"It's very common in mountainous terrain, " said John Snook, a fire weather meteorologist with the U . S . Forest Service in Redding, Calif.
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"There's some good news and some bad news, " said Rick Ochoa, staff meteorologist with the National Weather Service's fire weather forecasting service in Boise, Idaho.
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The WFO composes a short-term fire weather forecast for the location and sends it back to the officials, usually within an hour of receiving the request.
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"That kind of set the stage for an active season, " said Rick Ochoa, a fire weather forecaster at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho.
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Winds originating from the Great Basin, locally known as Santa Anas, create extreme fire weather conditions characterized by low humidity, sustained high-speed winds, and extremely strong gusts.
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The station has a remote access water station ( RAWS ), which is maintained by the Los Vaqueros Watershed Staff and linked to the National Fire Weather System.
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"The fire weather conditions tomorrow are not good at all but almost all of the ACT has been burnt out anyway, " said emergency services spokesman, Tony Graham.
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"The long-range seasonal outlook is near normal on precipitation and slightly below on temperatures, " said Mike Chamberlain, fire weather forecaster for the National Weather Service in Grand Junction.
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These include large-scale areas that may experience critical fire weather conditions including the occurrence of " dry thunderstorms, " which usually occur in the evaporating before reaching the surface.
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Fire weather usually starts in Florida in February, then moves across the South, reaching Texas and the Southwest in May, said Mike Apicello, Forest Service public affairs officer at NIFC.
