Moderate

* WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * WHERE...Mojave Desert Slopes. * WHEN...Until 8 AM PDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

At 733 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 19 miles southwest of Mammouth Mountain, or 20 miles southwest of Mammoth Lakes, moving northwest at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Clover Meadow Wilderness Office, Mount Tom, Minarets, and Graveyard Meadow.

Late Monday morning into early Monday evening, the combination of drying fine fuels, southwest wind gusts between 25 and 30 mph, and relative humidity values between 25 and 35 percent will contribute to an elevated risk of fire spread for the Lower Hudson Valley, New York City and northern and western portions of Long Island. This forecast considers meteorological, fuel, and land conditions and has been developed in coordination with state fire and land management officials.

The combination of drying fine fuels, southwest wind gusts between 25 and 30 mph, and relative humidity values between 25 and 35 percent will contribute to an elevated risk of fire spread for southern Connecticut Late Monday morning into early Monday evening. This forecast considers meteorological, fuel, and land conditions and has been developed in coordination with state fire and land management officials.

At 713 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles north of Camas Valley, or 17 miles west of Roseburg, moving southwest at 25 mph. HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Sitkum. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

At 624 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles east of Smith River, or 12 miles north of Jedediah Smith State Park, moving southwest at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 30 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Crescent City, Jedediah Smith State Park, Smith River and Fort Dick.

At 641 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Crescent City, moving southwest at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 30 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Crescent City, Jedediah Smith State Park, Jack McNamera Field, Bertsch-Oceanview, Crescent City North and Fort Dick. Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions.

At 617 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5 miles southeast of Maple Creek, or 14 miles southwest of Willow Creek, moving southwest at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 30 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Mainly rural areas of Central Humboldt County. Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening

At 751 PM CDT/651 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 20 miles south of Medicine Lake to 11 miles north of Hyannis to 6 miles south of Ashby. Movement was southeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...

At 526 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Spalding Pond Campground, or 13 miles north of Cave Junction, moving west at 20 mph. HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Briggs Creek Recreation Site and Spalding Pond Campground. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.