The Butler Fire was started by a lightning strike near Highway 18 between Snow Valley and Big Bear Lake Dam. The fire burned 85 acres of timber and chaparral in steep terrain.
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The Butler Fire was started by a lightning strike near Highway 18 between Snow Valley and Big Bear Lake Dam. The fire burned 85 acres of timber and chaparral in steep terrain. There were no reports of injury or property damage.
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 Sep 1, 8:00 AM PST, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 900 AM PDT SAT SEP 1 2007 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE OVER ARIZONA WILL BRING HOT HUMID WEATHER THROUGH LABOR DAY. MOISTURE IN SOUTHEAST FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCAL FLOODING. COOLER AND LESS HUMID WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... SO FAR THE MORNING IS QUIET UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES...BUT THE ATMOSPHERE IS READY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE 12Z NKX SOUNDING IS QUITE UNSTABLE...EVEN MORE SO THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY...WHILE MOISTURE IS SLIGHTLY LESS. SOME TSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVE AT LEAST IN THE MTNS WITH MORE ISOLATED STORMS IN THE DESERT. EASTERLY FLOW IS ENOUGH TO MOVE A FEW OF THOSE TSTORMS INTO THE INLAND VALLEYS...AND THE MOVEMENT OF TSTORMS WILL HELP TO DECREASE THE CHANCE OF FLASH FLOODING. THE FLOW...THE DYNAMICS AND THE MOISTURE LOOK NEARLY IDENTICAL TODAY THROUGH THE HOLIDAY MON. THE HEAT LOOKS THE SAME TOO EXCEPT FOR PERHAPS A FEW DEGREES OF COOLING ON MON. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE COMING OUT OF THE NORTHWEST TUE AND WED IS LOOKING MORE CONSISTENT LATELY ON THE STRENGTH AND THE TIMING. THIS WILL BRING A COOLING TREND AND MORE COASTAL CLOUDS. AS THE TROUGH PASSES...JUST A TOUCH OF OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPS WED AND THU MORNINGS. NOT ENOUGH FOR REALLY STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS...BUT MAYBE ENOUGH TO DRY OUT THE AIR AND INCREASE THE FIRE POTENTIAL BRIEFLY. ANOTHER FEATURE TO WATCH IS THE MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF HENRIETTE. EXTENDED MODELS SHOW MOST OF THAT MOISTURE GOING INTO AZ ON THU AND FRI NEXT WEEK...BUT ENOUGH TO CLIP THE SOUTHEAST PART OF OUR REGION AND BRING SHOWERS AND/OR TSTORMS. && .AVIATION... 011430..TWO MAIN PROBLEMS FOR THE DAY CONTINUE TO BE THE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT VALLEY AND DESERT AREAS AND THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES AT THE AREA AIRPORTS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BASES SHOULD BE AT OR ABOVE FL080 WITH TOPS TO FL450 AT TIMES. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD END BY SUNSET BUT MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE COASTAL EDDY THAT WAS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT DID NOT DEVELOP SO MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES AT KSAN AND KSNA COULD REACH AROUND 30 TO 32 DEGREES C AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT NEAR 43 DEGREES AT KONT AND BETWEEN 45 TO 47 DEGREES AT KPSP. THE MARINE LAYER REMAINS VERY SHALLOW SO MARINE LAYER STRATUS/FOG IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A FACTOR AT ANY OF THE COASTAL AIRPORTS THROUGH SUNDAY. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM TODAY AND SUNDAY FOR INLAND AREAS...SEE LAXNPWSGX. && PUBLIC...MM AVIATION/MARINE...HORTON NWS ON THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1025 AM PDT SAT SEP 1 2007 CAZ042-020100- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 340 AM PDT SAT SEP 1 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON. SEE LAXNPWSGX FOR DETAILS. HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AT THE BEACHES. SEE LAXSRFSGX FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SEE LAXNPWSGX FOR DETAILS. HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AT THE BEACHES FOR SUNDAY. SEE LAXSRFSGX FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA... HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. CAZ043-020100- SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 340 AM PDT SAT SEP 1 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AT THE BEACHES. SEE LAXSRFSGX FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AT THE BEACHES FOR SUNDAY. SEE LAXSRFSGX FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA... HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. CAZ048-050-020100- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS- 1025 AM PDT SAT SEP 1 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR VALLEYS OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INLAND EMPIRE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEE LAXFFASGX FOR DETAILS. THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL IS MODERATE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DO DEVELOP GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL IS LIKELY. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON. SEE LAXNPWSGX FOR DETAILS. FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL IS LOW...THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING IS MINIMAL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SEE LAXNPWSGX FOR DETAILS. FOR SUNDAY...THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL IS LOW...THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING IS MINIMAL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. CAZ055-056-058-020100- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 1025 AM PDT SAT SEP 1 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MOUNTAINS OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEE LAXFFASGX FOR DETAILS. THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL IS MODERATE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DO DEVELOP GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL IS LIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FOR SUNDAY...THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL IS MODERATE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. CAZ060>062-020100- APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 1025 AM PDT SAT SEP 1 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DESERTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEE LAXFFASGX FOR DETAILS. THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL IS MODERATE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DO DEVELOP GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL IS LIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FOR SUNDAY...THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL IS LOW...THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING IS MINIMAL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. ECC/MARTIN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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