'This is our severe weather season right now: fire weather,' said Jim Mathews, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sacramento.
Powerful winds are expected to blow through parts of California on Sunday night into Monday, setting up extreme fire conditions in a state already reeling from a devastating fire season.
Some gusts could top 70 mph, said Jim Mathews, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sacramento.A large swath of northern California is under an"extreme" fire weather threat,. The area surrounding the extreme threat is under a"critical" threat. The remaining area has an"elevated" threat.
Previous wildfires have weakened and burned trees that might fall down due to the strong winds, Mathews said. Those trees could fall on power lines.The NWS extended a red flag warning into Tuesday due to ongoing low humidity. Dry air from a weather system in the Great Basin will be around for the first half of the week, Mathews said. Winds in the Bay Area will continue into Tuesday.
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