The Diablo winds are coming. Fork Fire, El Dorado County, (more info…)15 miles northeast of Pollock Pines (El Dorado National Forest)*1,670 acres, 85% contained.
To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit, Deadline Looms To Pass Coronavirus Relief Bill By Election, Some 50,000 PG&E customers in 21 counties, PG&E Public Safety Shutoff Could Impact 9K Napa County Customers, Brace For Possible Power Shutoffs This Week: PG&E, guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter, the deadliest corporate crime in U.S. history, Oakland Zoo Treats Mountain Lion Cub Badly Burned In Zogg Fire, Discovery Channel Partners With Cal Fire In New Series, Unity Day Upstanders Talk Candidly To Adults: Stop Being Bullies, Supreme Court To Hear Case Over Border Wall Funding, Pennsylvania's Women Voters Could Decide Trump's Fate. Parts of the Santa Cruz Mountains, including Boulder Creek, La Honda and Summit Road. GET BREAKING NEWS IN YOUR BROWSER. However, it'll be temporary since gusty north to northeast winds with drier air is arriving from interior California.
Meanwhile, the LNU Complex Fire — the third-largest wildfire in state history — continues to endanger residents there despite its 91% containment. CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS.
Offshore winds Tuesday and Wednesday of 25-35 mph with peak gusts expected to reach 65 mph in high elevations, coupled with dry conditions and low humidity, will create extreme fire conditions that could worsen the spread of fires, Gass said. Dense smoke blankets Bay Area, strong Diablo winds cause extreme fire danger conditions A red flag warning is in effect for most of the North … The combination of wildfires and anticipated strong winds caused PG&E to cut power to nearly 172,000 customers in Northern California on Monday evening as a precaution to avoid sparking more fires. The August Complex Fire was 77 percent contained Wednesday. The good news: The three biggest fires that were burning in the Bay Area in August and September are all out now, including the CZU Complex in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the LNU Complex in the North Bay and the SCU Complex in rural eastern Santa Clara and Alameda counties. After two days of record-breaking heat, the Bay Area is starting to cool down but still can’t shake the soot and smoke that has lingered since wildfires engulfed the region several weeks ago. After a long weekend of record-breaking heat temperatures, the Bay Area is starting to cool down and Spare the Air alert has been extended through Wednesday. In the California's worst-ever fire season, several records were smashed as more than 4 million acres have burned in 2020, more than double the amount of any other fire season. A red flag warning is in effect for most of the North Bay mountains and East Bay until mid-day Wednesday. PG&E begins Bay Area public safety power…, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), More serious fire conditions due this weekend around Bay Area, PG&E begins Bay Area public safety power outages, with Diablo winds looming, | Natural resources and environment reporter. Pacific Gas & Electric shut off electricity to tens of thousands of Northern California residents Wednesday night as heavy winds and hot, dry air combined to create ideal fire conditions throughout much of the region.
(Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), PIEDMONT, CA - SEPTEMBER 8: A woman checks her cellphone as she rides a bike along Wildwood Avenue in Piedmont, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Slink Fire, Mono County (more info…)2 miles west of Coleville (Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest)*26,759 acres, 90% contained. Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Blue Jay Fire, Mariposa County (more info…)Yosemite National Park Wilderness*6,334 acres, 50% contained. 5 of the Top 20 largest wildfires in California History have occurred in 2020.
CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS.
After this year’s previous two shutoffs, on Sept. 7-10 and Sept. 27-29, PG&E crews found 93 areas where strong winds blew trees into lines or blew powerlines off poles. Ages 14–22. Kern County was expected to join the list at 7 p.m.
As a reminder, the #redFlagWarning is now in effect.
... 2020. Bullfrog Fire, Fresno County (more info…)SE of Bullfrog Lake (Sierra National Forest)*1,185 acres, 60% contained. Travis AFB now reporting north wind gusting to 28 mph and a drier air boundary has pushed through. Cal Fire was investigating PG&E in connection to the cause of the Zogg Fire. A red-flag warning from the National Weather Service took effect Wednesday morning in the valleys, mountains and hills of the North and East Bay, as well as the Santa Cruz Mountains, and is scheduled to remain in effect until 11 a.m. on Friday. Paul Rogers has covered a wide range of issues for The Mercury News since 1989, including water, oceans, energy, logging, parks, endangered species, toxics and climate change. ... Oct. 14, 2020… By Storyful • October 1, 2020 Forecasters and fire officials warned that strong, dry gusts, known as Diablo winds, could worsen the Glass Fire. After a long weekend of record-breaking heat temperatures, the Bay Area is starting to cool down and Spare the Air alert has been extended through Wednesday. Wolf Fire, Tuolumne County (more info…)Yosemite National Park Wilderness*1,818 acres, 60% contained.
