[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warning - Southern Sierra (6/28/13-PM)

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PDT  SUNDAY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITES FOR THE KERN AND  TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG  WARNING FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN  EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE  WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.    * AFFECTED AREA...THE SEQUOIA FOREST PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE    295 KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 297 TULARE    COUNTY MOUNTAINS.    * TIMING...HUMIDITIES LOWERING THIS EVENING AND REMAINING LOW    THROUGH SUNDAY. SOME RECOVERIES LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY    NIGHTS...BUT HUMIDITY DURATIONS AT OR BELOW 10 PERCENT WILL BE    NEAR 10 HOURS.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5-10 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND    EVENING HOURS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES.    * LIGHTNING...NONE.    * IMPACTS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY    FUELS WILL RESULT IN INCREASED FIRE DANGER. IF FIRE IGNITION    OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE THAT WOULD LEAD    TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF  LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO  EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR  FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.    &&    $$    MENDENHALL

Source: NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard

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