URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 249 AM PDT TUE AUG 27 2013 ...SMOKE FROM THE RIM FIRE CONTINUES OVER ALPINE COUNTY AND FAR WESTERN NEVADA... .DENSE SMOKE HAS RETURNED TO ALPINE COUNTY...FAR NORTHERN MONO COUNTY AND DOUGLAS COUNTY. SMOKE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY POOR AIR QUALITY AND LOW VISIBILITY. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. SMOKE WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN 3 MILES WILL SPREAD INTO PORTIONS OF CARSON CITY AND LYON COUNTIES. SOME IMPROVEMENT IN VISIBILITY MAY OCCUR THIS MORNING...BUT INCREASED FIRE ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL SMOKE AND VERY POOR AIR QUALITY. CAZ072-073-NVZ002-003-280000- /O.CON.KREV.SM.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130828T0000Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GARDNERVILLE 249 AM PDT TUE AUG 27 2013 ...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: EASTERN ALPINE COUNTY INCLUDING MARKLEEVILLE... DOUGLAS COUNTY AND NORTHERN MONO COUNTY INCLUDING AREAS NEAR TOPAZ LAKE...WALKER AND COLEVILLE. * VISIBILITY: 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...WITH VISIBILITY BRIEFLY IMPROVING TO AS HIGH AS 3 MILES THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: DENSE SMOKE WILL RESULT IN VERY UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT THROUGH ALPINE COUNTY... INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 4...88...89 AND HIGHWAY 108 NEAR SONORA PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES VISIBILITIES...MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE AND BREATHE. THE SMOKE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM UNTIL THE FIRES ARE EXTINGUISHED...OR THERE IS A MORE FAVORABLE WEATHER PATTERN TO DISPERSE THE SMOKE. PERSONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE SMOKE AND STAY INDOORS. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO [Richard - 301]
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:51:09 +0000