"This could end up being the most significant wind event for this year so far," said meteorologist Brayden Murdock with the service's Bay Area office. "We want to tell people to be cautious."
During a diablo wind, the air is dry enough that relative humidity levels plunge, drying out vegetation and making it ready to burn.
The name - "diablo" is Spanish for "devil" - is informally applied to a hot wind that blows near the San Francisco region from the interior toward the coast.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said it was prepared to turn off power to a small number of customers in areas where strong gusts could damage electrical equipment and spark blazes.
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