Posted on the Nevada County Office of Emergency Services facebook page... September 4, 2013 Fire Weather Watch on Thursday for areas to include Fire Weather Zone 272 which is located just east of Truckee. A good reminder that the though some areas received a good amount of rain on Monday, it was not enought to change the very dry conditions. URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 620 AM PDT WED SEP 4 2013 ...STRONG WINDS WITH LOW HUMIDITY POSSIBLE SOUTH OF I-80 THURSDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OFF THE OREGON COAST WILL MOVE INLAND THURSDAY. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA THURSDAY. WITH A DRY SLOT MOVING IN...HUMIDITY WILL ALSO DROP NEAR CRITICAL THRESHOLDS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE BIGGEST THREAT IS NEAR AND SOUTH OF I-80. FURTHER NORTH, RECENT RAINS HAVE MITIGATED THE LARGE FIRE THREAT BASED ON THE LATEST REPORTS. CAZ272-273-NVZ450-453-459-050130- /O.NEW.KREV.FW.A.0009.130905T1800Z-130906T0600Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES- WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE- MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- 620 AM PDT WED SEP 4 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR EAST CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 272 GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA...FIRE ZONE 273 MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES...FIRE ZONE 450 WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT...FIRE ZONE 453 WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE AND FIRE ZONE 459 MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 18 PERCENT EXCEPT 16 TO 24 PERCENT IN THE TAHOE BASIN. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONSARE POSSIBLE. CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 15:41:00 +0000
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