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Red Flag Warning issued November 4 at 4:56PM PST until November 7 at 7:00AM PST by NWS San Francisco CA...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAYMORNING FOR THE BAY AREA AND CENTRAL COAST AS STRONG OFFSHOREWINDS AND CRITICALLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP....Offshore winds are anticipated to increase early Tuesday morningand persist through Thursday morning. North to northeasterly windgusts will average between 25 and 50 mph, particularly across thehigher terrain of the Santa Cruz Mountains, East Bay Hills, NorthBay Mountains, as well as interior portions of Napa and Sonomacounties. In particular, these areas of Napa and Sonoma countieshave an increased likelihood of wind gusts in excess of 55 mphlate Tuesday and through the day on Wednesday. Afternoon humidityvalues will fall to between 15 and 25 percent. Overnight humidityrecovery will be poor with readings between 25 and 45 percent.The combination of the aforementioned winds and humidity willtranslate to fires exhibiting a large resistance to control andthereby creating a hazardous and extreme wildfire environment.Fire crews and residents are urged to remain abreast of theweather forecast over the next couple of days.* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 006 San Francisco, FireWeather Zone 502 Marin Coastal Range, Fire Weather Zone 503Sonoma Coastal Range, Fire Weather Zone 504 North Bay InteriorMountains, Fire Weather Zone 506 North Bay Interior Valleys,Fire Weather Zone 508 San Francisco Bay Shoreline, FireWeather Zone 509 San Francisco Peninsula Coast, Fire WeatherZone 510 East Bay Interior Valleys, Fire Weather Zone 512Santa Cruz Mountains, Fire Weather Zone 513 Santa Clara ValleyIncluding San Jose, Fire Weather Zone 514 Eastern Santa ClaraHills, Fire Weather Zone 515 East Bay Hills, Fire Weather Zone517 Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest, FireWeather Zone 518 Mountains of San Benito County And InteriorMonterey County including Pinnacles National Park and FireWeather Zone 529 Northern Monterey Bay.* TIMING...11 AM Tuesday until 7 AM Thursday.* WINDS...Offshore winds up to or above 25 mph with gusts inexcess of 55 mph.* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Afternoon humidity as low as 15%. Overnighthumidity recovery between 25 and 45%.* LIGHTNING...None anticipated.* IMPACTS...Despite recent rainfall, a long duration offshoreflow event is anticipated. This will result in the rapidcuring of fuels. The combination of strong winds and lowhumidity will cause fire to rapidly grow in size andintensity. Outdoor burning is not recommended and may beprohibited in some areas.A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditionsare either occurring now...or will shortly. A combination ofstrong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures cancontribute to extreme fire behavior.

National Weather Service