Thursday, September 23, 2010

[FEMA]

Homeland Security Threat Level: YELLOW (ELEVATED)

Significant National Weather

West
High pressure building over the Central Great Basin will bring warm and dry conditions to the West Coast and Intermountain West. A frontal system will bring light precipitation to the Pacific Northwest.Â* The remnants of Tropical Storm Georgette will bring an inch or two of precipitation to the Southwest, especially Arizona, and localized flash flooding is likely.
Midwest:
Central Wisconsin and Minnesota could receive as much as 5 inches of precipitation in the next 24 hours due to a low pressure system in the Northern Plains and associated fronts. Severe thunderstorms are also possible from Oklahoma to the Eastern Great Lakes. Record high temperatures are possible in the southern Great Lakes and Ohio Valley through the end of the week.
South:
High pressure building over the Southeast will produce temperatures in the 90s and scattered afternoon thunderstorms.
Northeast:
Showers and thunderstorms will move from the Appalachians and northern Pennsylvania into New York and northern New England. Near-record temperatures in the 90s are forecast for the Mid-Atlantic today and will spread into southern New England tomorrow.Â*
(NOAA and media sources)

Utah Wildfire

The Machine Gun Fire, located 2 miles south of Herriman, UT, began at the Camp Williams Weapons Firing Range on Sep 19. The fire has consumed 4,346 acres and 75 percent contained. All evacuations were lifted and no homes are threatened. FEMA Fire Management Assistance Grant (2859-FM) was approved for this fire on Sep 19.
Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG)

No activity.(HQ FEMA) Tropical Weather Outlook

Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of MexicoÂ*
Tropical Depression Lisa is located about 350 miles west-northwest of the Cape Verde Islands with maximum sustained winds of 35mph. Some strengthening and a gradual move toward the northwest are forecast to occur during the next 48 hours.
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Another area of low pressure is located over the south-central Caribbean Sea and environmental conditions are becoming more favorable for development. There is a high chance, near 80 percent, of this system becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours.Â*
The remnant circulation of former tropical depression Julia is located 750 miles southwest of the Azores and has a low chance, near 10 percent, of reforming into a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours.
Eastern PacificÂ*
An area of disturbed weather located a few hundred miles south of Acapulco, Mexico has a low chance, near 10 percent, of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours.Â*Â*Â*Â*
Central North Pacific
Â*An area of low pressure located about 525 miles south of Oahu continues to move west at around 10 miles an hour. Slow development of this system is possible and there is a medium chance, near 30 percent, of this system becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours.
Western Pacific
No tropical activity affecting U.S. interests
(NOAA, JTWC)Â*Â*
Earthquake Activity

No new activity (FEMA HQ)
Preliminary Damage Assessments

No new activity (FEMA HQ)
Wildfire Update

Â*National Preparedness Level: 2
National Fire Activity as of Wednesday, September 22, 2010:Â*
Initial attack activity: moderate (229 new fires), new large fires: 1, large fires contained:Â* 0
Uncontained large fires: 6, U.S. States affected:Â* UT, WY, FL and ARÂ*(NIFC)

Disaster Declaration Activity

Amendment #2 to FEMA-1928-DR-IA appoints a new FCO for this Iowa disaster effective Sep 20.
Amendment #9 to FEMA-1930-DR-IA appoints a new FCO for this Iowa disaster effective Sep 20.
Amendment #3 to FEMA-1932-DR-KS appoints a new FCO for this Kansas disaster effective Sep 20.



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