A period of heat and low humidity increased wildfire danger at the end of June.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS STO wrote it up.
A period of heat and low humidity increased wildfire danger at the end of June.
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 Jun 27, 8:24 PM PST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Sacramento CA 924 PM PDT MON JUN 27 2016 .SYNOPSIS... Hot and mainly dry weather this week. A few late day thunderstorms possible mid-week over the higher Coastal Range and near the Sierra crest south of Tahoe. && .DISCUSSION... (Tonight through Thursday) High pressure will remain over the region through at least mid week. Temperatures look like they will warm to around 105 for most valley locations on Tuesday. The far north end of the valley may range between 105 and 110 Tuesday and Wednesday. We will continue to have some flow through the delta each day but marine layer will continue to be shallow and under 1000 ft deep. Airflow through the delta may increase by Wednesday to help start a cooling trend for some areas near the delta. Thursday will continue to be hot inland with well inland areas around 105. Some monsoonal moisture will be making its way northward along the crest Tuesday through Thursday of this week. Some isolated afternoon thunderstorms may be possible...mainly south of Alpine County. && .EXTENDED DISCUSSION (Friday THROUGH Monday) An approaching shortwave trough of low pressure Friday and through the weekend will bring some relief to the hot temperatures across the valley. Although the main upper level feature will move across the Pacific Northwest, temperatures will gradually cool into the weekend. High temperatures Friday will reach the upper 90s to low 100s while valley temperatures Sunday will fall closer to normal into the low to mid 90s. Temperatures for the foothills and higher elevations will continue to be in the 70s and 80s for the long term forecast period. No significant chances for precipitation are expected at this time. && .AVIATION... VFR conditions expected for the terminals during the next 24 hour period. Light wind shifts are expected for the Sacramento area and in the northern valley overnight. && .STO Watches/Warnings/Advisories... None. &&
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Trailhead Fire started on June 28th and continued into early July. The cause is still under investigation. There were a total of 5646 acres burned, with a total of 3 firefighters injured. The were 2600 structures threatened, with extensive evacuations in the area around Todd Valley and Forest Hill.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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