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In response to
"It's only 83 deg here but seems much warmer. Must be that 53% humidity :("
by
MojaveMeg
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NOAA.gov has us under a red flag warning again. Our humidity is only 14%. It took 8 days to get the last fire under control :(
Posted by
Trish (aka trisha)
Aug 24 '11, 18:27
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
217 PM MDT WED AUG 24 2011
...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS A MAJORITY OF THE BLM LANDS
THROUGH MIDNIGHT...
.HIGH-LEVEL MOISTURE AND AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT INCREASING CONVECTION ACROSS THE BURNS AND VALE BLM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DRY CONDITIONS NEAR THE SURFACE MEANS LITTLE RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.
ADDITIONALLY AN UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE NEVADA/IDAHO BORDER AREA THIS EVENING. THIS WILL HELP BRING SCATTERED STORMS TO THIS AREA THEN MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AND DIMINISH IN COVERAGE.
IDZ418-419-250600-
/O.EXB.KBOI.FW.W.0008.110825T0000Z-110825T0600Z/
WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM-OWYHEE MOUNTAINS-
217 PM MDT WED AUG 24 2011
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR LIGHTNING FOR WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM AND OWYHEE MOUNTAINS...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 418 AND 419...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT.
* THUNDERSTORMS...WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN INCREASING IN COVERAGE TO SCATTERED THIS EVENING.
* OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE.
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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
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