The Highland fire started around 1220 PST on the 16th, near the intersection of Potrero Road and Wolfskill Extension Truck Trail, near Beaumont. No structures or homes were threatened or evacuated.
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The Highland fire started around 1220 PST on the 16th, near the intersection of Potrero Road and Wolfskill Extension Truck Trail, near Beaumont. No structures or homes were threatened or evacuated. No injuries were reported. The fire burned a total of 2,171 acres before being fully contained at 1700 PST on the 18th. The cause of the fire is unknown and under investigation.
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 Jun 16, 8:00 AM PST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 900 AM PDT SAT JUN 16 2012 .SYNOPSIS... FAIR AND WARMER INLAND TODAY WITH MARINE LAYER CLOUDS LINGERING AT THE COAST INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON...AND GUSTY EAST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND UPPER DESERTS. THE WARMING TREND CONTINUES THROUGH MONDAY WITH THE MARINE LAYER DECREASING IN DEPTH AND INLAND EXTENT. A LITTLE COOLER FOR TUESDAY WITH STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW AND GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. WARMER INLAND FOR THE LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE INTERIOR SOUTHWEST STATES. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... THE MORNING NKX SOUNDING SHOWS THE MARINE LAYER A LITTLE SHALLOWER THAN YESTERDAY AT AROUND 2700 FT WITH A 10 DEGREE CELSIUS INVERSION AND EAST WINDS ALOFT. SFC PRESSURE GRADIENTS REMAIN ONSHORE BUT ARE TRENDING WEAKER. CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A FEW HIGH CLOUDS MOVING TO THE SW AND THE MARINE LAYER LOW CLOUDS NOW CLEARING FROM THE INLAND VALLEYS. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY LOCATED OFF THE CENTRAL BAJA COAST WILL BRING GUSTY EAST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND UPPER DESERTS TODAY. WIND GUSTS COULD OCCASIONALLY REACH 35 MPH. STRATUS SHOULD CLEAR INLAND AREAS FASTER TODAY DUE TO THE EASTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND THE WEAKENING ONSHORE SFC PRESSURE GRADIENTS...BUT THE STRENGTHENING MARINE INVERSION WILL RESULT IN LITTLE OR NO CLEARING NEAR THE COAST...ESPECIALLY FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY COAST. AS THE UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO DRIFT TO THE SW...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE SE AND THE FLOW ALOFT SHOULD TURN FROM EASTERLY TO SOUTHERLY ON SUN. IN SPITE OF THIS...LITTLE IN THE THE WAY OF LOW TO MID LEVEL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED INTO SOCAL. WEAK ONSHORE PRESSURE GRADIENTS AND INCREASING HEIGHTS ALOFT WILL RESULT IN A SHALLOWER MARINE LAYER THROUGH MONDAY WITH LESS INLAND PENETRATION OF LOW CLOUDS DURING THE NIGHTS AND MORNINGS. INLAND HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE BY A FEW DEGREES IN MOST LOCATIONS TODAY...EXCEPT 10 TO 15 DEGREES WARMER IN THE INLAND VALLEYS. CONTINUED SLOW WARMING FOR SUNDAY...EXCEPT 5 TO 10 DEGREES WARMER IN THE LOWER DESERTS. BY LATE MON INTO TUE...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND TO THE NORTH WILL BRING SLOW COOLING AND SLIGHT DEEPENING OF THE MARINE LAYER WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. FOR THE LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE INTERIOR SOUTHWEST STATES WILL BRING INLAND WARMING AND A SLIGHTLY SHALLOWER MARINE LAYER. && .AVIATION... 161505Z...COAST/VALLEYS...WIDESPREAD STRATUS...CURRENTLY ABOUT 30-50 SM INLAND WITH BASES 1500-2000 FT MSL AND TOPS 2600-2800 FT MSL...WILL CLEAR TO WITHIN 5 SM OF THE COAST THROUGH 1900 UTC. 1900-17/0000 UTC...BKN-SCT CLDS LIKELY TO LINGER WITHIN 5 SM OF COAST...IMPACTING KSAN AND KCRQ...AND POSSIBLY KSNA ALSO. 17/0000...STRATUS STARTS TO MOVE BACK INLAND...ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE SHALLOWER THAN THIS MORNING. EXPECT STRATUS TO ONLY MOVE INLAND ABOUT 10-15 SM OVERNIGHT...WITH BASES 600-1000 FT MSL AND TOPS 1500 FT MSL. THERE WILL ALSO BE AREAS OF VIS 3-5SM BR...WITH LOCAL VIS AOB 2SM BR/FG OVER HIGHER COASTAL TERRAIN AND THROUGH FAVORED VALLEYS. STRATUS WILL PROBABLY CLEAR SLOWLY 17/1500-2000 UTC...WITH BKN-SCT LOW CLDS POSSIBLY LINGERING WITHIN 5 SM OF COAST AND IMPACTING KSAN AND KCRQ ONCE AGAIN. MTNS/DESERTS...VFR CONDS AND SKC THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. AREAS OF 25-35 KT E WINDS IN THE 4000-20000 FT LAYER MAY BRING SOME UDDFS AND LOCALIZED LLWS OVER AND W OF MTNS THROUGH 17/0000 UTC...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING THROUGH THE EVENING. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CA...NONE. PZ...NONE. && PUBLIC...PG AVIATION/MARINE...HARRISON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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