Fire Weather Through July 4th

A low pressure system has light rain falling in the Bay area with a slight chance of rain above point conception tonight.

By Thursday the low should have cleared with high pressure building over the area with temps soaring to triple digits by Friday afternoon inland. The peak should hit Sunday with triple digit Temps. There is a slight chance of thunderstorms in the AV if subtropical moisture is picked up in the southerly flow, slight chance at best. The Fourth of July weekend should be warm and relatively dry. There is a slight chance of dry Lightning in the forecast, we will watch this closely. Posted Zimmerman

Highway 41 Wildfire, Shandon CA, 100 Acres

Cal Fire and San Luis Obispo County Fire are fighting a wildfire near the town of Shandon, the fire was approximately 100 acres at 4:30 PM. Several ranch buildings were threatened for a short period of time. The fire is burning primarily in dense grass and rangeland. Several fixed wing air tankers and Helicopter 527 from the Forest Service held the fire in check before it could cross Highway 41.

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Fire Weather Antelope Valley

WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. A PARTICULARLY DRY AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WHEN ISOLATED SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL BE EXPECTED. THE STRENGTHENING ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FOCUSED THROUGH THE SOLEDAD CANYON INTO THE FOOTHILLS OF THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...WHERE GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY MAY BRING A FEW LOCATIONS TO NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS FOR A FEW HOURS EACH AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...BUT DURATIONS WILL BE INSUFFICIENT TO REACH RED FLAG THRESHOLDS. SLIGHT WARMING EXPECTED ON MONDAY...THEN ANOTHER COOLING TREND BY MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA.

LODD, Florida

…The two Florida Division of Forestry firefighters died Monday while fighting a wildfire in north-central Florida that had been declared contained but which suddenly burst out of control, Amanda Bevis, a division spokeswoman, said Tuesday.

“They were both in tractors, and the fire literally just caught up with them,” she said.

The firefighters were identified as Josh Burch, 31, and Brett Fulton, 52. Both were Forest Rangers with the forestry division working the Blue Ribbon Fire in Hamilton County.

Wildfire Kern County, Woody

Kern County Fire Department and BLM are fighting a 1,000 acre near Woody CA, along Highway 155 and Highway 65.

Wildfire, Kern County, San Luis Obispo County

Kern County CA: The Antelope Fire in Kern County is moving south west into the grasslands of San Luis Obispo County. Approximately 2,500 acres have been scorched as of 5pm 6-19-2011. At 10:00 am on 6-20-2011 KERO TV is reporting that the fire has grown to 5,000 acres per a Kern County spokesman.

Location: The fire is 5 to 7 miles south of Highway 46 along Antelope Road, west of Highway 33 and north east of Highway 58.

Resources: Several air tankers, hand crews and a type 1 team from Cal Fire have been ordered in addition to a second alarm assignment from Kern County and BLM. Cal Fire crews will be entering the fire area through the Cariso Planes along Highway 58, caution in the area since large dozers are on order and the roads have limited access. Paso Robles Air Attack Base was very busy reloading air craft today.

Fuels: The fire is burning in light flashy fuels, grass and mixed brush, temperatures were in the 80's today. One small out building was reportedly destroyed, unknown value.

Weather: High pressure is expected to build over the region bringing in warmer temperatures and lower humidity. By Tuesday and Wednesday the high pressure may usher in temperatures of triple digits in the valleys and deserts with the possibility of single digit humidity and mild offshore flow. The deserts of San Luis Obispo, Kern, Ventura and Antelope Valley will have temperatures exceeding the high 90's and will have the first taste of summer. However a low pressure system will move down the coast by Friday increasing the marine layer at the coast and cooling temperatures.

Photos Copyright, Zimmerman Media LLC, Jeff Zimmerman 6-19-2011 16:00 Hours

Disturbing Video of Rioting, Vancouver Canada

After the Stanley Cup finals rioting broke out in Vancouver Canada. Disturbing videos of firefighters being assaulted and mobs burning vehicles and damaging buildings. The video was filmed following the Wednesday Stanley Cup final in which the Vancouver Canucks lost to the Boston Bruins, which sparked riots in the Canadian city.

Images and video posted at http://www.firerescue1.com/fire-news/1066184-video-drunk-punches-firefighter-in-canada-hockey-riot/.

City of Paso Robles Firefighters Quickly Contain Small Brush Fire

Paso Robles CA: City Firefighters were called to a reported brush fire on the north bound side of US Highway 101 near Tar Springs. Upon arrival firefighters made a quick knockdown of the flames near the City Sewer Treatment plant. No structures were threatened by the fire.

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San Francisco Firefighters at Rest, Memorial Service, Post Tragic Blaze

http://www.ktvu.com/news/28199343/detail.html.

Family, friends and firefighters from around the country were attending the services for Lt. Vincent Perez, 48, and firefighter-paramedic Anthony Valerio, 53.

The pair died of injuries they suffered while battling a fire at a home at 133 Berkeley Way on June 2. Perez died later that day and Valerio succumbed to his injuries on Saturday morning.

Please go to KTVU.com and Fire Rescue 1 to watch the video of the memorial service. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the two fallen heroes of the San Francisco Fire Department.

Wallows Fire , AZ 511,118 Acres, 32 Homes Destroyed

Arizona's largest wildfire. Red flag fire conditions,high winds,low RH,low fuel moistures, structural threat to Eagar, Greer, Springerville.

Red flag conditions continue to exist, Town of Eager is still threatened by fire.

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