The Hathaway Fire, cause unknown, started at 1057 PST, June 9, east of Hathaway Canyon on the northern portion of the Morongo Indian Reservation. It burned in very steep, rugged terrain in the San Gorgonio Wilderness.
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The episode as NWS SGX wrote it up.
The Hathaway Fire, cause unknown, started at 1057 PST, June 9, east of Hathaway Canyon on the northern portion of the Morongo Indian Reservation. It burned in very steep, rugged terrain in the San Gorgonio Wilderness. No evacuations or road closures were in effect and no damage was reported. Ten unknown injuries were reported. The fire burned 3825 acres before being fully contained around 0600 PST on June 20.
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 9, 7:30 AM PST, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 830 AM PDT SUN JUN 9 2013 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ON MONDAY...BRINGING GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND COOLING INLAND. WARMER TUESDAY UNDER A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE...FOLLOWED BY SEASONAL JUNE WEATHER UNDER DRY... SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. THE ONSHORE FLOW WILL KEEP AREAS OF NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG SPREADING INTO THE WESTERN VALLEYS EACH NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY CLEARING TO NEAR THE BEACHES DAY. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... SATELLITE IMAGERY EARLY THIS MORNING SHOWED EXTENSIVE MARINE CLOUDS AGAIN OFFSHORE...EXTENDING INTO THE WESTERN VALLEYS. THE CLOUD LAYER WAS THINNER AND NOT QUITE AS FAR INLAND AS YESTERDAY MORNING. SOME HIGHER CLOUDS WERE EVIDENT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS EXPANDING EASTWARD TOWARD THE COAST. THE 12Z MIRAMAR SOUNDING SHOWED THE MARINE INVERSION HAD LOWERED WITH A BASE CLOSER TO 2K FT. IT HAD ALSO WEAKENED..BUT REMAINED FORMIDABLE AT 11 DEGREES C. SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS WERE RUNNING 4-5 MBS ONSHORE TO THE DESERTS. THERE WAS A MODERATE ONSHORE TREND TO THE NE. SOMEWHAT BETTER CLEARING IS LIKELY TODAY ALONG THE COASTAL STRIP WITH THE WEAKER INVERSION AND SLIGHTLY THINNER STRATUS LAYER. IT WILL BE NOTICEABLY COOLER FAR INLAND TODAY AS THE STRONG UPPER RIDGE WEAKENS. A WEAK UPPER-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE TO NEAR POINT CONCEPTION TONIGHT AND INTO NEVADA MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW WITH INLAND COOLING AND GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH DESERT AREAS THROUGH MONDAY. AT THIS TIME...NO PRECIP IS EXPECTED. MODELS ARE INDICATING QUITE STABLE CONDITIONS AND LOW PW. LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WILL SPREAD FARTHER INLAND THROUGH THE VALLEYS TONIGHT...THEN CLEAR TOWARD THE COAST BY LATE MORNING. FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...A WEAK SHORT-WAVE RIDGE WILL ALLOW DAYTIME TEMPS TO RISE A BIT FURTHER...WHILE THE MARINE LAYER SHRINKS. SOME LOW CLOUDS/FOG SHOULD STILL MANAGE TO REACH THE WESTERN VALLEYS. THERE SHOULD ALSO BE MORE HIGH CLOUDS AHEAD OF ANOTHER WEAK UPPER LOW OFFSHORE. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND...A LONG-WAVE TROUGH WILL TAKE UP RESIDENCE ALONG THE WEST COAST AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS PATTERN WILL KEEP A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER SOCAL AND SEASONAL JUNE WEATHER. A MODERATE MARINE LAYER WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG MOVING INTO THE VALLEYS...AND SUNNY WARM CONDITIONS INLAND EACH DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSE TO MID-JUNE AVERAGES. && .AVIATION... 091515Z...COAST/VALLEYS...WIDESPREAD LOW CLOUDS WITH BASES 1000-1500 FT MSL WITH TOPS TO 2100 FT MSL WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH 17Z IN THE VALLEYS AND MOSTLY BETWEEN 18Z AND 20Z NEAR THE COAST...WITH AREAS OF STRATUS LINGERING WITHIN 5 MILES OF THE COAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. KSAN...KCRQ AND KSNA WILL LIKELY ONLY BRIEFLY SCATTER THIS AFTERNOON. CLOUDS WILL SPREAD INLAND AFTER 02Z TONIGHT WITH SIMILAR CLOUD HEIGHTS...AND LOCAL VIS BELOW 1 MILE IN THE VALLEYS AFTER 08Z WITH AREAS OF TERRAIN OBSCURED...MAINLY BETWEEN 1200 AND 2100 FT MSL. MTNS/DESERTS...MOSTLY CLEAR WITH UNRESTRICTED VSBY THROUGH MONDAY. && .MARINE... THE LONG PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. SOME SURF OF 4-7 FT WILL OCCUR TODAY AT THE FAVORED BEACHES...MAINLY IN ORANGE COUNTY. MOST SURF WILL BE BELOW 4 FT BY MONDAY. STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TODAY/TONIGHT. && .FIRE WEATHER... SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...GUSTY SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS 20-35 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAIN RIDGES AND INTO THE HIGH DESERT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH RH BELOW 15 PERCENT TO INCREASE THE WILDFIRE THREAT THROUGH EARLY EVENING. RH WILL RECOVER INTO THE 25-45 PERCENT RANGE OVERNIGHT...BUT AREAS OF SOUTHWEST WINDS 20-30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS 40-45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY ON THE RIDGES AND DESERT SLOPES. SOUTH OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...AREAS OF WESTERLY WINDS 20-30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS 40-45 MPH ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING OVER THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES AND DESERT SLOPES. RH VALUES SHOULD BE MOSTLY ABOVE 15 PERCENT THROUGH THIS PERIOD. .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CA...NONE. PZ...NONE. && PUBLIC/FIRE WEATHER...JAD AVIATION/MARINE...MAXWELL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 635 AM PDT SUN JUN 9 2013 CAZ042-043-101330- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 635 AM PDT SUN JUN 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LARGE SOUTH SWELL WILL CONTINUE ABOVE NORMAL SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES TODAY. VERY STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST AT AREA BEACHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA... HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. CAZ048-050-057-060>062-101330- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 635 AM PDT SUN JUN 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA... HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. CAZ055-056-058-101330- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 635 AM PDT SUN JUN 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT INCREASING WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WITH LOCAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH LIKELY ON THE RIDGES AND SOME DESERT SLOPES BY LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MONDAY...GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WITH LOCAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ON THE RIDGES AND SOME DESERT SLOPES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA... HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. JAD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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