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 Jun 4, 2:00 PM PST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 300 PM PDT SUN JUN 4 2006 .SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...SOUTHWEST US RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE VERY WARM CONDITIONS ACROSS THE DISTRICT FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A WEAK UPPER CIRCULATION DRIFTING NORTHWEST FROM THE BAJA AREA AND A TROUGH APPROACHING THE NORTHWEST COAST MAY BEGIN TO LOWER HEIGHTS OVER THE REGION A BIT BY WEDNESDAY AS THE HIGH CENTER SHIFTS SLIGHTLY EASTWARD...BUT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE CLIMO THROUGH THE PERIOD. COULD SEE AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE OVER THE DISTRICT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS THE FLOW TURNS MORE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH...MAYBE ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY BY WEDNESDAY FOR SOME SIERRA CONVECTION. FOR NOW THE FORECAST REMAINS FREE OF POPS. SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS HAVE TIGHTENED UP DURING THE AFTERNOON...CURRENTLY RUNNING 11.3 MB SFO-LAS. GRADIENTS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK AROUND 00Z AND SHOULD PROVIDE LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THE VALLEY AND THE KERN MOUNTAINS AND DESERT INTO THE EVENING HOURS. .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS STILL SHOWING AN EASTERN PACIFIC SHORTWAVE TROF MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AT THE START OF THE PERIOD. THIS TROF WILL BEGIN SHIFTING THE WESTERN RIDGE PATTERN EAST INTO THE GREAT BASIN AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS DURING THE SHORT TERM AND BEGIN THE COOLING TREND OVER THE DISTRICT. BY THURSDAY...ALL MODELS EXCEPT FOR THE GFS MAINTAIN A DEEP TROF AS IT PASSES OVER THE WEST. THE GFS...WHICH HAD A SIMILAR DEEPER SOLUTION...NOW SHOWS A TRAJECTORY WHICH IS FARTHER NORTH. THEREFORE...WILL LEAN TOWARD THE OTHER MODELS AND MAINTAIN A DEEPER TROF SOLUTION. THEREFORE...WITH SOME POSSIBLE SUPPORT FROM A MARINE PUSH...WILL MAINTAIN A GOOD COOLING TREND FROM THE SHORT TO LONG TERM BEFORE CONDITIONS RECOVER TOWARD FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WHILE GUIDANCE INDICATES GOOD RECOVERY OCCURRING BY THE WEEKEND...FEEL THAT THE WARMING TREND WILL BE SLOWER WITH 100 DEG-F TEMPERATURES NOT BEING REACHED UNTIL CLOSER TO MONDAY. FURTHERMORE...WHILE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A WEAK THETA-E RIDGE EXTENDING TOWARD THE SIERRA NEVADA...ALONG WITH MID LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINING EAST OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AROUND FRIDAY...ANY POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DEPEND ON THE TROF TRAJECTORY. THEREFORE...WILL NOT MENTION ANY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 18Z MONDAY. FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO TAFS FOR KMCE...KFAT AND KBFL. && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && JEB/MOLINA
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Auberry Fire 9 miles north of Clovis in the Fresno County portion of the Southern Sierra Foothills was of unknown origin and burned approximately 400 acres before being contained. There were no injuries nor were there any structures lost. The cost to battle the fire was $500K.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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