Strong high pressure brought very hot and dry conditions to northern California on these days.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
Strong high pressure brought very hot and dry conditions to northern California on these days.
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 Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 6, 8:12 AM PST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Observed temperatures in this zone were sparse. The cooperative observer at Happy Camp reported a high temperature of 111 degrees on 09/06/22. On 09/07/22, the same observer reported a low temperature of 59 degrees and a high temperatures of 107 degrees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in California, September 2022
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1045584.