The Ridge Fire burned 263 acres of brush on Yucaipa Ridge.
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The Ridge Fire burned 263 acres of brush on Yucaipa Ridge.
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 Jul 3, 8:30 AM PST, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 930 AM PDT THU JUL 3 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A SHALLOW MARINE LAYER WILL CONTINUE COASTAL LOW CLOUDS AND FOG DURING THE NIGHTS AND MORNINGS. OTHERWISE...UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP THE WEATHER FAIR WITH WARM TO HOT DAYS INLAND. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... ANOTHER REPEAT PERFORMANCE BY THE MARINE LAYER THIS MORNING. STRATUS COVERAGE VERY SIMILAR TO 24 HOURS AGO WITH PATCHY DENSE FOG IN MANY OF THE SAME LOCATIONS. CLOUDS WILL CLEAR TO THE BEACHES BETWEEN 9-10 AM THIS MORNING. LITTLE CHANGE IN MAX TEMPS WITH ANOTHER HOT DAY IN STORE INLAND. A FAIRLY STRONG GULF SURGE OCCURRED THIS MORNING IN THE LOWER DESERTS WITH DEWPOINTS CLIMBING INTO THE MID 60S TO MID 70S. THIS WILL MODERATE HIGH TEMPS SLIGHTLY...HOWEVER IT WILL FEEL A BIT MORE MUGGY AND UNCOMFORTABLE TODAY. MID LEVEL CLOUDS STREAMING IN FROM THE EAST INDICATES THE PRESENCE OF SOME MID LEVEL MOISTURE. THE MODELS SHOW THIS INCREASE AS WELL. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON FOR AN ISOLATED PULSE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE SAN DIEGO MOUNTAINS...MAINLY SOUTH OF MOUNT LAGUNA. THE ATMOSPHERE BELOW 700 MB REMAINS QUITE DRY...SO ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT FORMS TODAY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BRING MINOR COOLING AND A SLIGHTLY DEEPER MARINE LAYER TO SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH THESE CHANGES MAY GO UNNOTICED TO MOST AS MAX TEMPS WILL REMAIN AT OR ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS. THE MODELS BRING ADDITIONAL MID LEVEL MOISTURE INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON FRIDAY IN SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT...MAINLY CENTERED AROUND 600 MB. CURRENT FORECAST HAS AFTERNOON CLOUDS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND POPS LESS THAN 15 PERCENT. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE REEXAMINED LATER IN THE SHIFT. && .LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR INLAND AREAS REMAINING ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES. THERE MAY BE SOME INCREASE IN MID LEVEL MONSOONAL MOISTURE THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION... 031415Z...MARINE LAYER DEPTH THIS MORNING WAS AROUND 1400 FEET. LITTLE CHANGE IN THE MARINE LAYER DEPTH IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. STRATUS WITH BASES AROUND 600 FEET MSL ALONG THE COAST AND INLAND OVER THE LOWER VALLEY AND MESA AREAS SHOULD PULL BACK TO THE SHORELINE BETWEEN 15Z AND 17Z THIS MORNING. EXPECT THE STRATUS TO MOVE BACK ONTO THE COAST BY SUNSET AND INLAND OVER THE LOWER VALLEY AND MESA AREAS BETWEEN 04Z AND 08Z THIS EVENING. BREAK UP ON FRIDAY SHOULD BE BETWEEN 15Z AND 17Z. ABOVE THE MARINE LAYER INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...A MOSTLY CLEAR SKY WITH UNRESTRICTED VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME MID LEVEL MOISTURE MAY BRING SOME ISOLATED ALTOCU AND TCU TO THE MOUNTAINS EAST OF KSAN THIS AFTERNOON. BASES SHOULD BE AT OR ABOVE FL100. ANY ALTOCU AND TCU SHOULD DISSIPATE BY SUNSET. A SURGE OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA INTO THE SOUTHERN DESERTS THIS MORNING SHOULD HELP MODERATE TEMPS AT KPSP AND KTRM THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT MAX TEMPS BETWEEN 40 AND 43C. HORTON && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CA...NONE. PZ...NONE. && PUBLIC...SCV AVIATION/MARINE...HORTON NWS ON THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 400 AM PDT THU JUL 3 2008 CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-032300- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 400 AM PDT THU JUL 3 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. MARTIN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Ridge Fire began during a period of hot, dry weather on July 3rd, at 1:34 PM. The fire burned 263 acres of brush on Yucaipa Ridge before it was extinguished. One firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion.
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