Lightning induced a wildfire near San Ardo in Southern Monterey County on July 22nd. The fire burned until controlled on August 1st after a total of 14,507 acres was consumed.
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Lightning induced a wildfire near San Ardo in Southern Monterey County on July 22nd. The fire burned until controlled on August 1st after a total of 14,507 acres was consumed. No known injuries or deaths were reported - and only 1 outbuilding was destroyed.
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 Francisco Bay Area, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 22, 9:20 AM PST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 1020 AM PDT SAT JUL 22 2006 UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION .DISCUSSION...WARM START TO WHAT WILL BE ANOTHER HOT DAY FOR MOST AREAS. SENT OUT A PRELIMINARY RECORD REPORT THIS AM ON POTENTIAL RECORD HIGH OVERNIGHT LOWS. SAN JOSE REPORTED 74 FOR OVERNIGHT LOW WHICH IS +1 DEGREE ABOVE THEIR ALL TIME OVERNIGHT LOW (SEE SFORERMTR SXUS76 FOR DETAILS). OAK 12Z SOUNDING SHOWING TEMPERATURES AT 2000 FT OF 90 DEGREES WHICH CORRELATES WELL WITH SOME RAWS SITES AT 2000 FT AND ABOVE REPORTING 90 DEGREES AT 6 AM THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH STRATUS COVERS THE OCEAN JUST A FEW MILES OFFSHORE...THE STRONG SUBSIDENCE ALOFT AND VERY WEAK ONSHORE GRADIENTS (DOWN .5 MB FROM YESTERDAY SFO TO SAC) SHOULD KEEP THE STRATUS WHERE IT IS TODAY. THUS VERY HOT TEMPERATURES INLAND TODAY AND WELL ABOVE NORMAL HIGHS AROUND THE BAY WITH RECORD HIGHS POSSIBLE AT MANY OF THE LOCATIONS THAT SET HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS YESTERDAY. THERE IS ANOTHER PUSH OF MONSOON MOISTURE COMING UP THROUGH SO CAL THIS AM BUT AS WITH THE LAST SEVERAL OF THESE THE CONVECTION REMAINS OVER THE SO CAL MTNS AND SIERRA NEVADA. OUR AREA JUST SEES A FEW BLOW OFF CIRRUS CLOUDS. WILL KEEP THE HEAT ADVISORY GOING FOR INTERIOR NORTH...EAST AND SOUTH BAY LOCATIONS AND SOUTHERN MONTEREY AND SAN BENITO COUNTIES FOR TODAY AS TEMPERATURES AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL KEEP HEAT INDICES AT OR ABOVE 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS IN THESE AREAS. LOOKS LIKE CURRENT FORECAST IS ON TRACK SO WILL NOT UPDATE THIS AM. LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGEST THAT 500 MB HEIGHTS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TONIGHT AND SLOWLY THROUGH NEXT WEEK. SO IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY WITH COASTAL AREAS SEEING THE BIGGEST COOL DOWN STARTING TOMORROW AND INLAND AREAS WILL SEE A GRADUAL COOLING TREND BEGINNING TOMORROW AND EXTENDING INTO NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER THE WORD GRADUAL SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED FOR INTERIOR LOCATIONS AND TEMPERATURES MAY REMAIN NEAR OR EVEN SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL INTERIOR LOCATIONS INTO NEXT WEEK. HAVE BROUGHT STRATUS INTO THE COASTAL AREAS OVERNIGHT WITH LOCALLY DENSE FOG AS MARINE LAYER WILL BE ABOUT 500 FT. AS COOLING TREND CONTINUES THE STRATUS WILL MOVE FURTHER INLAND NIGHTS AND MORNINGS (INTO SF BAY BUT NOT INLAND SECTIONS OF EAST OR NORTH BAY) SUCH THAT WE SEE A MORE TYPICAL LATE JULY PATTERN BY TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. EXTENDED...EXTENDED GUIDANCE SHOWS SOME SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BY MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK. GFS HAS WEAK UPPER TROUGH OVER NOR CAL WHILE EURO AND UKMET HAVE HEIGHTS 60 METERS HIGHER AND JUST OFFSHORE. THIS WOULD INDICATE THAT INLAND AREAS WOULD REMAIN WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WHILE COASTAL AREAS WOULD BE CLOSE TO NORMAL WITH CONTINUED NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG BUT ONLY PUSHING WEAKLY INLAND. INTERESTING THAT THE EURO WANTS TO BRING A TROPICAL SYSTEM NORTH ALONG BAJA AS IT DIGS A TROUGH OFFSHORE OF BC ALLOWING WEAK S AND SW FLOW ALOFT OFF THE WEST COAST TO HELP STEER THE SYSTEM NORTH. WILL SEE IF ANY OF THIS REALLY DEVELOPS. && .AVIATION...EXTREME HEAT AGAIN TODAY AWAY FROM THE COAST. STRATUS REMAINS OFFSHORE WITH AN EXPECTED RETURN TO MRY AND SNS TONIGHT... BUT SAN FRAN BAY TERMINALS SHOULD REMAIN CLEAR THROUGH THE NIGHT. && MTR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .THROUGH SUN...HEAT ADVISORY...MOST INLAND ZONES. .THIS AFTN/EVENING...SCA...SFO BAY NORTH OF THE BAY BRIDGE. PUBLIC FORECAST: REYNOLDS AVIATION/MARINE: MORRISON NWS ON THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 600 AM PDT SAT JUL 22 2006 CAZ006-505-508-509-512-514-515-517-231300- BIG SUR COAST-SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE-SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST- SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS- MONTEREY BAY/NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY/HOLLISTER VALLEY AND CARMEL VALLEY- 600 AM PDT SAT JUL 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AND MONTEREY BAY AREAS...SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS AND THE SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS .DAY ONE...SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. CAZ506-507-510-511-513-516-518-231300- SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY/ARROYO SECO AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO- MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO COUNTY AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY INCLUDING PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT-NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS- NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS- EAST BAY HILLS AND THE DIABLO RANGE- SANTA CLARA VALLEY INCLUDING SAN JOSE- 600 AM PDT SAT JUL 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTH AND EAST BAY VALLEYS AND HILLS...SANTA CLARA VALLEY...SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY AND THE MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY .DAY ONE...SATURDAY VERY HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH HEAT INDICES OF 106 TO 112. * HEAT ADVISORY......SEE WWUS76 KMTR - NPWMTR FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEEKEND WITH HEAT INDICES REACHING BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT SUNDAY. * HEAT ADVISORY......SEE WWUS76 KMTR - NPWMTR FOR DETAILS * OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. W PI
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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