RED FLAG WARNING - FIRE WEATHER WATCH - GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA - MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...POTENTIAL WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE CONDUCIVE TO RAPID FIRE GROWTH

WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
THE STRONGEST WINDS THIS WEEK ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA AND MONO COUNTY CALIFORNIA.

WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH ARE FORECAST TO COMBINE WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITY OF 5 TO 10 PERCENT.

WITH FUELS RAPIDLY DRYING ACROSS THIS AREA BELOW 7000 FEET...POTENTIAL WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE CONDUCIVE TO RAPID FIRE GROWTH.

Instruction:
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

Area: MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES-WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE-

Affected Counties or parts of: Modoc, Plumas, Placer, Mono, Lassen, El Dorado, Nevada, Sierra, Alpine

FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING Actual/Future/Severe/Possible WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA-EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY- Sent at 10:44 PDT on 2009-07-05

FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING Actual/Future/Severe/Possible GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- Sent at 10:44 PDT on 2009-07-05

FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING Actual/Future/Severe/Possible MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES-WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE- Sent at 10:44 PDT on 2009-07-05