...Red Flag Warning for the North and East Bay Hills, as well as
the East Bay Interior Valleys, through 6 pm Tuesday for offshore
winds and low humidity...

.The Red Flag Warning continues through Tuesday afternoon.
Conditions have briefly moderated but offshore winds will
gradually increase again today into tonight across the North and
East Bay hills. The latest forecasts now suggest conditions will
worsen tonight into Tuesday morning as another burst of moderate
to strong offshore winds develops in the hills. This will occur
with very low humidity values and drought stressed fuels. Winds
will ease through the day Tuesday but warm and dry weather will
persist through Tuesday afternoon.

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR
OFFSHORE WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTH AND EAST BAY HILLS
AS WELL AS THE INTERIOR VALLEYS OF THE EAST BAY...

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 507 North Bay Mountains,
Fire Weather Zone 510 East Bay Interior Valleys and Fire
Weather Zone 511 East Bay Hills and the Diablo Range.

* TIMING...Through 6 pm Tuesday. The most dangerous time will be
the overnight hours of Monday evening into Tuesday morning when
another burst of moderate to strong offshore winds will impact
the hills.

* WINDS...Elevations below 2000 feet...northerly winds 10 to 15
mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Elevations from 2000 feet and
above...northerly winds of 15 to 25 mph with peak gusts to
around 50 mph and local gusts to 60 mph highest peaks.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 5 to 15 percent, driest Monday
and Tuesday afternoon with little or no recovery Monday night.

* TEMPERATURES...In the 80s and lower 90s afternoon hours with
nighttime lows 50s in the valleys and 60s in the hills where
winds are strongest.

* IMPACTS...New ignitions will experience rapid fire growth.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now...or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.

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