The Wildcat Fire ignited around 5:03 PM PDT on June 17th and burned roughly 171 acres until it was contained at 5:45 PM PDT on June 19th. Evacuation warnings were issued at San Diego Country Estates as a result.
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The episode as NWS SGX wrote it up.
The Wildcat Fire ignited around 5:03 PM PDT on June 17th and burned roughly 171 acres until it was contained at 5:45 PM PDT on June 19th. Evacuation warnings were issued at San Diego Country Estates as a result.
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 17, 12:49 PM PST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service San Diego CA
149 PM PDT Sat Jun 17 2023
.SYNOPSIS...
Cooler and breezy conditions Sunday and Monday. Brief warming for
the middle of the week before another cooling trend and gusty winds
for the end of the work week. Variable low cloud coverage
expected each night and morning, with chances for clearing inland
and at least partial clearing at the coast each afternoon.
&&
.DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE...
SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTIES...
As of 1 PM, most inland locations are running 5 to 10 degrees warmer
than 1 PM yesterday. Low clouds have cleared every where except the
immediate coast in central San Diego county. Fair weather cumulus
have developed over the mountains and High Desert this afternoon.
Low clouds are expected to become more widespread overnight, filling
in the valleys.
By Sunday, effects from the developing trough along the West
Coast will become noticeable. High temperatures are expected to
be 5 to 10 degrees cooler than today. In addition to cooler
conditions, gusty westerly winds will begin to increase on Sunday
afternoon. Winds will be strongest on desert mountain slopes,
through passes, and into the deserts. Winds will continue into
Monday evening. Peak wind gusts will be 40-60 mph, with the
strongest gusts along the I-10 below the San Gorgonio Pass.
Monday will be a cooler day with increased cloud coverage and the
potential for morning drizzle at the coast, potentially into the
western valleys. A brief warm up will occur Tuesday, before another
disturbance passes to the north towards the end of the week. This
system will bring a brief cool down for the end of the work week
with additional rounds of gusty winds. For much of this week, high
temperatures will be 5 to 15 degrees below average.
By next weekend, the subtropical high over northwest Mexico will
expand northward. This will bring warmer conditions and less robust
marine layer low cloud coverage to Southern California. Current
forecast follows the NBM with dry conditions and a gradual warming
over next weekend into the following week, with increasing spread in
high temperatures.
&&
.AVIATION... 172030Z...Coast/Valleys...Parts of the San Diego County
coast to get only partial or intermittent clearing, otherwise mostly
clear this afternoon. Low clouds to move inland after 01Z in San
Diego County first and later in Orange County. Bases and vis will be
800-1200 feet MSL with vis 3-5SM over higher coastal terrain and in
western valleys. Remaining clear in far inland valleys. Scatter out
Sunday 16-18Z.
Mountains/Deserts...Mostly clear skies with unrestricted vis will
prevail into Sunday morning, except for some cumulus clouds over
mountains this afternoon. Areas of westerly sfc winds with gusts 35-
45 kts through mountain passes and into the deserts 00-10Z and again
Sunday after 23Z. Moderate up/downdrafts and LLWS over and east of
the mountains.
&&
.MARINE...
No hazardous marine weather is expected through Thursday. Except
occasional northwest wind gusts in the outer waters could exceed 20
knots during afternoons and evenings Monday and Thursday.
&&
.SKYWARN...
Skywarn activation is not requested. However weather spotters are
encouraged to report significant weather conditions.
&&
.SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CA...Wind Advisory from 2 PM Sunday to 11 PM PDT Monday for Apple and
Lucerne Valleys-Coachella Valley-Riverside County Mountains-
San Bernardino County Mountains-San Diego County Deserts-
San Diego County Mountains-San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning.
PZ...None.
&&
PUBLIC...CO
AVIATION/MARINE...MMThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Wildcat Fire ignited around 3:45 PM PDT on June 20th and burned roughly 171 acres. Evacuation warnings were issued at San Diego Country Estates as a result.
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