EDIS - Red flag warning remains in effect from 1 pm to 11 pm pdt thursday... ... fire weather watch remains in effect from friday afternoon

EDIS - Red flag warning remains in effect from 1 pm to 11 pm pdt thursday... ... fire weather watch remains in effect from friday afternoon through friday evening... ... red flag warning will expire at 9 pm pdt this evening

GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OFF THE WEST COAST THROUGH FRIDAY. GUSTY WINDS AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS DID NOT DEVELOP IN THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
ALTHOUGH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WERE RECORDED ON SIERRA RIDGES. HUMIDITY HAD RISEN ABOVE 20 PERCENT AROUND LAKE TAHOE EARLY THIS EVENING AND THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT.
WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND SLIGHTLY STRONGER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE SOME THROUGH FRIDAY... ALTHOUGH LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR OR BELOW THE CRITICAL 20 PERCENT THRESHOLD DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

Instruction:
A MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

Area: GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-

Affected Counties: Modoc, Plumas, Mono, Lassen, El Dorado, Madera, Alpine, Sierra, Shasta, Tuolumne, Placer, Inyo, Fresno, Nevada

Sent: 2007-06-27T21:00:41-07:00