The Pine Fire began on September 16 southeast of Pine Valley near Corte Madera Ranch. The Pine Fire was caused by an illegal campfire and burned 2,170 acres between Corte Madera Rd and Bear Valley Rd.
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The Pine Fire began on September 16 southeast of Pine Valley near Corte Madera Ranch. The Pine Fire was caused by an illegal campfire and burned 2,170 acres between Corte Madera Rd and Bear Valley Rd. No structures were damaged or 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 Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 12, 8:30 AM PST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 930 AM PDT WED SEP 12 2007 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BRING HOT WEATHER TO INLAND AREAS AGAIN TODAY. A SLOW GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS LOW PRESSURE SLOWLY STRENGTHENS OVER THE WEST. A REDEVELOPING MARINE LAYER WILL BRING INCREASING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TO COASTAL AREAS DURING THE NIGHTS AND MORNINGS. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... SOME MID LEVEL CLOUDS WERE FLOATING OVER THE DESERT AND PATCHY LOW CLOUDS WERE VISIBLE OFF THE COAST...BUT ANOTHER FAIR AND WARM DAY IS THE MAIN STORY THIS MORNING. A WEAK UPPER LOW OFF THE NORCAL COAST HAS ENHANCED GREATLY THE MARINE LAYER THERE. THE MARINE LAYER REMAINS A NONFACTOR IN SOCAL THANKS TO THE UPPER HIGH OVER NORTHWEST MEXICO DOMINANTING OUR WEATHER THIS FAR SOUTH. THAT HIGH IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HIGH TEMPS THAT WILL TOUCH 100 IN THE MOST INLAND OF VALLEYS WITH 90S COMMON IN THE VALLEYS. THE LOWER DESERTS WILL EXCEED 110. BUT IT IS A DRY HEAT. THIS PATTERN WILL HOLD ALMOST AS IS THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS EXCEPT HEIGHTS WILL LOWER SLIGHTLY AND THAT WILL MEAN A SLIGHT COOLING TREND STARTING THU. A COUPLE MODELS BRING IN SOME MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTHEAST ON FRI AND INCREASE IT SAT WHICH WOULD INDICATE SOME PRECIP...LIKE TSTORMS...FOR THE MTNS. OTHER MODELS KEEP IT DRY. THE COOLING TREND WILL PROBABLY ACCELERATE MON THROUGH WED OF NEXT WEEK AS A TROUGHING PATTERN APPEARS IMMINENT OVER THE WESTERN U.S. BUT THE TIMING...STRENGTH...AND LOCATION OF TROUGHS VARY WILDLY FROM MODEL TO MODEL AND FROM RUN TO RUN. A FORECAST OF COOLER WEATHER WITH INCREASED COASTAL CLOUDS APPEARS REASONABLE AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION... 121415Z...12Z NKX SOUNDING AND EARLY MORNING MDCRS SOUNDINGS NEAR KSAN AND KLAX INDICATE THE MARINE LAYER CONTINUES TO BE VERY SHALLOW...NEAR SEA LEVEL. SOME DEEPENING IS EXPECTED TODAY IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK COASTAL EDDY THAT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. STRATUS/FOG IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A PROBLEM AT ANY OF THE COASTAL AIRPORTS TODAY. STRATUS SHOULD MOVE TO THE COAST TONIGHT AND COULD BRING LOW CEILINGS TO THE COASTAL AIRPORTS BEFORE SUNRISE ON THURSDAY. STRATUS SHOULD CLEAR BACK TO THE COAST BETWEEN 15Z AND 17Z ON THURSDAY. OTHERWISE CONTINUED CLEAR WITH UNRESTRICTED VISIBILITIES THROUGH THURSDAY. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC...MM AVIATION/MARINE...HORTON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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