Offering a bit of bright news, the smoke from nearby wildfires will aid in tapering off heat in the region starting Tuesday and continuing throughout the week. Ready For Wildfires can be accessed here. Fire officials and Gov. Cal Fire said just 13 of the 20 wildfires were still considered "major," as many of the devastating fires that dominated California in weeks past have been contained to more than 90 percent. The liabilities led PG&E to file for bankruptcy. And since Aug. 15, when a series of unseasonal dry lightning storms ignited dozens of major fires, the state has been breaking records for acres burned at a rapid pace. pic.twitter.com/ASlGTHdc5S, — NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) September 8, 2020, Fires are burning up and down the state — from the Northern California Sierra Nevada to San Diego — stretching resources and personnel thin and making it more difficult for firefighters to stop the spread of the blazes. In 2020 alone, some 8,500 fires have scorched 4.1 million acres. The lack of cool, moist air off the ocean could prevent the high-risk fire conditions from abating even overnight, when humidity typically ticks up and temperatures fall. El Diablo winds in Northern California and the Santa Ana wind in the L.A. area pose threats.
“Unfortunately it doesn’t seem we’re going to see much relief even in areas seeing moderate winds until Friday,” said Brayden Murdock, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Monterey. "Especially at higher elevations with dry conditions prevalent. In the nine Bay Area counties, the utility said that 22,109 customers are expected to lose power. Devil Fire, Siskiyou County, (more info…)5 miles north of Upper Devil's Peak (Klamath National Forest)*8,849 acres, 58% contained. Slater Fire, Siskiyou County, (more info…)5 miles North of Happy Camp (Klamath National Forest)*156,417 acres, 78% contained*2 fatalities. This unique aspect of the wind flow classifies Diablo Winds as a downslope windstorm. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), SAN MATEO, CA - SEPTEMBER 08: Birds fly in smoky air in San Mateo, Calif., on Sept. 8, 2020. The Diablo winds — which the National Weather Service dubbed the “first significant offshore wind event of the season” — come as wildfires have already torched more than 2.2 million acres in California this year, surpassing the state record of 1.96 million acres set in 2018, with at least two months left in the state’s typical fire season.
The Diablo winds are coming. Fork Fire, El Dorado County, (more info…)15 miles northeast of Pollock Pines (El Dorado National Forest)*1,670 acres, 85% contained.
To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit, Deadline Looms To Pass Coronavirus Relief Bill By Election, Some 50,000 PG&E customers in 21 counties, PG&E Public Safety Shutoff Could Impact 9K Napa County Customers, Brace For Possible Power Shutoffs This Week: PG&E, guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter, the deadliest corporate crime in U.S. history, Oakland Zoo Treats Mountain Lion Cub Badly Burned In Zogg Fire, Discovery Channel Partners With Cal Fire In New Series, Unity Day Upstanders Talk Candidly To Adults: Stop Being Bullies, Supreme Court To Hear Case Over Border Wall Funding, Pennsylvania's Women Voters Could Decide Trump's Fate. Parts of the Santa Cruz Mountains, including Boulder Creek, La Honda and Summit Road. GET BREAKING NEWS IN YOUR BROWSER. However, it'll be temporary since gusty north to northeast winds with drier air is arriving from interior California.
Meanwhile, the LNU Complex Fire — the third-largest wildfire in state history — continues to endanger residents there despite its 91% containment. CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS.
