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Smoke from the Park Fire in Northern California is expected to largely spare the Sacramento region, according to a National Weather Service forecast.
The local Weather Forecast Offices of the NWS also, under a prescribed set of criteria, issue Fire Weather Watches and Red Flag Warnings as needed, in addition to issuing the daily fire weather forecasts for the local service area. These products alert the public and other agencies to conditions which create the potential for extreme fires.
A banner indicating a red flag warning, flown at a CAL Fire station in 2022. A red flag warning is a forecast warning issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States to inform the public, firefighters, and land management agencies that conditions are ideal for wildfire combustion, and rapid spread. [1]
The National Weather Service operates 122 weather forecast offices. [1] [2] Each weather forecast office (WFO or NWSFO) has a geographic area of responsibility, also known as a county warning area, for issuing local public, marine, aviation, fire, and hydrology forecasts. They also issue severe weather warnings, gather weather observations, and ...
MORE: California fires weather forecast: Nearly 10 million on alert for fire conditions The average temperature in that time period has been 4.2 degrees warmer this year than it was in 1962/63.
The National Weather Service warned the weather will be “particularly dangerous” on Tuesday, when wind gusts could reach 65 mph (105 kph). A large part of Southern California around Los ...
The PDS red flag warning below was issued by the National Weather Service in Reno, Nevada, on December 19, 2017. [7] On August 3, 2018, the National Weather Service in Reno, Nevada, issued another PDS red flag warning to communicate the threat of life-threatening fire danger due to strong gusty winds and low humidity.
PHOTO: An ABC News graphic shows the fire forecast in Southern California on Jan. 14, 2025. (ABC News) After Wednesday, winds will begin to calm down and by Friday and Saturday humidity will come ...