[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Fire Weather Watch - Mono Co.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 273 MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES AND FIRE ZONE 453 WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE.  * WINDS... SOUTHWEST TO WEST INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. LOCALIZED HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN MONO COUNTY. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO 5 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... &&

Instruction:
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE POSSIBLE. CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO 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

Sent: 2011-07-17T13:40:29-07:00

Original Sender: KREV@nwws.oes.ca.gov

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

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