The Gilman fire started around 1500 PST on August 6, along Gilman Springs Road east of Highway 60 near Moreno Valley. The fire burned rapidly though grass and brush to a total of 945 acres before it was finally contained around 1700 PST on the 7th.
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The Gilman fire started around 1500 PST on August 6, along Gilman Springs Road east of Highway 60 near Moreno Valley. The fire burned rapidly though grass and brush to a total of 945 acres before it was finally contained around 1700 PST on the 7th. Highway 60 was closed from Gilman Springs Road to Jack Rabbit Trail and all trapped motorists were evacuated. No structured were damaged, but four hand crew members were treated for smoke inhalation, while battling the fire. The cause of the fire is unknown.
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 Aug 6, 12:25 PM PST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 125 PM PDT SAT AUG 6 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WEST WILL KEEP DRY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND MILD CONDITIONS OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE MARINE LAYER WILL SPREAD INTO COASTAL AREAS EACH NIGHT...THEN BURN OFF EACH MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION THIS COMING WEEK...WITH MORE SEASONAL TYPE WEATHER PREVAILING. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... WATER VAPOR IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING DRY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AS A RESULT...SKIES ARE CLEAR AND SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH TEMPERATURES WITHING A FEW DEGREES OF THOSE YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME. THIS WILL MAKE FOR ANOTHER PLEASANT EVENING ACROSS THE REGION...WITH THE MARINE LAYER RETURNING LATER TONIGHT TO THE COASTAL AREAS AND INLAND VALLEYS. THE MODELS ARE SUGGESTING THAT THE MARINE LAYER WILL BE EITHER SIMILAR TO OR SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THIS MORNING...BUT STILL BELIEVE THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE IT WILL MAKE IT INTO PORTIONS OF THE INLAND EMPIRE ONCE AGAIN. OTHERWISE...EXPECT LITTLE OR NO CHANGE FOR SUNDAY...AS THE PATTERN REMAINS THE SAME. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TRIES TO SPREAD BACK WESTWARD ONCE AGAIN BY MONDAY THOUGH...HELPING TO WARM TEMPERATURES A BIT. THIS COMING WEEK REALLY LOOKS TO BE A BATTLE BETWEEN THE RIDGE TO OUR EAST AND THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST. AT THIS POINT IN TIME...IT LOOKS LIKE EITHER FEATURE COULD WIN OUT GIVEN A SPECIFIC DAY. THEREFORE...EXPECT ONLY SUBTLE FLUCTUATIONS IN TEMPERATURES THIS WEEK GIVEN THE DAY...WITH NO REAL HEAT SPIKES AND SEASONAL CONDITIONS PREVAILING. THE SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR THE MARINE LAYER AS WELL...WITH OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG POSSIBLE IN THE COASTAL AREAS. MODELS ARE STILL HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH WHETHER OR NOT TO BRING SOME SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE THIS WAY...DUE TO THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE RIDGE AND THE TROUGH. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS LIKE ANY SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WILL STAY WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA UNTIL MAYBE NEXT WEEKEND. THEREFORE...EXPECT DRY AND SEASONAL TYPE CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL. && .AVIATION... 062000Z...COAST/VALLEYS...MARINE STRATUS SHOULD BEGIN TO FILL IN ALONG THE COAST AFTER 05Z THIS EVENING AND SPREAD INLAND 15...TO LOCALLY 20 MILES WITH BASES NEAR 1K FT MSL AND TOPS TO 1.5K FT MSL. VIS RESTRICTIONS OF 3-5SM IN HZ/BR...AND LOCALLY BLO 3SM IN BR/FG ARE LIKELY AFTER 08Z ALONG THE INLAND EXTENT OF THE CLOUD DECK AND OVER HIGHER COASTAL TRRN. THE STRATUS SHOULD RAPIDLY CLEAR 15Z-17Z SUN MORNING LEAVING AREAS OF 3-5SM IN HZ IN SOME VALLEYS THROUGH THE MORNING. OTHERWISE...CLR AND VFR THROUGH SUN. MTNS/DESERTS...CLEAR/UNRESTRICTED VIS THROUGH SUN. && .MARINE... A FADING SOUTH SWELL FROM TROPICAL STORM EUGENE...AND A BUILDING SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE SWELL SHOULD KEEP SURF ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH SUN ON SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF NORTHERN SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTIES. THE SWELLS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH MON RESULTING IN SLIGHTLY LOWER SURF. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC...PALMER AVIATION/MARINE...JAD NWS ON THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 400 PM PDT SAT AUG 6 2011 CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-071300- 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 PM PDT SAT AUG 6 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MOEDE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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