THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA LATE TODAY. THIS MID AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE COMBINED WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST CONVECTIVELY FAVORABLE WIND FLOW...HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT RESULTING IN MORE WIDESPREAD COVERAGE AND WETTER THUNDERSTORMS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
Instruction:
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.
Area: UPPER SMITH... INLAND PORTION OF THE SMITH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHINTHE SIX RIVERS NF.-LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH... INLAND PORTION OF THE KLAMATH RIVERDRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST AND THE UKONOMDISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST.-HUPA... THE HOOPA INDIAN RESERVATION AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THETRINITY RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.-VAN DUZEN / MAD RIVER... INLAND PORTION OF THE VAN DUZEN AND MADRIVER DRAINAGES WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.-INTERIOR MENDOCINO... INTERIOR PORTION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY.-WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.-TRINITY... WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.-
Affected Counties or parts of: Trinity, Mendocino, Del Norte, Humboldt
Sent: 2008-08-05T04:59:22-07:00
Original Sender: KEKA@nwws.oes.ca.gov
From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
