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Fire Weather Watch issued June 27 at 10:31PM PDT until June 30 at 11:00PM PDT by NWS Eureka CA

AREAS AFFECTED: Lower Middle Klamath; Hoopa; Van Duzen/Mad River; W Mendocino NF/E Mendocino Unit; Trinity

DESCRIPTION: ...SCATTERED DRY LIGHTNING LIKELY MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE INTERIOR MOUNTAINS... .A pulse of moisture moving up the Central Valley combined with very hot and dry surface conditions and moderate easterly winds will combine to likely create scattered dry thunderstorms over interior mountains. There is very slight potential (10% chance) for thunderstorms overnight early Monday morning, but the risk is greatest Monday afternoon (25% chance) and possibly again Tuesday afternoon. Any storms that do form will likely produce wetting rain in the cores but lightning is possible far from these cores in ares that will remain dry. The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Fire Weather Watch, which is in effect from Monday morning through Monday evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 204, 211, 212, 277, and 283. * THUNDERSTORMS...Scattered dry thunderstorms are likely (25% chance) Monday afternoon over the coastal mountains. There is a more slight chance (10%) for isolated storms as early as overnight early Monday morning and again as late as Tuesday afternoon. * OUTFLOW WINDS...Gusty and erratic outflow winds are possible up to 50 mph. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.

INSTRUCTION: A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.

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