7-Day Public Safety Power Shutoff Forecast
3/1: No Public Safety Power Shutoff
3/2: No Public Safety Power Shutoff
3/3: No Public Safety Power Shutoff
3/4: No Public Safety Power Shutoff
3/5: No Public Safety Power Shutoff
3/6: No Public Safety Power Shutoff
3/7: No Public Safety Power Shutoff
PG&E Weather Team Comments
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The information in this map is intended only to provide customers with a general estimate regarding potential locations that may be impacted by a PSPS event should one become necessary. Conditions affecting a possible PSPS event can change quickly and the actual impact of a future PSPS event is uncertain.
Saturday, March 1, 2025
NOTE: This forecast is based on weather conditions and fuel moisture content only. It does not include other criteria used to determine whether a PSPS may be necessary. This forecast only provides a broad overview for a potential PSPS event in the next 7 days. It is determined from an analysis of forecast weather, the potential for wind-related damage, and fuel moisture content in dead and live vegetation. It is not a fire danger forecast. The forecast is broken down by county. PSPS decisions are made at more granular levels. Only a portion of a county may experience a PSPS event. While a PSPS event may not be expected for an area, due to the interconnectivity of the grid any location within PG&E territory may be subject to PSPS event.
No Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events are planned for the next week. Low clouds and fog along the coast and throughout the Bay Area will gradually burn off through the morning hours just as mid and upper level cloud cover increases across the entire territory in response to an approaching storm system. The initial band of rain showers will arrive along the North Coast this afternoon and spread inland across the north and central territory during the overnight timeframe before shifting into the South tomorrow morning. Behind the front, scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected during the day and may continue across the South through Monday morning. Dry weather is forecast to briefly return late Monday through Tuesday morning before additional shower activity is possible along the North Coast on Tuesday afternoon. The wet and unsettled pattern will likely continue Wednesday and Thursday as another low pressure system rotates across the territory resulting in rain across the South and a chance of showers elsewhere.
Fuels: New growth of the annual grass crop is occurring for many areas in the central and northern part of the territory. However, live fuel moisture values will remain seasonably low as brush is in winter dormancy. Dead fuel moisture values are trending drier but remain wetter than normal across most of the territory. The latest 4 Month Seasonal Outlook from Northern Operations Predictive Services is forecasting normal fire activity from February through May. Southern Operations Predictive Services is forecasting above normal fire activity for the South Coast area, due to drier than normal fuels, with near normal fire activity elsewhere from February through May.
There are 4 of 788 circuits in High Fire Risk Areas (HFRA) that are EPSS-enabled today. The remaining 784 circuits in HFRA will have devices postured in normal settings due to low FPI ratings. Additionally, 0 EPSS Buffer-only circuits are enabled today.
PLEASE NOTE: This forecast is published daily by an operational meteorologist from PG&E's Meteorology and Analytics team. This forecast has been customized for PG&E utility operations. It should not be used for any other purpose or by any other entity.