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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
527 AM PDT MON AUG 27 2012

CAZ284-285-ORZ624-625-272230-
/O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0013.120828T2200Z-120829T0300Z/
SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT
SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY-
KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN
LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES-
527 AM PDT MON AUG 27 2012

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 624 AND 625

* WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
  THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEN STRONGER SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND
  15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL BE AROUND 5 TO 15 PERCENT 
  DURING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY CREATE THE 
  POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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