2025 Wildfire Season in San Diego County California (Jan 24th Update)

Direct link to January 23 video from NBC 7 San Diego on YouTube

Direct link to January 24th  video from Fox 5 San Diego on YouTube

I have been thinking on the Santa Ana Winds that affected San Diego County yesterday with Red Flag Warnings continuing into this morning (January 24th) in portions of San Diego County and adjoining areas. Thanks to my friends at the B10 NJ Wildland Fire Page who shared the videos about the wildfire situation in San Diego County that I embedded above. The first video refers to a few smaller wildfires in San Diego County, I could only find information for one fire, the Gilman Fire on Cal Fire. In the second video, you will learn more about the Border2 Fire which I read about online yesterday, I am glad to have watched this video. Regarding the two San Diego County wildfires that I referred to in my January 23rd post the Lilac fire is 100% contained at 85 acres and the ncfr3-4 fire is not a Cal Fire Incident and there is no further information on this 80 acre fire at the time I write this post.

Obtained on Jan 24m 2025 at 12 PM EST from https://www.weather.gov/sgx/

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Diego CA
300 AM PST Fri Jan 24 2025

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TODAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS, SAN DIEGO VALLEYS, INLAND EMPIRE, INLAND ORANG COUNTY, AND THE SAN GORGONIO PASS FOR GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

CAZ248-250-255>258-265-554-241800-
/O.CON.KSGX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-250124T1800Z/
San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys - The Inland Empire-
San Diego County Inland Valleys-San Bernardino County Mountains-
Including The Mountain Top And Front Country Ranger Districts Of
The San Bernardino National Forest-Riverside County Mountains-
Including The San Jacinto Ranger District Of The San Bernardino
National Forest-Santa Ana Mountains-
Including The Trabuco Ranger District of the Cleveland National
Forest-San Diego County Mountains-
Including the Palomar and Descanso Ranger Districts of the
Cleveland National Forest-San Gorgonio Pass near Banning-
Orange County Inland Areas-
300 AM PST Fri Jan 24 2025

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS, SAN DIEGO VALLEYS, INLAND EMPIRE INLAND ORANGE COUNTY, AND THE SAN GORGONIO PASS FOR STRONG GUST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

* WINDS...East 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 40 mph. Isolated gusts to 40 to 50 mph through 6 AM.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 2 percent.

* IMPACTS...If fire ignition occurs, conditions are favorableor rapid fire spread and extreme fire behavior.

* LOCATION...San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys  -TheInland Empire, San Diego County Inland Valleys, San Bernardino County Mountains-Including The Mountain Top And Front Country Ranger Districts Of The San Bernardino National Forest, Riverside County Mountains-Including The San Jacinto Ranger District Of The San Bernardino National Forest, Santa Ana Mountains-Including The Trabuco Ranger District of the Cleveland National Forest, San Diego County Mountains-Including the Palomar and Descanso Ranger Districts of the Cleveland National Forest, San Gorgonio Pass near Banning and Orange County Inland Areas.

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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http://www.weather.gov/sandiego