From: Office of Emergency Services

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE EAST SIDE OF THE TAHOE
NATIONAL FOREST ALONG AND EAST OF THE SIERRA CREST FOR MODERATELY
STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY.
FIRE WEATHER ZONES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE...541.
DISCUSSION: A WEAK DISTURBANCE PIVOTING THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON IS BRINGING BREEZY SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE AREA. WINDS IN THE WARNING
AREA ARE SUSTAINED IN THE TEENS GUSTING UP TO ALMOST 30 MPH WITH
HUMIDITY READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DROP OFF SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER ABOUT 2100 THIS EVENING AND HUMIDITY
READINGS SHOULD CLIMB ABOVE 20%. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING
SHOULD EXPIRE BY MID EVENING. LIGHTER WINDS AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER
HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. 



For more information contact:
For more information please contact the OES Warning Center @ 916-262-1621

EDIS-08-20-01 1527 PDT


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