INCIDENT 2008-01 INTERNATIONAL BORAX MINE COLLAPSE

2008-07-07T1100

ROUTINE

FROM:  PERILAN WEATHER SERVICE/NATIONAL FORECAST OFFICE//DOUHET AIR BASE//GLENCOE

TO: ALL MINISTRIES//GLENCOE//

AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER/OPERATIONS//GLENCOE//

INLAND RESCUE COORDINATION CENTER//DOUHET AIR BASE//GLENCOE//

MARITIME RESCUE COORDINATION CENTER//COAST GUARD STATION PORTSMOUTH//PORTSMOUTH//

NATIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER/OPERATIONS//GLENCOE//

PROVINCE OF THE NORTH EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER//ASTORIA//

PROVINCE OF THE NORTHWEST EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER//HOGBEN//

PROVINCE OF THE SOUTHWEST EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER//GEORGETOWN//

PROVINCE OF THE EAST EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER//PORTSMOUTH//

INFO: KING OIL COMPANY/OPERATIONS CENTER//PETROPORT//

SUBJ:  DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY

UNCLASS

1.  AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT WASTE WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE WINDS IN THE 20-30 KNOT RANGE ALONG WITH LOCALLY OCCURRING BLOWING DUST AND SAND IN THE AREA TO THE WEST OF THE TRANSNATIONAL HIGHWAY AND NORTH OF THE NORTHERN MASSIF.   LOW LEVEL FLIGHT INTHIS AREA MAY BE DANGEROUS AND SOME AIRFIELDS MAY BE UNUSABLE DUE TO VISIBILITY OR CROSSWIND LIMITATIONS.  CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO MODERATE IN LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS THE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST.

2.  CONDITIONS WILL BE GENERALLY CLEAR OVER THE REST OF THE REPUBLIC DURING THE DAY.  LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN AND THE PIEDMONT, BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE EXTREME. 

3.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS SO FAR THIS SUMMER ARE RUNNING 3 TO 5 CENTIMETERS BELOW NORMAL LOCALLY IN THE PIEDMONT AND THE GREAT FOREST.  THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING STRIKE CAUSED WILDLAND FIRE IS MODERATE.  THE GREAT FOREST IN PARTICULAR IS DRY AND THE WILDLAND FIRE HAZARD IN THE FOREST IS RATED ORANGE.

4.  TEMPERATURES IN THE GREAT WASTE CAN BE EXPECTED TO REACH A HIGH OF  35 DEGREES CELSIUS, IN THE NORTHERN MASSIF 24 DEGREES, IN THE PIEDMONT 30 DEGREES, AND ON THE COASTAL PLAIN 27 DEGREES.

5.  OFF SHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BETWEEN 3 AND 7 KNOTS WITH SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.

BARRETT SENDS