Offshore winds Tuesday and Wednesday of 25-35 mph with peak gusts expected to reach 65 mph in high elevations, coupled with dry conditions and low humidity, will create extreme fire conditions that could worsen the spread of fires, Gass said. Dense smoke blankets Bay Area, strong Diablo winds cause extreme fire danger conditions A red flag warning is in effect for most of the North … The combination of wildfires and anticipated strong winds caused PG&E to cut power to nearly 172,000 customers in Northern California on Monday evening as a precaution to avoid sparking more fires. The August Complex Fire was 77 percent contained Wednesday. The good news: The three biggest fires that were burning in the Bay Area in August and September are all out now, including the CZU Complex in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the LNU Complex in the North Bay and the SCU Complex in rural eastern Santa Clara and Alameda counties. After two days of record-breaking heat, the Bay Area is starting to cool down but still can’t shake the soot and smoke that has lingered since wildfires engulfed the region several weeks ago. After a long weekend of record-breaking heat temperatures, the Bay Area is starting to cool down and Spare the Air alert has been extended through Wednesday. In the California's worst-ever fire season, several records were smashed as more than 4 million acres have burned in 2020, more than double the amount of any other fire season. A red flag warning is in effect for most of the North Bay mountains and East Bay until mid-day Wednesday. PG&E begins Bay Area public safety power…, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), More serious fire conditions due this weekend around Bay Area, PG&E begins Bay Area public safety power outages, with Diablo winds looming, | Natural resources and environment reporter. Pacific Gas & Electric shut off electricity to tens of thousands of Northern California residents Wednesday night as heavy winds and hot, dry air combined to create ideal fire conditions throughout much of the region.
(Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), PIEDMONT, CA - SEPTEMBER 8: A woman checks her cellphone as she rides a bike along Wildwood Avenue in Piedmont, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Slink Fire, Mono County (more info…)2 miles west of Coleville (Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest)*26,759 acres, 90% contained. Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Blue Jay Fire, Mariposa County (more info…)Yosemite National Park Wilderness*6,334 acres, 50% contained. 5 of the Top 20 largest wildfires in California History have occurred in 2020.
CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS.
After this year’s previous two shutoffs, on Sept. 7-10 and Sept. 27-29, PG&E crews found 93 areas where strong winds blew trees into lines or blew powerlines off poles. Ages 14–22. Kern County was expected to join the list at 7 p.m.
As a reminder, the #redFlagWarning is now in effect.
... 2020. Bullfrog Fire, Fresno County (more info…)SE of Bullfrog Lake (Sierra National Forest)*1,185 acres, 60% contained. Travis AFB now reporting north wind gusting to 28 mph and a drier air boundary has pushed through. Cal Fire was investigating PG&E in connection to the cause of the Zogg Fire. A red-flag warning from the National Weather Service took effect Wednesday morning in the valleys, mountains and hills of the North and East Bay, as well as the Santa Cruz Mountains, and is scheduled to remain in effect until 11 a.m. on Friday. Paul Rogers has covered a wide range of issues for The Mercury News since 1989, including water, oceans, energy, logging, parks, endangered species, toxics and climate change. ... Oct. 14, 2020… By Storyful • October 1, 2020 Forecasters and fire officials warned that strong, dry gusts, known as Diablo winds, could worsen the Glass Fire. After a long weekend of record-breaking heat temperatures, the Bay Area is starting to cool down and Spare the Air alert has been extended through Wednesday. Wolf Fire, Tuolumne County (more info…)Yosemite National Park Wilderness*1,818 acres, 60% contained.
Offering a bit of bright news, the smoke from nearby wildfires will aid in tapering off heat in the region starting Tuesday and continuing throughout the week. Ready For Wildfires can be accessed here. Fire officials and Gov. Cal Fire said just 13 of the 20 wildfires were still considered "major," as many of the devastating fires that dominated California in weeks past have been contained to more than 90 percent. The liabilities led PG&E to file for bankruptcy. And since Aug. 15, when a series of unseasonal dry lightning storms ignited dozens of major fires, the state has been breaking records for acres burned at a rapid pace. pic.twitter.com/ASlGTHdc5S, — NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) September 8, 2020, Fires are burning up and down the state — from the Northern California Sierra Nevada to San Diego — stretching resources and personnel thin and making it more difficult for firefighters to stop the spread of the blazes. In 2020 alone, some 8,500 fires have scorched 4.1 million acres. The lack of cool, moist air off the ocean could prevent the high-risk fire conditions from abating even overnight, when humidity typically ticks up and temperatures fall. El Diablo winds in Northern California and the Santa Ana wind in the L.A. area pose threats.
