Overview

• The National Weather Service has added a ‘Particularly Dangerous Situation’ warning to flag the most extreme red flag fire conditions in Sonoma County.
• Fuel loads have spiked early, with heavy winter rains followed by a dry spring pushing local fire risk roughly four weeks ahead of the usual schedule.
• Cal Fire is staging dozens of engines, at least five bulldozers and tapping a fleet of 85 aircraft statewide as its Sonoma-Lake-Napa unit readies full staffing by mid-June.
• Local agencies have expanded public safety outreach and preparedness training, urging residents to sign up for emergency alerts, clear defensible space and review evacuation plans.
• Forecasts call for hotter, drier weather with reduced coastal fog from June through August, heightening the threat of flash droughts and rapid fire spread.