The Silver Fire burned in the Plumas National Forest in Plumas County, about 10 miles west of Quincy.
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The episode as NWS STO wrote it up.
The Silver Fire burned in the Plumas National Forest in Plumas County, about 10 miles west of Quincy.
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 Sacramento, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 18, 8:55 PM PST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 955 PM PDT FRI SEP 18 2009 .DISCUSSION... DELTA BREEZE FINALLY PICKED UP AROUND 01Z...BUT LATER THAN WE THOUGHT YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME...SO IT TURNED OUT TO BE WARMER IN THE DELTA INFLUENCED AREAS THAN EXPECTED. ADIABATIC DESCENT FROM 850 MBS ROUGHLY APPROXIMATED TODAYS...OR FRIS...MAXES AROUND INTERIOR NORCAL FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS WITH MANY SITES IN THE UPPER 90S. /97 WAS THE 850 MBS TEMP ADIABATIC DESCENT ESTIMATION...AND MOST SITES WERE WITHIN A DEGREE OR TWO./ THE UPPER TROF AND COLD FRONT ARE JUST OFF THE COAST AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA ON SAT. ONSHORE GRADIENTS HAVE BEEN GRADUALLY INCREASING...AND SO IS THE MARINE LAYER ACCORDING TO THE FT ORD PROFILER WHICH HAS CLIMBED TO AROUND 1200 FT. THESE FEATURES WILL BE INCREASING OVERNITE ALONG WITH SYNOPTIC COOLING FROM THE APPROACHING TROF LEADING TO A COOLING TREND ON SAT. 850 MBS TEMPS AND LOW TO MID LEVEL THICKNESSES SUGGEST MAX TEMPS WILL BE SOME 4 DEG OR SO COOLER IN AREAS AWAY FROM THE DELTA ON SAT...BUT THE DELTA INFLUENCED AREAS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER...CURRENTLY WE SHOW ABOUT 9 TO 17 DEG OF COOLING. JHM SUNDAY BRINGS THE BEGINNING OF A SIGNIFICANT WARMING TREND AS THE EASTERN PACIFIC RIDGE BUILDS INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL WILL MOVE INLAND SUNDAY AND DRIFT EASTWARD INTO IDAHO MONDAY NIGHT. SHOULD SEE LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL RANGE AND DOWN SIERRA CANYONS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...AND HAVE ISSUED FIRE WEATHER WATCHES FOR SOME OF THE MORE FAVORED AREAS. DANG UNSEASONABLY HOT WX IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK AS THE GFS/ECMWF BUILD AN INCREDIBLY STRONG RIDGE OVER THE AREA WITH 500 MBS HEIGHTS PEAKING OUT AROUND 596-597 DAM. FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK...THE HIGH CENTER IS FORECAST TO BE OVER THE PAC NW...WHICH WOULD CREATE A GOOD OFFSHORE PATTERN...AND DOWNSLOPE/NELY WINDS WHICH WILL BE WARMING AND DRYING ADIABATICALLY. SUMMER LIKE TEMPS ARE FORECAST FOR THIS PERIOD WITH POSSIBLE RECORD TEMPS IN THE VALLEY AS MAX TEMPS ARE LIKELY TO EXCEED THE CENTURY MARK BY SEVERAL DEGREES. THE SPS DEALS WITH THE UNSEASONABLY HOT WX EVEN THOUGH IT WILL OFFICIALLY BE THE FIRST WEEK OF AUTUMN...AS THE AUTUMNAL EQUINOX WILL OCCUR ON 9/22 AT 2:19 PM PDT. 500 MBS HEIGHT STANDARD DEVIATIONS (IN DAM) RANGE FROM 6-8 DAM OVER THE 50 YEAR CLIMATOLOGY...OR 2+ STANDARD DEVIATIONS FROM THE 50 YEAR NORMAL. JHM .EXTENDED DISCUSSION (TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...STRONG UPPER RIDGE AXIS CENTERS OVER THE WEST COAST ON TUESDAY MAKING THIS LIKELY THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE WEEK. SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH WILL REMAIN ALONG THE COAST CUTTING OFF ANY MARINE INFLUENCE AND NORTHEAST GRADIENT STRONG ENOUGH DURING THE MORNING HOURS THAT STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL STILL BE A CONCERN FOR FIRE THREAT. SURFACE HIGH OVER THE EASTERN GREAT BASIN SHIFTS EAST OF THE ROCKIES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON ALLOWING SURFACE GRADIENTS OVER NORCAL TO WEAKEN AND WINDS TO DECREASE. AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC IS FORECAST TO PUSH TOWARDS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING A SLIGHT AIRMASS COOLING FOR A SLIGHT COOLING OVERALL WITH A