URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Medford OR 617 AM PDT Mon Aug 1 2022 ...Abundant Lightning On Dry Fuels Expected through Tuesday... .Heat, instability, and increasing moisture along with multiple low pressure impulses moving through this afternoon/evening and again Tuesday are expected to bring isolated to scattered thunderstorms and abundant lightning on dry fuels to the area. This afternoon and evening the lightning threat will be greatest from the Cascades eastward as well as over western Siskiyou, Josephine and western Jackson Counties. On Tuesday, the lightning threat will be greatest from the Cascades east, Siskiyous south and into southwestern Jackson County. CAZ282-020130- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.220802T1900Z-220803T0600Z/ Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Siskiyou County- 617 AM PDT Mon Aug 1 2022 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 282... * Impacts: Lightning and high fire danger will likely result in new fire starts. Gusty thunderstorm winds could contribute to fire spread. Despite rainfall, initial attack resources could be overwhelmed and holdover fires are possible. * Affected area: In Northern CA...Fire Weather Zone 282. * Thunderstorms: On Tuesday, expect a mix of isolated and scattered shower and thunderstorms with the best chance for thunderstorms from the Siskiyous south, Cascades east as well as into southwestern Jackson County. * Rainfall: Thunderstorms are expected to be a mix of wet and dry, so locally significant wetting rainfall will be possible with some of the thunderstorms, especially the slower moving ones. Lighting may occur outside of the storm cores where there is little or no rainfall. * View the hazard area in detail at: https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD
