…FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 280, 281, AND 284…
* IMPACTS…Given the long stretch of dry and hot and very
conditions, lightning efficiency will be high to very high for
fire starts. Any fires that develop will likely spread
rapidly.
* AFFECTED AREA…All of Fire Weather Zones 280, 281, and 284.
* THUNDERSTORMS…Isolated to scattered thunderstorms. Lightning
strikes outside of precipitation cores are possible, and cause
for concern.
* OUTFLOW WINDS…Gust up to 35 mph. These outflow winds can
travel up to 50 miles away from the thunderstorm that caused
it.
* ADDITIONAL INFORMATION…Storms will tend to be isolated to
start then increasing during the afternoon Monday into Monday
evening. Thunderstorms are expected to trend wetter later
Monday afternoon into Monday evening, but remain a mix of wet
and dry storms.
* DETAILED URL…View the hazard area in detail at
https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?wfo=mfr