Monday, 03 September 2007 23:48
Fire Danger High and Rising
Fire
danger this year has reached conditions that are making every day a significant
day for wildland fire consideration. However, later this
week dry conditions and wind patterns will combine for High Risk wild land fire
conditions.
Tonight, high pressure in the eastern Pacific
will begin dominate the Northern CA weather pattern. A northerly wind pattern will develop from
the west slopes of the Sierra to the coast and continue through Friday, maybe
into Saturday. These areas, including
the foothills and the western slopes of the Sierra, will have poor overnight Relative
Humidity recovery with winds gusting to 25-35 mph during nights and mornings,
and many locations will see minimum afternoon humidity in the 5-15% range. Gusty
NW-NE winds Tuesday night through Friday will push from the west slopes of the
Sierra to the coastal mountains and valleys (south of Cape Mendocino) into the
"High Risk" category. Dry and
warm weather will continue through next weekend. This means fire danger risk
will continue to be very high through the end of the week.