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Monday, June 14, 2010

Fire Weather Watch, Possible Red Flag Event

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA
AND SOUTHERN NEVADA.
GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY
MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS SPEEDS
BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE
POSSIBLE. AT THE SAME TIME AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE BELOW 15 PERCENT...HOWEVER SOME HIGHER ELEVATIONS
MAY BE AT OR ABOVE 15 PERCENT. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

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