[californiadisasters] Fire WX Watch For Eastern Cal Desert (10/24/11-PM)

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 101...229...461 AND 466...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
 THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN ARIZONA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 LAKE MEAD
  NRA/COLORADO RIVER-AZ SIDE. IN CALIFORNIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
  229 LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. IN NEVADA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
   461 LINCOLN COUNTY/ELY DISPATCH AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 466 LAKE
  MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-NV SIDE.

* TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
  ACROSS THE VALLEY TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND
   THE FRONT AND PERSIST INTO EARLY EVENING.

* WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTH AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
  OF 35 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE.

* HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT
   TO AROUND 10 TO 15 PERCENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
  HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS MAY CREATE CONDITIONS THAT ARE
  FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE DANGER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

Source: http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=psr&wwa=fire%20weather%20watch

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