Sunday, September 20, 2009

Road Status Sunday 9/20/2009

Road is closed awaiting containment of the Station Fire, however if a red flag warning is called due to the Santa Ana winds and low relative humidity as predicted the forest and the roads will remain closed.

Here is the information from InciWeb Site:
A closure for the Angeles National Forest remains in effect due to firefighters and crews at work. State and county highways within the Angeles National Forest continue to be closed for the safety of the public. Due to the intense fire conditions throughout the burn, roads are experiencing increased hazards resulting from destroyed guard rails, falling boulders, rockslides and hillside erosion.


The hillside erosion is impacting GMR on a daily basis from what we can glean from folks in the know. There is a flare up of the Morris Fire today. Those hot spots stay hot for a long time even after containment.

Heavy equipment and personnel continue to work around the clock on road and utility repairs. And there are still large numbers of fire crews and apparatus involved with the ongoing fire mop-up operations. Please call the California Highway Patrol for further information at (323) 982-4900.


Aircraft have been flying overhead all day today. Helicopters and fixed winged vehicles.


For the weather forecast...

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - PORTIONS OF INLAND SRN CA LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

PRIMARY CONDITIONS: INCREASING OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (RH)

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE GREAT BASIN LATE IN THE PERIOD...RESULTING IN INCREASING OFFSHORE WINDS LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUE. DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY...IT WILL BE VERY WARM WITH HIGHS WELL INTO THE 90S F AND MIN RH IN THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WELL INLAND. A MARINE LAYER WILL EXIST ALONG THE COAST AS WELL. OVERNIGHT...NLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS WITH LOCAL GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH INTO TUE MORNING WITH POOR RH RECOVERY.


I am ready to conduct a rain dance. Gentle rain only please.

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