San Andreas, CA…Red Flag Warning Continues Into This Evening. Critical fire weather conditions will continue through this evening across portions of interior northern California due to a combination of gusty wind, and low humidity. Winds will decrease slowly this afternoon and evening, but will remain breezy over the foothills and west slopes of the Northern Sierra Nevada into early Tuesday.

Red Flag Warning
URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
336 AM PDT Mon Oct 15 2018

…Red Flag Warning Through This Evening…

.Critical fire weather conditions will continue through this
evening across portions of interior northern California due to a
combination of gusty wind, and low humidity. Winds will decrease
slowly this afternoon and evening, but will remain breezy over
the foothills and west slopes of the Northern Sierra Nevada into
early Tuesday.

CAZ213-215>218-220-221-263-264-266>269-279-160100-
/O.CON.KSTO.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-181016T0600Z/
Eastern Portion of Shasta/Trinity NF-
Northern Sacramento Valley to Southern Tehama County Line Below
1000 Ft-
Central Sacramento Valley in Glenn, Colusa, Yuba, Northern
Sutter, and Butte County Below 1000 Ft-
Southern Sacramento Valley in Yolo-
Sacramento Far Western Placer, southern Sutter and Solano County
Below 1000 Ft-Carquinez Strait and Delta-
Southern Motherlode From 1000 to 3000 Ft. Includes portions of
Calaveras-Tuolumne Unit-Stanislaus NF West of the Sierra Crest-
Southeast Edge Shasta-Trinity NF and Western Portions of Tehama-
Glenn Unit-Lake County Portion of Lake-Napa-Sonoma Unit-
Northern Sierra Foothills from 1000 to 3000 Ft. Includes portions
of Shasta-Trinity and Butte Units-
Northern Motherlode From 1000 to 3000 Ft. Includes portions of
Nevada-Yuba-Placer-Amador and ElDorado Units-
Northern Sierra Including Lassen NP and Plumas and Lassen NF/S
West of the Sierra Crest (West of Evans Peak-Grizzly Peak-
Beckworth Peak)-
Northern Sierra Including the Tahoe and ElDorado NF/S West of the
Sierra Crest-Eastern Mendocino NF-
336 AM PDT Mon Oct 15 2018

…RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR GUSTY WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
213, 215, 216, 217, 218, 263, 264, 266, 267, 268, 269, AND 279…

* AFFECTED AREAS…Fire Weather Zones 213, 215, 216, 217, 218,
263, 264, 266, 267, 268, 269, and 279. This includes the
mountains of western Shasta County, east slopes of the Coastal
Range including Lake County, foothills and west slopes of the
Northern Sierra Nevada, and Sacramento Valley including Solano
County.

* WIND…North to east wind 15 to 30 mph with local gusts 40 to 55
mph, subsiding late this afternoon and evening. Wind strongest
over ridges, and through favorably oriented canyons.

* HUMIDITY…Daytime minimum humidity from 5 to 15 percent, with
widespread poor morning humidity recoveries as low as 15 to 35
percent.

* IMPACTS…Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended. Drying wind will lower
fuel moisture to below seasonal averages.

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 can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.