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Fire Weather Watch

FIRE WEATHER WATCH*
… for Fire Weather Zone 516 Southern Salinas Valley/Arroyo Seco and Lake San Antonio, Fire Weather Zone 517 Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest, and Fire Weather Zone 518 Mountains of San Benito County And Interior Monterey County including Pinnacles National Park.

*In effect from 9AM Friday Morning through Sunday night 11:59pm.

*Gusty winds and low humidity for the Santa Lucia Mountains, San Benito County, and Southern Salinas Valley.

*Northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

*Relative Humidity as low as 5 percent.

*Temperatures up to 114°

*Critical fire weather conditions. Increased chance for fire starts in dry, open grasses. Outdoor burning and especially fireworks are not recommended.

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

bigsurkate

Appointed appellate counsel for indigent defendants (retired.) I have lived in Big Sur since 1984, first on the north coast, and on the South Coast since 1989.

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