW OF 74...BREAKING THE RECORD OF 72 SET IN 1984. MANY OTHER REPORTING STATIONS SET RECORDS...SEE LAXRERSGX FOR THE FULL LIST. THE WARM JULY SUN AND TROPICAL NATURE OF THE AIRMASS COUPLED WITH THE VERY WARM START TO THE DAY WILL SEND TEMPS SOARING THIS AFTERNOON WITH RECORD HIGHS LIKELY. AT 9 AM...RNM WAS ALREADY 98 DEGREES. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING LOOKS GOOD...BUT WILL UPDATE THE ZONES TO ADD THE SAN DIEGO INLAND VALLEYS TO THE WARNING. THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL... THE RUC MODEL SHOWED A 40 KT 500 MB SPEED MAX OVER NORTHERN BAJA...PLACING SOUTHERN CAL IN A FAVORABLE RRJ QUADRANT. THIS FEATURE...ALONG WITH THE CLOUDS AND ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION...WAS MOVING WESTWARD AND OUT TO SEA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE PW ON THE 12Z NKX SOUNDING WAS A WHOPPING 1.88 INCHES. EVEN WITH THE EARLY MORNING CONVECTION...MORE STORMS ARE LIKELY ALONG ANY REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM LAST NIGHTS STORMS DUE TO THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT AND HOT WEATHER. ALSO...THE EAST-SOUTHEAST FLOW ALOFT WILL CARRY SOME STORMS W OF THE MOUNTAINS. SUNDAY WILL BE ALSO BE HOT AND HUMID WITH MORE CONVECTION LIKELY. THE CANCUN MONSOON SHOWS NO SIGNS OF LETTING UP THROUGH NEXT WEEK AS GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE EASTWARD ACROSS OLD MEXICO AND INTO ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN CAL. THE MASSIVE UPPER HIGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN FLATTENS IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...AND THAT WILL BRING COOLER WEATHER NEXT WEEK. BUT THE MOIST SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL KEEP THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS GOING IN THE MTNS AND DESERTS. && .AVIATION... A WEAKENING BAND OF SHOWERS WHICH PASSED OVER SRN SAN DIEGO COUNTY EARLY THIS MORN WAS MOVING OFF THE COAST AND DECREASING. A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR CUMULUS/TOWERING CU AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTN. EXPECT BASES AROUND 7000 FT AND TOPS TO FL400. T-STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY STRONG UP AND DOWNDRAFTS...LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR AND HAIL. A FEW STORM CELLS MIGHT DRIFT OFF THE MOUNTAINS INTO THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS AND INLAND VALLEYS. THE THREAT OF STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER 02Z. OTHERWISE CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN PREDOMINANTLY VFR ACROSS THE COASTAL AND INLAND VALLEY SECTIONS TODAY. NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST LOW CLOUDS WERE NEARLY ABSENT EARLY THIS MORN AND WILL BE PATCHY AT BEST THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. A COASTAL EDDY MAY HELP TO INCREASE THE STRATUS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. DENSITY ALTITUDES WILL BE HIGHER THAN AVERAGE TO VERY HIGH AT THE AIRPORTS IN THE REGION...ESPECIALLY FURTHER INLAND...AS A RESULT OF THE HOT WEATHER. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM TODAY FOR THE INLAND VALLEYS...DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS BELOW 5000 FT. SEE LAXNPWSGX. && PUBLIC...MOEDE AVIATION...LAVIS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 400 AM PDT SAT JUL 22 2006 CAZ042-043-048-050-055-056-057-058-060-061-062-222300- 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 AM PDT SAT JUL 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. MOISTURE FROM THE EAST WILL CONTINUE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. STORMS COULD DRIFT WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND SUNDAY. RECENT BURN AREAS WILL BE PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE TO BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DEBRIS FLOWS. STRONG UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL CAUSE VERY HOT WEATHER IN THE EASTERN VALLEYS...MOUNTAINS AND THE DESERTS... ESPECIALLY SATURDAY. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR DANGEROUSLY HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE INLAND EMPIRE VALLEYS...INLAND MOUNTAINS BELOW 5000 FEET...AND THE DESERTS. SEE LAXNPWSGX FOR DETAILS. MOUNTAINS AND DESERT THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. MODERATE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL RATING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD DRIFT WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. MOUNTAINS AND DESERT THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. MODERATE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL RATING SATURDAY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. SOME STORMS MAY DRIFT WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA...HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ATKIN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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