778 FNUS86 KSGX 261737 FWLSGX SGXWRKECC WORK DISCUSSION FOR SAN DIEGO FIRE WEATHER ECC DISPATCH FORECASTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 937 AM PDT THU JAN 26 2012 ########################################################## ## If you need to edit any discussions below ## ## in the sections labeled as: ## ## ## ## ECC033, ECC034 or ECC035- ## ## ## ## Then edit them in this product and store as: ## ## ## ## LAXECCSGX ## ## ## ## (note that ECC033, etc. are no longer separate PILs) ## ## ## ## No action is required if you like the current ## ## discussions in the fire weather forecast (and ## ## they apply to Phoenix's part of the ECC034 too). ## ########################################################## SUMMARY OF FWF DISCUSSIONS Discussion from LAXFWFSGX HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TODAY...WITH DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS PREVAILING. HOWEVER...A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SOME COOLING FOR FRIDAY AND THIS WEEKEND. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH THE FAVORED CANYONS AND PASSES. POOR TO MODERATE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH DAYTIME HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. THESE VERY WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE TO ELEVATE THE FIRE DANGER. Discussion from LAXFWFLOX LIGHT TO MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT STRENGTHENS. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK THURSDAY BEFORE OFFSHORE FLOW WEAKENS FRIDAY IN RESPONSE TO A SYSTEM DROPPING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY, ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. OTHERWISE, WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN UNDER 30 MPH. HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO THE TEENS AND 20S THURSDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY TONIGHT IN WINDY AREAS. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN EVEN STRONGER OFFSHORE WIND EVENT FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WHERE THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF GUSTS OVER 60 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID DRYING ON SATURDAY...WITH HUMIDITIES POSSIBLY LOWERING INTO SINGLE DIGITS IN SOME LOCATIONS. WHILE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL POTENTIALLY REACH CRITICAL RED FLAG THRESHOLDS ON SATURDAY...THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY IF FUELS WILL BE SUFFICIENTLY DRY. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN ON SUNDAY...HOWEVER WARM AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PREVAIL. Discussion from SFOFWFHNX HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE DISTRICT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER...THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY WILL HAVE AREAS OF NIGHT AND MORNING FOG EACH DAY. A SYSTEM MOVING NORTH OF THE DISTRICT WILL BRING A BRIEF PERIOD OF INCREASED WINDS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND KERN DESERTS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. Discussion from RNOFWFVEF THE REGION WILL REMAIN UNDER A MAINLY DRY NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A WEAK DISTURBANCE MAY BRING A FEW SNOW SHOWERS TO EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY WITH NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASING BEHIND THE DISTURBANCE FRIDAY. WINDS WILL BE PARTICULARLY STRONG DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL DROP TO NEAR NORMAL BY SATURDAY. Discussion from PHXFWFPSR LIGHT DIURNAL WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH THE USUAL UP-VALLEY AND DOWNSLOPE PATTERNS DEVELOPING. SOMEWHAT STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...BUT WELL BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. DRY AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DROPPING INTO THE TEENS FOLLOWED BY GOOD OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. NOTE...ADDITIONAL FIRE WEATHER FORECAST INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION. SEE PRODUCT PHXAFDPSR. ############# Modify the discussions below ############### ECC033-270537- DISCUSSION FOR ORANGE ECC DISPATCH 937 AM PDT THU JAN 26 2012 HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TODAY...WITH DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS PREVAILING. HOWEVER...A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SOME COOLING FOR FRIDAY AND THIS WEEKEND. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH THE FAVORED CANYONS AND PASSES. POOR TO MODERATE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH DAYTIME HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. THESE VERY WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE TO ELEVATE THE FIRE DANGER. $$ ECC034-270537- DISCUSSION FOR RIVERSIDE ECC DISPATCH 937 AM PDT THU JAN 26 2012 HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TODAY...WITH DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS PREVAILING. HOWEVER...A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SOME COOLING FOR FRIDAY AND THIS WEEKEND. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH THE FAVORED CANYONS AND PASSES. POOR TO MODERATE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH DAYTIME HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. THESE VERY WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE TO ELEVATE THE FIRE DANGER. $$ ECC035-270537- DISCUSSION FOR MONTE VISTA ECC DISPATCH 937 AM PDT THU JAN 26 2012 HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TODAY...WITH DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS PREVAILING. HOWEVER...A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SOME COOLING FOR FRIDAY AND THIS WEEKEND. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH THE FAVORED CANYONS AND PASSES. POOR TO MODERATE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH DAYTIME HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. THESE VERY WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE TO ELEVATE THE FIRE DANGER. $$