The largest Red Flag Warning since October 2021 has been issued for much of the Bay Area this weekend with strong winds causing critical fire conditions. Here's what to know.
A Fire Weather Watch was issued for the hills and mountains around the Bay Area due to high winds and low humidity.The largest Red Flag Warning in two years has been issued for the weekend and it includes much of the Bay Area.All of the North Bay, the Inland East Bay, Santa Clara Hills, Santa Cruz Mountains and the San Mateo coastline are under critical fire conditions.
Tuma says that this is still shaping up to be the strongest offshore wind event of the season, with the strongest winds expected between 10 p.m. Saturday and 4 a.m. Sunday. That's when the highest fire danger will be as any new fires could spread rapidly under these conditions. This is the third Red Flag Warning of 2023, and the largest since October of 2021. There were no Red Flag Warnings in 2022, so residents may not have recent memory of these strong of winds.
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