RED FLAG WARNING ISSUED FOR: Kern County ...Red flag warning in effect from 10 am sunday to 8 pm monday for the kern county mountains due to gusty winds and low humidity... .Building high pressure over the great basin with strong northerly flow aloft will bring a moderate offshore wind sunday and monday. Gusty east to southeast winds will develop on sunday afternoon with lowering humidities. Strongest winds will occur through the passes and canyons...Mainly from the tehachapi area westward. Humidities will rapidly lower into the single digits and teens sunday afternoon and continue through monday. As a result... Critical fire weather conditions are expected on sunday and monday across the mountains of kern county. ...Red flag warning in effect from 10 am sunday to 8 pm pst monday for gusty winds and low humidity for the kern county mountains... The national weather service in hanford has issued a red flag warning...Which is in effect from 10 am sunday to 8 pm pst monday. * Affected area...The kern county mountains...Fire weather zone 295...Especially from the tehachapi area west to frazier park. * Wind...East to southeast winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph developing sunday afternoon and continuing through monday. Strongest winds will occur through the passes and canyons. * Humidity...Humidity will lower to 10 to 15 percent sunday afternoon...Then 5 to 15 percent monday. Overnight humidity recovery will be very poor. * Impacts...Rapid fire growth and extreme fire behavior should be expected if fire ignition occurs.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 20:58:06 +0000