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Friday, June 11, 2010

Fire Weather Watch for Napa County

COUNTIES BELOW 1000 FT - EXCLUDES THE DELTA-LAKE COUNTY PORTION OF LAKE-NAPA-SONOMA UNIT-536 AM PDT FRI JUN 11 2010...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO8 PM PDT SATURDAY...
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO8 PM PDT SATURDAY.* WIND: NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.* HUMIDITY: HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO 10 PERCENT OR LOWER. AREAS OF POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY ARE LIKELY TONIGHT AS BREEZY WINDS CONTINUE.* TEMPERATURES: THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES OF THE YEAR ARE EXPECTED
SATURDAY AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID 90S.* IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND TOMORROW.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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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