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12/10/2024
WT Staff
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December 10, 2024 837 am PST
Santa Ana winds bringing high fire danger to southern California
Streamflow Situation from the network of USGS river flow gauges in California
Mist and 46 degrees at Visalia Municipal Airport heading for a high of 60, 30 % chance of rain tomorrow night and Thursday. Sunny, high 60 today for San Francisco, 70% chance of rain Wednesday night. Sunny, high 71 in Los Angeles with no rain in the forecast. Sunny, high 70 for San Diego, no rain in the forecast.
Current streamflows run normal to above normal statewide with a localized area in Lower Lahontan watershed in Placer and El Dorado Counties running above 90th percentile. Lahontan watershed's Amargosa River continues to run low near Tecopa, the Lahontan watershed retains an area of extreme drought in the southeast Inyo County. Colorado River watershed continues to run below normal on the drought map through San Bernardino, Riverside and Imperial Counties.
A general statement from National Weather Service national outlook notes California's Santa Ana winds bringing about a critical to extreme fire weather danger
across portions of the southern state this week. According to forecasters Kong and Oravec at the NWS, "Dry conditions and milder temperatures are in store across the West coast, Great Basin and Rockies region. The dry air, low relative humidities together with the latest episode of Santa Ana winds across southern California will produce critical to locally extreme fire weather danger. These fire weather conditions will be most prominent
in the higher terrain areas to the north and east of the Los Angeles to
San Diego region. Winds of 35 to 45 mph in the valleys and gusts of 50 to
65 mph in the mountains will help fan any fires that do develop quickly
and may reduce visibility with blowing smoke and dust adding to travel
concerns in the region. Across these areas, red flag warnings are
currently in effect, affecting nearly 13 million people.
By early on Thursday, the next round of coastal rain and mountain snow is
forecast to reach northern California as the next Pacific cyclone arrives.
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