The National Weather Service in Sacramento has issued a Fire
Weather Watch for lightning on dry fuels, which is in effect from
Monday morning through Monday evening.
* Affected Area…Fire Zone 213 Eastern Portion of
Shasta/Trinity NF, Fire Zone 214 Burney Basin and Northeast
Plateau in Shasta County Including Northwest Lassen NF north
of Lassen NP, Fire Zone 263 Southeast Edge Shasta-Trinity NF
and Western Portions of Tehama-Glenn Unit and Fire Zone 279
Eastern Mendocino NF.
* Thunderstorms…Isolated to scattered coverage of a mix of wet
and dry thunderstorms expected. Lightning strikes may also
occur outside of main precipitation cores.
* Outflow Winds…Gusty and erratic outflow winds could occur
near any thunderstorm development.
* Impacts…Lightning can create new fire starts and may combine
with strong outflow winds to cause a fire to rapidly grow in
size and intensity.