NOAA ISSUES RED FLAG WARNING 8:00 PM TODAY

THE NOAA CALIFORNIA HAS RELEASED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE LPNF AND SURROUNDING AREAS: THIS INCLUDES TASSAJARA:

Red Flag Warning

Santa Lucia Mountains, Los Pa (California)

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
531 AM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008
...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT DAYTIME
TEMPERATURES...POOR OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES AND LOCALLY
BREEZY CONDITIONS FOR THE NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS...EAST BAY HILLS
AND DIABLO RANGE...SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS...AND THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF MONTEREY AND SAN BENITO COUNTIES FOR TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
CAZ507-511-512-517-518-090000-
/O.CON.KMTR.FW.W.0004.080709T0300Z-080710T1500Z/
NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE-
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-
SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY INCLUDING
PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT-
531 AM PDT TUE JUL 8 2008
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
8 AM PDT THURSDAY...
HOT WEATHER ALONG WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS WEEK AS A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS OVER CALIFORNIA. MINIMUM DAYTIME HUMIDITIES ABOVE
1000 FEET WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 15 PERCENT AND NIGHTTIME RECOVERIES
PROBABLY WILL NOT EXCEED 20 PERCENT IN SOME OF THE DRIEST AREAS.
LOCALLY MODERATE AND GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE LIKELY
FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER SITUATION.
GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED BY THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO
THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
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