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Monday, July 9, 2012

Critical Fire Weather Alert

For Zone 288 temperatures hit 106 degrees today with a fairly strong onshore winds. Low relative humidity's with poor night time recovery are observed.

Several fires near zone 288 yesterday, one in Kern County near the town of Lebec, approximately 100 acres at Lebec Oak Rd and Lancer Rd just west of Interstate 5, had some minor structure protection issues associated with this fire. Kern County and United States Forest Service handled the brunt of the attack.

Today Cal Fire has a 3,000 acre grass fire near Parkfield to the north. No structure loss reported as of yet. Cal Fire and San Bernardino also had a brush start near Highway 18, about 50 acres reported near Old Waterman Canyon.

There is potential for dry lightning Wednesday and Thursday if monsoonal moisture moves in from the south east. Dry lightning could be a cause for alarm since fuels are tinder dry and temperatures will be near triple digit readings.







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