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Weather Prediction Center forecast map for Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, shows much of the central U.S. experiencing unseasonably warm weather while cool weather envelopes the West.
Wildfire conditions across Southern California are going to get worse this coming week — as near-hurricane-force Santa Ana winds pick up again just as firefighters started to make progress ...
The Eaton Fire, which has burned around 14,000 acres in northern LA County, was 91% contained. The Hughes Fire forced officials to close a 30-mile stretch of the 5 freeway in both directions as ...
A high risk severe weather event is the greatest threat level issued by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) for convective weather events in the United States. On the scale from one to five, a high risk is a level five; thus, high risks are issued only when forecasters at the SPC are confident of a major severe weather outbreak.
Wildland fire behavior is affected by weather, fuel characteristics, and topography.. Weather influences fire through wind and moisture. Wind increases the fire spread in the wind direction, higher temperature makes the fire burn faster, while higher relative humidity, and precipitation (rain or snow) may slow it down or extinguish it altogether.
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]
Eaton Fire: 14,021 acres burned, 95% contained – started Jan. 7 Hughes Fire : 10,425 acres burned, 87% contained – started Jan. 22 Border 2 Fire : 6,500 acres burned, 10% contained – started ...
Summer-like heat is coming back to the forecast today with increasing wildfire smoke through the daytime. A heat ridge is going to send high temperatures into the 80s and 90s across the region ...