The Jefferson Fire burned 125 acres of heavy brush and grass in the hills north of Yucaipa. The cause of the fire was an illegal campfire.
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The Jefferson Fire burned 125 acres of heavy brush and grass in the hills north of Yucaipa. The cause of the fire was an illegal campfire.
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 Nov 21, 9:30 PM PST, 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 930 PM PST TUE NOV 21 2006 .SYNOPSIS...A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL MOVE PAST TO THE NORTH. THIS WILL BRING MORE EXTENSIVE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS IN THE NIGHTS AND MORNINGS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK AND AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERE WILL ALSO BE VARIABLE HIGH CLOUDINESS. GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS AT TIMES. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... UPDATED THE FORECAST TO MAKE A FEW SMALL CHANGES. .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-FRIDAY)...THERE WAS AN AREA OF STRATUS OFFSHORE THAT WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE ONSHORE THIS EVENING. THERE WAS ALSO VARIABLE HIGH CLOUDINESS. THE 00Z NKX SOUNDING HAD A WEAK INVERSION BASED NEAR 1200 FT WITH WSW WINDS ALOFT. ONSHORE GRADIENTS WITH ABOUT 3-4 MB SAN-IPL. A BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL APPROACHING FROM THE NW THROUGH WED AND THEN MOVE PAST TO THE N THU. THIS WILL CONTINUE THE TREND OF STRONGER ONSHORE GRADIENTS WITH AN INTERMITTENT EDDY RESULTING IN A DEEPER MAINE LAYER. LOW CLOUDS AND FOG SHOULD GET IN TO THE WRN INLAND EMPIRE TONIGHT AND TO THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES WED NIGHT. THERE COULD BE PATCHES OF DENSE FOG...BUT IT WILL BE MUCH FARTHER INLAND THAN ON THE PAST FEW NIGHTS. THE MARINE LAYER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN FAIRLY DEEP THU NIGHT INTO FRI MORNING BUT SHOULD CLEAR EARLIER FRI WITH WEAKER ONSHORE GRADIENTS. THERE COULD BE LOCAL DRIZZLE FROM THE THICKER LOW CLOUDS...ESPECIALLY LATE WED NIGHT AND THU MORNING. THERE WILL ALSO BE VARIABLE HIGH CLOUDINESS THROUGH THU FOR PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ABOVE THE MARINE LAYER CLOUDS. FEWER HIGH CLOUDS FRI. COOLER. THE PASSING TROUGH AND STRONGER ONSHORE GRADIENTS WILL CAUSE LOCAL GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...MAINLY WED AND THU AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY-TUESDAY)...WEAK TROUGHING ALOFT WILL CONTINUE GENERALLY BELOW SEASONAL TEMPS BUT THE MARINE LAYER AND HIGH CLOUDS WILL DECREASE FOR MORE SUNSHINE THIS WEEKEND. ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH SHOULD BRING MORE CLOUDS LATE SUN AND MON. SHOWERS CANNOT BE RULED OUT LATE SUN INTO MON...BUT PROGS HAVE BEEN TOO INCONSISTENT THAT FAR OUT TO INCLUDE PRECIP IN THE FORECAST YET. LONGER RANGE PROGS INDICATE DRYER FLOW ALOFT WITH HIGHER HEIGHTS BY TUE AND WED OF NEXT WEEK FOR LESS CLOUDS AND A LITTLE WARMING. && .AVIATION... MARINE LAYER HAS DEEPENED TO AROUND 1300 FEET...AND A WEAK EDDY CONTINUES. THE LOWER CLOUDS OFFSHORE ARE BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT TO MONITOR AS THE COLDER CIRRUS DECK BLOCKS THE IR VIEW BUT IT APPEARS ORANGE COUNTY WILL BE FIRST TO CLOUD OVER. THE STRATUS APPEARS CLOSE ENOUGH TO REACH MOST COASTAL AIRPORTS BY 06Z. WITH AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF LOW CLOUDS OFF THE COAST AND SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS TRENDING STRONGLY ONSHORE...THE MARINE LAYER SHOULD BUILD THROUGH WED. EXPECT CLOUD BASES TO COME IN AT OR ABOVE FL010 AND RISE LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY ON WED WITH TOPS NEAR FL025 BY 18Z WED. SOME AREAS OF MVFR VIS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP...BUT ANY IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS SHOULD BE FARTHER INLAND AND TRANSITORY AS THE MARINE LAYER DEEPENS IN RESPONSE TO SHORT WAVE TROUGHS PASSING BY TO THE NORTH. ABOVE THE MARINE LAYER THROUGH FL100 WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SW TO W AT 15-20 KTS. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC...DVA AVIATION...JAD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 400 AM PST TUE NOV 21 2006 CAZ042-043-050-211600- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS- 400 AM PST TUE NOV 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL AREAS AND LOWER COASTAL VALLEYS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM THIS MORNING. SEE LAXNPWSGX. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER 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.
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