INSTRUCTIONS

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.

DESCRIPTION

…SCATTERED DRY LIGHTNING IS LIKELY MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE INTERIOR MOUNTAINS…

.A pulse of moisture moving up the Central Valley combined with very hot and dry surface conditions and moderate easterly winds will combine to create scattered dry thunderstorms over the interior mountains. Any storms that do form will likely produce wetting rain in the cores but lightning is possible far from these cores in areas that will remain dry. Storms Monday are most likely over Northern Trinity and Interior Humboldt with moderate movement towards the coast. Storms Tuesday will be more stationary and are most likely to form over Trinity, Northern Mendocino and possibly Del Norte.

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 11 AM to 11 PM PDT Tuesday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.

* OUTFLOW WINDS…Gusty and erratic outflow winds are possible up to 50 mph.

* IMPACTS…any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.