The Angel Fire began on September 15 about 1/2 mile northeast of downtown Julian in a remote section of Camp Stevens. The fire quickly spread eastward through Whispering Pines, into the Banner Grade, and then up the southwestern flank of Volcan Mountain.
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The Angel Fire began on September 15 about 1/2 mile northeast of downtown Julian in a remote section of Camp Stevens. The fire quickly spread eastward through Whispering Pines, into the Banner Grade, and then up the southwestern flank of Volcan Mountain. The neighborhoods of Whispering Pines and Kentwood in the Pines were placed under mandatory evacuations. The Angel Fire, which began as an illegal campfire, burned 837 acres. The fire destroyed 1 home and 23 outbuilding, including 15 buildings at Camp Stevens.
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 15, 8:30 AM PST, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 930 AM PDT SAT SEP 15 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A COUPLE OF UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS MOVING PAST TO THE NORTH WILL BRING COOLER WEATHER THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. ANOTHER...STRONGER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CAUSE MORE COOLING TOWARD THE END OF NEXT WEEK. A DEEPENING MARINE LAYER WILL RESULT IN MORE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE NIGHTS AND MORNINGS. ONSHORE FLOW WILL CAUSE 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... .SHORT TERM (TODAY-TUE)... LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY DENSE FOR WERE IN THE SAN DIEGO COASTAL AREAS AND LOCALLY INTO THE SAN DIEGO INLAND VALLEYS BUT WAS PATCHY ON THE ORANGE COUNTY COAST THIS MORNING. CLEAR ELSEWHERE EXCEPT FOR SMOKE FROM THE FIRE NEAR BIG BEAR. THE 12Z NKX SOUNDING HAD AN INVERSION BASED NEAR 1200 FT WITH DRY SW WINDS ALOFT. ONSHORE GRADIENTS WITH ABOUT 5 MB SAN-IPL. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE PAST TO THE N LATE SUN AND EARLY MON. TUE WILL BE IN BETWEEN TROUGH WITH A SLIGHT RECOVERY OF LOCAL HEIGHTS. THIS WILL BRING COOLING SUN BUT MORE SO ON MON FOLLOWED BY A LITTLE LOCAL WARMING TUE. THE FLOW ALOFT AND ONSHORE GRADIENTS WILL CAUSE LOCAL GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD BE SUN AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE MARINE LAYER WILL DEEPEN FOR MORE INLAND PENETRATION OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG DURING THE NIGHTS AND MORNINGS. IT WILL REMAIN DRY ABOVE THE MARINE LAYER WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LOCALLY NEAR 10 PERCENT AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND INTO THE DESERTS TODAY. HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER A LITTLE SUN WITH INCREASE IN HUMIDITIES MON AND TUE. RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS AND HIGH DESERTS INTO SUN EVENING. && .LONG TERM (WED-SAT)... A STRONGER UPPER LOW WILL DIG S WED AND WILL BE NEAR SRN CA THU. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT TO THE NE LATE FRI AND SAT. THERE ARE BIG DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MODELS AND FROM RUN TO RUN ON THE EXACT TRACK AND TIMING OF THIS LOW. THE PREFERRED ECMWF KEEPS IT FARTHER N. THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH OVER WATER TRAJECTORY FOR AT LEAST A DEEPER MARINE LAYER WITH POSSIBLE DRIZZLE OF LIGHT RAIN OVER AND W OF THE MOUNTAINS THU AND FRI. COOLER WED AND THU THEN NOT MUCH CHANGE FRI AND A LITTLE WARMER SAT. LOCALLY WINDY WITH THE TROUGH PASSAGE...ESPECIALLY THU AND FRI IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. && .AVIATION... 151600Z...MARINE LAYER ABOUT 1600 FT WITH LITTLE CHANGE THROUGH SUNDAY...INCREASING SUNDAY NIGHT. BASES AROUND 1000-1500 FT MSL EXCEPT LOCALLY 500 FT EARLY THIS MORN. AREAS OF STRATUS AND FOG MAINLY ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY WILL CLEAR BY 17Z TODAY. OTHERWISE CLEAR. STRATUS BECOMING MUCH MORE EXTENSIVE WITH HIGHER BASES SUNDAY NIGHT. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TO 25 TO 30 KT THROUGH SUNDAY. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS AND HIGH DESERTS THROUGH 8 PM SUNDAY. SEE LAXRFWSGX. && PUBLIC...DVA AVIATION...LAVIS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 920 AM PDT SAT SEP 15 2007 CAZ055-056-058-060-160000- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 920 AM PDT SAT SEP 15 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOCAL GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGH DESERTS. SEE LAXRFWSGX FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOCAL GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGH DESERTS THROUGH 8 PM SUNDAY. SEE LAXRFWSGX FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA...HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. DVA
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