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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
954 PM PDT Sat Aug 15 2020

CAZ516>518-528-530-161330-
/O.CON.KMTR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200816T1800Z/
Southern Salinas Valley/Arroyo Seco and Lake San Antonio-
Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest-
Mountains Of San Benito County And Interior Monterey County
Including Pinnacles National Park-
Northern Salinas Valley/Hollister Valley and Carmel Valley-
Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast-
954 PM PDT Sat Aug 15 2020

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR
MONTEREY AND SAN BENITO COUNTIES FOR DRY LIGHTNING...

* AFFECTED AREA...Monterey and San Benito County including the 
  Los Padres National Forest Monterey Ranger District, San 
  Benito/Monterey Unit of CalFire and the BLM lands of Monterey 
  and San Benito County. 

* THUNDERSTORMS...Thunderstorms are forecast to develop overnight.
  Any storms that develop will likely produce abundant lightning 
  over receptive fuel beds due to the current heat wave. The 
  storms may be a mix of wet and dry but the speed and amount of 
  lightning will likely produce new fire starts. 

* WIND...Light wind except for breezy onshore winds in the 
  afternoon near the coast. Locally gusty winds possible near 
  any thunderstorms.

* HUMIDITY...Recoveries tonight in the 30s to 50s across the
  interior and 60s to 90s alongshore. Minimum humidity mid 10s to
  mid 20s percent across the higher elevations and interior & 30
  to 50 percent nearshore and lower elevation for Sunday. 

* IMPACTS...Increase in wildfire starts in proximity to 
  thunderstorms due to lightning. Fires may spread rapidly due 
  to dry fuels and, if nearshore, breezy onshore winds.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now...or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.

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CAZ006-505>513-529-161330-
/O.CON.KMTR.FW.W.0002.200816T0600Z-200816T1800Z/
San Francisco-
Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore-
North Bay Interior Valleys-North Bay Mountains-
San Francisco Bay Shoreline-San Francisco Peninsula Coast-
East Bay Interior Valleys-East Bay Hills and the Diablo Range-
Santa Cruz Mountains-Santa Clara Valley Including San Jose-
Northern Monterey Bay-
954 PM PDT Sat Aug 15 2020

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY...

* AFFECTED AREA...The entire San Francisco Bay region including 
  the Santa Cruz Mountains, the South Bay, East Bay Hills and 
  North Bay. 

* THUNDERSTORMS...Thunderstorms are forecast to develop over the
  South Bay and Santa Cruz region overnight and then spread
  northward early Sunday morning. Not all locations will see 
  thunderstorms but any lightning strikes will likely lead to new 
  fire starts given the current heat wave.

* WIND...Light wind except for breezy onshore winds in the 
  afternoon near the coast. Locally gusty winds possible near any 
  thunderstorms.

* HUMIDITY... Recoveries tonight in the 30s to 50s across the
  interior and 60s to 90s alongshore. Minimum humidity mid 10s to
  mid 20s percent across the higher elevations and interior & 30
  to 50 percent nearshore and lower elevation for Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Increase in wildfire starts in proximity to 
  thunderstorms due to lightning. Fires may spread rapidly due 
  to dry fuels and, if nearshore, breezy onshore winds.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now...or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.

&&

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