“Unfortunately it doesn’t seem we’re going to see much relief even in areas seeing moderate winds until Friday,” said Brayden Murdock, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Monterey. "Especially at higher elevations with dry conditions prevalent. In the nine Bay Area counties, the utility said that 22,109 customers are expected to lose power. Devil Fire, Siskiyou County, (more info…)5 miles north of Upper Devil's Peak (Klamath National Forest)*8,849 acres, 58% contained. Slater Fire, Siskiyou County, (more info…)5 miles North of Happy Camp (Klamath National Forest)*156,417 acres, 78% contained*2 fatalities. This unique aspect of the wind flow classifies Diablo Winds as a downslope windstorm. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), SAN MATEO, CA - SEPTEMBER 08: Birds fly in smoky air in San Mateo, Calif., on Sept. 8, 2020. The Diablo winds — which the National Weather Service dubbed the “first significant offshore wind event of the season” — come as wildfires have already torched more than 2.2 million acres in California this year, surpassing the state record of 1.96 million acres set in 2018, with at least two months left in the state’s typical fire season.
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After a long weekend of record-breaking heat temperatures, the Bay Area is starting to cool down and Spare the Air alert has been extended through Wednesday. "Strong offshore winds will be gusty," the National Weather Service tweeted Tuesday. But 11,000 firefighters were still fighting 20 wildfires across the state, Cal Fire said Wednesday, 13 of which remain major incidents, particularly in the Sierra Nevada and rural northern parts of California. But even in the valleys, there could be gusts reaching 30 mph, forecasters said. HIGH-RESOLUTION WRF SIMULATIONS OF THE WINDS DURING THE TUBBS FIRE, 8 OCTOBER 2017. A dry landscape, combined with persistent and historically high temperatures this year, have kept the state in an extended fire season. "Data and science are not beliefs," Newsom said during a mid-September news conference. Apple Fire, Riverside County (more info…)Oak Glen/Cherry Valley (San Bernardino National Forest)*33,424 acres, 95% contained.
The Diablo winds are coming. Fork Fire, El Dorado County, (more info…)15 miles northeast of Pollock Pines (El Dorado National Forest)*1,670 acres, 85% contained.
To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit, Deadline Looms To Pass Coronavirus Relief Bill By Election, Some 50,000 PG&E customers in 21 counties, PG&E Public Safety Shutoff Could Impact 9K Napa County Customers, Brace For Possible Power Shutoffs This Week: PG&E, guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter, the deadliest corporate crime in U.S. history, Oakland Zoo Treats Mountain Lion Cub Badly Burned In Zogg Fire, Discovery Channel Partners With Cal Fire In New Series, Unity Day Upstanders Talk Candidly To Adults: Stop Being Bullies, Supreme Court To Hear Case Over Border Wall Funding, Pennsylvania's Women Voters Could Decide Trump's Fate. Parts of the Santa Cruz Mountains, including Boulder Creek, La Honda and Summit Road. GET BREAKING NEWS IN YOUR BROWSER. However, it'll be temporary since gusty north to northeast winds with drier air is arriving from interior California.
Meanwhile, the LNU Complex Fire — the third-largest wildfire in state history — continues to endanger residents there despite its 91% containment. CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS.
Offshore winds Tuesday and Wednesday of 25-35 mph with peak gusts expected to reach 65 mph in high elevations, coupled with dry conditions and low humidity, will create extreme fire conditions that could worsen the spread of fires, Gass said. Dense smoke blankets Bay Area, strong Diablo winds cause extreme fire danger conditions A red flag warning is in effect for most of the North … The combination of wildfires and anticipated strong winds caused PG&E to cut power to nearly 172,000 customers in Northern California on Monday evening as a precaution to avoid sparking more fires. The August Complex Fire was 77 percent contained Wednesday. The good news: The three biggest fires that were burning in the Bay Area in August and September are all out now, including the CZU Complex in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the LNU Complex in the North Bay and the SCU Complex in rural eastern Santa Clara and Alameda counties. After two days of record-breaking heat, the Bay Area is starting to cool down but still can’t shake the soot and smoke that has lingered since wildfires engulfed the region several weeks ago. After a long weekend of record-breaking heat temperatures, the Bay Area is starting to cool down and Spare the Air alert has been extended through Wednesday. In the California's worst-ever fire season, several records were smashed as more than 4 million acres have burned in 2020, more than double the amount of any other fire season. A red flag warning is in effect for most of the North Bay mountains and East Bay until mid-day Wednesday. PG&E begins Bay Area public safety power…, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), More serious fire conditions due this weekend around Bay Area, PG&E begins Bay Area public safety power outages, with Diablo winds looming, | Natural resources and environment reporter. Pacific Gas & Electric shut off electricity to tens of thousands of Northern California residents Wednesday night as heavy winds and hot, dry air combined to create ideal fire conditions throughout much of the region.
(Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), PIEDMONT, CA - SEPTEMBER 8: A woman checks her cellphone as she rides a bike along Wildwood Avenue in Piedmont, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Slink Fire, Mono County (more info…)2 miles west of Coleville (Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest)*26,759 acres, 90% contained. Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Blue Jay Fire, Mariposa County (more info…)Yosemite National Park Wilderness*6,334 acres, 50% contained. 5 of the Top 20 largest wildfires in California History have occurred in 2020.
CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS.
After this year’s previous two shutoffs, on Sept. 7-10 and Sept. 27-29, PG&E crews found 93 areas where strong winds blew trees into lines or blew powerlines off poles. Ages 14–22. Kern County was expected to join the list at 7 p.m.
As a reminder, the #redFlagWarning is now in effect.
... 2020. Bullfrog Fire, Fresno County (more info…)SE of Bullfrog Lake (Sierra National Forest)*1,185 acres, 60% contained. Travis AFB now reporting north wind gusting to 28 mph and a drier air boundary has pushed through. Cal Fire was investigating PG&E in connection to the cause of the Zogg Fire. A red-flag warning from the National Weather Service took effect Wednesday morning in the valleys, mountains and hills of the North and East Bay, as well as the Santa Cruz Mountains, and is scheduled to remain in effect until 11 a.m. on Friday. Paul Rogers has covered a wide range of issues for The Mercury News since 1989, including water, oceans, energy, logging, parks, endangered species, toxics and climate change. ... Oct. 14, 2020… By Storyful • October 1, 2020 Forecasters and fire officials warned that strong, dry gusts, known as Diablo winds, could worsen the Glass Fire. After a long weekend of record-breaking heat temperatures, the Bay Area is starting to cool down and Spare the Air alert has been extended through Wednesday. Wolf Fire, Tuolumne County (more info…)Yosemite National Park Wilderness*1,818 acres, 60% contained.
Offering a bit of bright news, the smoke from nearby wildfires will aid in tapering off heat in the region starting Tuesday and continuing throughout the week. Ready For Wildfires can be accessed here. Fire officials and Gov. Cal Fire said just 13 of the 20 wildfires were still considered "major," as many of the devastating fires that dominated California in weeks past have been contained to more than 90 percent. The liabilities led PG&E to file for bankruptcy. And since Aug. 15, when a series of unseasonal dry lightning storms ignited dozens of major fires, the state has been breaking records for acres burned at a rapid pace. pic.twitter.com/ASlGTHdc5S, — NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) September 8, 2020, Fires are burning up and down the state — from the Northern California Sierra Nevada to San Diego — stretching resources and personnel thin and making it more difficult for firefighters to stop the spread of the blazes. In 2020 alone, some 8,500 fires have scorched 4.1 million acres. The lack of cool, moist air off the ocean could prevent the high-risk fire conditions from abating even overnight, when humidity typically ticks up and temperatures fall. El Diablo winds in Northern California and the Santa Ana wind in the L.A. area pose threats.
“Unfortunately it doesn’t seem we’re going to see much relief even in areas seeing moderate winds until Friday,” said Brayden Murdock, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Monterey. "Especially at higher elevations with dry conditions prevalent. In the nine Bay Area counties, the utility said that 22,109 customers are expected to lose power. Devil Fire, Siskiyou County, (more info…)5 miles north of Upper Devil's Peak (Klamath National Forest)*8,849 acres, 58% contained. Slater Fire, Siskiyou County, (more info…)5 miles North of Happy Camp (Klamath National Forest)*156,417 acres, 78% contained*2 fatalities. This unique aspect of the wind flow classifies Diablo Winds as a downslope windstorm. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), SAN MATEO, CA - SEPTEMBER 08: Birds fly in smoky air in San Mateo, Calif., on Sept. 8, 2020. The Diablo winds — which the National Weather Service dubbed the “first significant offshore wind event of the season” — come as wildfires have already torched more than 2.2 million acres in California this year, surpassing the state record of 1.96 million acres set in 2018, with at least two months left in the state’s typical fire season.