LITTLE MORE COOLING IN THE DELTA AND NEAR DELTA AREAS AS SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH SHIFTS INLAND AND SLIGHT ONSHORE SURFACE WIND RETURNS. UPPER LOW TRACKS TO THE NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN CANADA ON THURSDAY WITH ONLY MINOR AIRMASS CHANGES EXPECTED. THEREFORE...NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF ADDITIONAL COOLING THURSDAY. UPPER RIDGE REBOUNDS SLIGHTLY ON FRIDAY FOR POSSIBLE SLIGHT INCREASE IN TEMPERATURES FOR THE END OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER INTERIOR NORCAL TONITE AND SAT... EXCEPT SKC CONDITIONS WILL BECOME BKN-OVC CIRROSTRATUS AOA 20 KFT AFTER 10Z SAT AS UPPER TROF AND CDFNT OFF THE COAST MOVE INLAND. UPPER TROF AND CDFNT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE SAT AND SKIES WILL CLEAR OVER INTERIOR NORCAL AS HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE ERN PAC BUILDS INLAND BEHIND THE EXITING TROF. ONSHORE GRADIENTS WILL STEADILY INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND SAT AS THE UPPER TROF APPROACHES. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASING DELTA BREEZE...COOLER TEMPS AND SLY WINDS OVER THE TAF SITES. INCREASING SWLY WINDS WITH GUSTS 35 KTS POSSIBLE OVER MTNS AFT 06Z SAT UNTIL TROF PASSAGE 18Z SAT THRU 00Z SUN. && .STO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FIRE WEATHER WATCH SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST SHASTA COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO LAKE COUNTY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 700 AM PDT FRI SEP 18 2009 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-191400- SHASTA LAKE AREA/NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN/EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTIES- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-MOTHERLODE- EAST FOOTHILLS/NORTH SACRAMENTO VALLEY- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 700 AM PDT FRI SEP 18 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT (LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/STO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 1003 PM PDT FRI SEP 18 2009 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-200530- SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK- WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 1003 PM PDT FRI SEP 18 2009 ...UNSEASONABLY HOT WEATHER EXPECTED OVER THE INTERIOR OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA NEXT WEEK... UNSEASONABLY HOT WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR NEXT WEEK AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. MANY HIGH TEMPERATURES COULD RANGE FROM THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 105 IN THE VALLEY...WITH 90S IN THE FOOTHILLS AND LOWER MOUNTAIN ELEVATIONS FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME LOCATIONS MAY EXPERIENCE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES COULD ALSO BE UNUSUALLY WARM NEXT WEEK...AND RELATIVELY SLOW TO COOL OFF DURING THE EVENING. IT WILL FEEL MORE LIKE SUMMER THAN FALL OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA NEXT WEEK...EVEN THOUGH AUTUMN OFFICIALLY BEGINS TUESDAY THE 22ND AT 2:19 PM PDT. BELOW IS A TABLE WITH RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR SEVERAL LOCATIONS FOR NEXT WEEK...SEPTEMBER 20TH THROUGH THE 25TH. LOCATION 20TH 21ST 22ND 23RD 24TH 25TH REDDING 105 108 105 105 107 105 RED BLUFF 107 108 110 106 108 104 DOWNTOWN SAC 102 103 103 104 102 100 SAC EXECUTIVE 99 100 102 103 102 100 STOCKTON 101 101 102 101 99 100 MODESTO 104 104 102 104 103 100 JHM
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Silver Fire burned 307 acres of forest in steep terrain in the Plumas National Forest in Plumas County. The fire burned to about 10 miles west of Quincy and was also near Silver Lake and the community of Meadow Valley.
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