RED FLAG ALERT- Fire weather watch in effect from wednesday afternoon through wednesday evening

Monday, June 25, 2007

RED FLAG ALERT- Fire weather watch in effect from wednesday afternoon through wednesday evening

Fire weather watch
in effect from wednesday afternoon through wednesday evening:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BECOME STATIONARY OFF THE WEST COAST AND BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE SIERRA...EASTERN CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA WEDNESDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH. IN ADDITION...

VERY DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT IN WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA AND BETWEEN 10 TO 20 PERCENT IN THE TAHOE BASIN. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND SLIGHTLY STRONGER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO THE ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL FIRE WEATHER WATCHES AND RED FLAG WARNINGS.

Instruction:
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR UPDATED FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE UPGRADES OF FIRE WEATHER WATCHES TO RED FLAG WARNINGS.

Area: GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY-WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-

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

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Monday, June 25, 2007