SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2013 San Diego County is expected to see higher temps as we get later into the week.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We\u2019re in the thick of summer in San Diego County.\u00a0With that heat, low humidity, and wind, it can create perfect conditions for fires.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the week progresses,\u00a0the weather is going to be hotter. So that also increases our fire danger throughout San Diego County,\u201d Capt. Mike Cornette from Cal Fire San Diego said.<\/p>\n
Cornette told ABC 10News that with the hottest weather set for Thursday, Cal Fire San Diego is staffed and ready to go with heightened fire conditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnywhere throughout the East County\u00a0where we’re experiencing the hot temperatures,\u00a0the dry brush.\u00a0We’re constantly monitoring throughout the county,\u201d Cornette said. \u201cRight now,\u00a0the fuel moistures are starting to decline.\u00a0We’re down near critical levels. Last year\u00a0was a little bit higher,\u00a0so this year we’re seeing drier conditions.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
There were some fires that occurred over the weekend on Monday. Cornette says this is around the time when fire conditions ramp up.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’re in a fire year.\u00a0It’s no longer fire season. But\u00a0here in San Diego County,\u00a0once we start getting into July,\u00a0August,\u00a0September,\u00a0and then we start peaking in October,\u00a0November,\u00a0when we get those Santa Ana winds,\u201d Cornette said.<\/p>\n
Best advice from Cornette and Cal Fire is to be prepared, not just this week, but all year round.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, we remind residents that we want them to stay ready,\u00a0maintain that defensive space,\u00a0harden their home,\u00a0and be ready to evacuate at a moment’s notice,\u201d Cornette said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2013 San Diego County is expected to see higher temps as we get later into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-388634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}