A few more wildfires occurred due to dry vegetation and the much above average temperatures in July and August for inland areas.
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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 SGX wrote it up.
A few more wildfires occurred due to dry vegetation and the much above average temperatures in July and August for inland areas.
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 Aug 28, 12:36 PM PST, 24 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service San Diego CA 136 PM PDT Wed Aug 28 2024 .SYNOPSIS... The marine layer will slowly deepen into early Thursday, with night and morning coastal low clouds spreading farther into the valleys. The coast and valleys will slowly cool into Thursday, then slowly warm into the middle of next week. Not much change is expected in high temperatures for the mountains and deserts for the next week. While some increase in monsoonal moisture is expected for Friday into next week, any showers or thunderstorms are expected to remain east of the area with chances for measurable rainfall in the mountains of less than 10 percent each day and any chances for thunder of mostly 10 percent or less each afternoon. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... Sunny skies this afternoon except for some patches of marine layer low clouds over the coastal waters and a few cumulus clouds over the mtns of northern Baja MX and over eastern Riverside County. Expect low clouds to return tonight in similar fashion to last night, potentially with more coverage farther inland. Temperatures are mostly a couple of degrees lower than at this time yesterday. From previous discussion... The marine layer is expected to continue to slowly deepen into early Thursday with coastal low clouds spreading inland into portions of the inland valleys for late tonight into Thursday morning, then mostly inland into portions of the western valleys for early Friday as the marine layer begins to decrease in depth. Today, temperatures will change little from yesterday but Thursday will likely be a little cooler...remaining several degrees below normal west of the mtns and a few degrees above normal for the mtns and deserts. Some increase in monsoonal moisture is expected for Thursday into next week, but with thunderstorms remaining mostly east of the area. There are differences in solutions among deterministic high resolution models. Some are indicating small chances for showers/tstms Thu, Fri and Sat afternoon but they disagree on which days will be more favorable. The probabilistic high resolution models show a less than 10 percent chance of showers/tstms any afternoon through the weekend. Only very slight warming - if any - is expected for the mountains and deserts Saturday through next week. For the coast and valleys, gradual warming is expected, with high temperatures warming from around 5 degrees below average on Thursday of this week to 5 to 10 degrees above average on Thursday of next week. Through the middle of next week, chances for measurable rainfall in the mountains will remain below 10 percent each day with chances for thunder each afternoon of 10 percent or less. && .AVIATION... 282025Z...Coast/Valleys...Clear with unrestricted VIS this afternoon. Low clouds based around 1200-1500 feet MSL with tops 2200 feet MSL offshore and locally at some beaches. Low clouds expected to move ashore this evening around 02-06z with similar bases/tops. Localized VIS reductions as low as 3SM possible for higher coastal terrain and valleys. Confidence in 29/03Z arrival of BKN015 at KSAN this evening per the TAF is moderate. Clearing to the coast 16Z-17Z Tue. Mountains/Deserts...Unrestricted VIS and mostly clear skies today and tonight. && .MARINE... No hazardous marine conditions are expected through Sunday. && .SKYWARN... Skywarn activation is not requested. However weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CA...None. PZ...None. && PUBLIC...PG AVIATION/MARINE...Small
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Keys fire in Valley Center resulted in evacuations. Old Lilac road and Keys Creek road. Wildfire was just over 50 acres.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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