Warm and Dry Fire Weather, So Cal Mountains and Deserts, Zone 288

Fire Weather: A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER OKLAHOMA WILL SLIDE INTO ARIZONA BY FRIDAY...THEN A VERY WEAK TROUGH WILL PUSH THE RIDGE BACK TO THE EAST ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. WARMING AND DRYING TRENDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY OR FRIDAY AS A RESULT...FOCUSED AWAY FROM THE COAST. MINIMUM HUMIDITIES INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WILL OCCUR AT TIMES OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WITH DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES APPROACHING 100 DEGREES BY THURSDAY...ALONG WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES IN THE MOUNTAINS. TYPICALLY BREEZY ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE EACH AFTERNOON EVERYWHERE...ESPECIALLY INTERIOR AREAS AND BEACHES. AS A RESULT...MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WILL SEE A FEW HOURS OF CRITICAL CONDITIONS EACH DAY...BUT DURATIONS SHOULD NOT EXCEED RED FLAG THRESHOLDS.

We are seeing increased fire behavior and increased intitail attack fires in zone 288. Average to above average flame lengths recorded in very dry flashy fuels in the high desert. Fire works go on sale soon in Lancaster and Palmdale which should compound the fire problem for grass A and B fires. We are way below normal for annual rainfall. What rain came, occurred late in the season causing light flashy fuels to propagate and are now curred. We will follow up on fuel mositure content in zone 288 soon.

The fire in Hungry Valley State Park is looking good this morning, a few copters have been working the firelines. This will be the last post regarding this incident unless it escapes control lines or significant event.

A new start from a vehicle fire on Interstate 5 scorched about 3/4 of an acre today near Templin Highway. Angeles National Forest crews assisted by LA County Fire Department quickly controlled the blaze by 10:00 am.
Moderate workload anticipated for intital attack crews in Southern California, July 4 may see increase in fire activity due to human caused/firework related fires.