"Diablo winds whip California with gusts that parch the land and make it much easier for wildfires to start and spread rapidly."
"The winds are coming from the north, not the typical sea breeze from the water which would be cooler," said Roger Gass, a meteorologist with the San Francisco Bay Area office of the NWS.
"This may be the highest fire risk period of the year so far," Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California.
Officials are urging residents in the path of the winds to have an emergency plan in case a fire starts near them.
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