The Maywood Fire began at approximately 1038 PST on July 17th near the intersection of Santa Rosa Mine Road and Christmas Tree Lane in Good Hope, near Perris, California. The cause of the fire is yet unknown, but was contained around 1545 PST on the same day.
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The Maywood Fire began at approximately 1038 PST on July 17th near the intersection of Santa Rosa Mine Road and Christmas Tree Lane in Good Hope, near Perris, California. The cause of the fire is yet unknown, but was contained around 1545 PST on the same day. Two firefighters were evaluated by paramedics for heat-related injuries.
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 17, 8:30 AM PST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 930 AM PDT SAT JUL 17 2010 .SYNOPSIS... STRONG UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW THE HOT WEATHER TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THERE WILL BE CONTINUED MONSOONAL FLOW INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE CLOSER TO THE WEST COAST EARLY NEXT WEEK...BRINGING COOLER CONDITIONS AND A RETURN OF THE NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... ANOTHER HOT DAY ON TAP AS THE HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT REMAINS THE DOMINANT FEATURE FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY. A DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN MEXICO IS VISIBLE IN THE SATELLITE DATA...AND MAY INCREASE THE MOISTURE ALOFT ENOUGH FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA...SO THE THUNDERSTORM FORECAST LOOKS GOOD FOR TODAY. ON SUNDAY A SIMILAR SCENARIO IS EXPECTED...WITH CONTINUED IMPULSES IN THE MONSOONAL FLOW MAKING FOR MARGINAL THUNDERSTORM CONDITIONS... BUT JUST ENOUGH TO KEEP IN THE FORECAST. AGAIN QUITE WARM OVER THE REGION. ON MONDAY THERE WILL BE A WEAK TROUGH APPROACHING THE AREA WITH COOLER CONDITIONS BEGINNING TO PROGRESS INLAND A BIT MORE EACH DAY AS THE COASTAL MARINE LAYER LOW CLOUDS AND COOLER AIR FILTERS INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. THIS COOLING TREND SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE SHOULD ALSO BE ON THE DECREASE DURING THIS TIME...AND CURRENTLY NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY TIME FRAME. && AVIATION... 171530Z...IT WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING WITH A COUPLE EXCEPTIONS. ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS OR TSTORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN ABOUT 19-01Z TODAY AND SUNDAY. A COUPLE OF PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS AT THE COAST ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 09-15Z SUNDAY. MM && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CA...NONE. PZ...NONE. && PUBLIC...SMALL AVIATION/MARINE...MM NWS ON THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 450 AM PDT SAT JUL 17 2010 CAZ042-048-050-055>058-060>062-180100- ORANGE 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- 450 AM PDT SAT JUL 17 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL INDEX IS LOW. THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING IS MINIMAL. FOR INLAND AREAS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING HOT WEATHER. SEE LAXSPSSGX FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR SUNDAY...MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL INDEX IS LOW. THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING IS MINIMAL. FOR INLAND AREAS FOR SUNDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING HOT WEATHER. SEE LAXSPSSGX FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA... HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. MARTIN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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