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Wildfire in East Bay Hills and the Diablo Range, California

Wildfire July 4, 2020 – July 5, 2020 · East Bay Hills and the Diablo Range, California

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Sheridan Fire broke out in dry brush in the hills of Alameda County. Breezy winds initially fueled the spread of the fire before it was contained https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2020/7/4/sheridan-fire/.

The wider storm

A ridge of high pressure over the desert southwest brought warm and dry conditions across the Central Coast and Bay Area around the Fourth of July. A handful of wildfires that broke out that weekend were aided by breezy onshore winds towards the end of the weekend and into the start of the following week. Some of the fires prompted the issuance of evacuations across the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 905852. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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