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Fire Potential Main Title
Issued: Sunday May 20, 2012
Predictive Service Areas Ytd Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22 May 23 May 24 May 25 May 26
NC01 - North Coast 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
NC02 - Mid Coast to Mendocino 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
NC03 - Bay Area 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
NC04 - Northwestern Mountains 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
NC05 - Sacramento Vly/Foothills 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
NC06 - Northeastern California 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
NC07 - Northern Sierra 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
NC08 - East Side 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Weather Synopsis:  
*** SPECIAL NOTICE *** Beginning Monday, May 21, 2012, this product will have a new appearance. The new look will be quite similar to this one, however.

A Pacific low pressure trough will move closer to the North Coast today and bring increasing S-SW winds and clouds to the coastal areas, and the increased onshore flow will push the cooler air farther inland.  Inland areas in the far north will also see afternoon cloud buildups over the higher terrain and an isolated shower or thunderstorm near the OR state line is not out of the question.  The trough will move inland Monday with more wind and cooler temperatures, and far NW CA will see a period of light to moderate rain during the afternoon and evening.  Cool, windy, and partly cloudy conditions will continue all week, with slight chances for showers or thunderstorms in the far northern mountains.  On Friday the cold center of the low will move over the North Ops region and bring more widespread rain with snow levels falling to 4000-5000 ft.

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Fire Potential Discussion:                    
The cool humid and occasionally wet (mainly northern mtns) weather will push most PSAs' fuels back toward the Moist category, and on Friday the more widespread precipitation brought by the cold low will push more PSAs into the Moist category for a few days.
Resources:
Northern California Geographic Area Preparedness Level 1, MACS Mode 1.  
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NOTICE: Forecast for the following PSA's may be unavailable or unrepresentative of actual conditions due to missing observations from the stations listed below: 
 

MID COAST

Mendocino Pass

Soda Creek    

 

EAST SIDE

Barrel Springs

Juniper Springs

Stampede