A fire burned 158 acres of dense brush in the Santa Ana River bed in Mira Loma. The area where the fire occurred is experiencing its driest season on record.
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A fire burned 158 acres of dense brush in the Santa Ana River bed in Mira Loma. The area where the fire occurred is experiencing its driest season on record.
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 Apr 28, 8:00 AM PST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 900 AM PDT SAT APR 28 2007 .SYNOPSIS... THE MARINE LAYER WILL CAUSE COASTAL LOW CLOUDS AND FOG IN THE NIGHTS AND MORNINGS THIS WEEKEND...EXTENDING LOCALLY INLAND. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BRING ANOTHER WARM DAY INLAND TODAY...COOLING A LITTLE ON SUNDAY AS THE HIGH WEAKENS. A COUPLE OF UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL BRING MORE CLOUDS AND A COOLING TREND NEXT WEEK ALONG WITH LOCAL 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... THE STRATUS DECK WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF ERODING AND CLEARING TOWARD THE COAST. THE COASTAL EDDY LOOKS QUITE HEALTHY WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS ALL OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. THAT ALONG WITH THE STRONG INVERSION IN PLACE MAY PRECLUDE FULL CLEARING AT THE COAST BUT IT APPEARS NEARLY ALL AREAS WILL GET SUNNY BY LATE MORNING. THE OTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT TODAY IS THE CUMULUS FORMATION IN THE MTNS WITH SOME INCREASE IN MID LEVEL MOISTURE. NO SHOWERS WILL HAPPEN TODAY BUT THE MOISTURE INCREASES SUN AND THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AT LEAST THE PENINSULAR MTN RANGES TO GET A COUPLE TSTORMS SUN AFTERNOON. THE MARINE LAYER WILL BE VERY SIMILAR IN DEPTH AND EXTENT OF LOW CLOUDS SUN MORNING. THE UPPER HIGH OVER THE WEST AND THE UPPER LOW OVER MEXICO WORK TOGETHER TO BRING EASTERLY FLOW ALOFT TO SOCAL AND THE INCREASE IN MOISTURE COMING OUT OF SONORA AND AZ. A WEAK TROUGH MOVES INTO THE WEST COAST BY MON THAT WASHES OUT BUT SUCCEEDS IN FLATTENING OUT THE RIDGE. THIS WILL BRING A COOLING TREND TO ALL AREAS MAINLY AWAY FROM THE COAST...WHILE DEEPENING THE MARINE LAYER. A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH FROM THE WEST WILL MOVE THROUGH SOCAL TUE AND WED FURTHERING THESE COOLING PROCESSES. ON THU AND FRI THE MAIN TROUGH MOVES INTO THE WEST ADDING MTN AND DESERT WIND TO THE COOLING TREND AND DEEPER MARINE LAYER EQUATION. && .AVIATION... 281515Z...12Z NKX SOUNDING AND TOP REPORTS INDICATE THE MARINE LAYER DEPTH WAS AROUND 1500 FEET MSL THIS MORNING. LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED IN THE MARINE LAYER DEPTH THROUGH SUNDAY. A COASTAL EDDY IS ALSO EVIDENT IN THE STRATUS FIELD OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND WINDS ALONG THE SHORELINE. STRATUS EXTENDS INLAND OVER THE SAN DIEGO INLAND VALLEY AREAS BUT WAS BEGINNING TO SHOW SIGNS OF ERODING ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE.STRATUS SHOULD PULL BACK TO THE SHORELINE BY 18Z. STRATUS SHOULD PUSH BACK INLAND AFTER SUNSET. ABOVE THE MARINE LAYER...VFR CONDITIONS WITH A MOSTLY CLEAR SKY AND UNRESTRICTED VISIBILITIES THROUGH SUNDAY. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CA...NONE. PZ...NONE. && PUBLIC...MM AVIATION/MARINE...HORTON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 400 PM PDT FRI APR 27 2007 CAZ042-043-281200- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 400 PM PDT FRI APR 27 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF TODAY AND TONIGHT WEST SWELL WILL BRING PERIODS OF HIGHER SURF AND A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TO THE BEACHES AT TIME. SEE LAXSRFSGX. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WEST SWELL WILL BRING PERIODS OF HIGHER SURF AND A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TO THE BEACHES AT TIMES SATURDAY. SEE LAXSRFSGX. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA... HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. DVA
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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