[californiadisasters] Fire Weather Watch - Eastern CA (9/04/13-AM)

...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 CONDITIONS  ARE POSSIBLE. CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE RED  FLAG WARNINGS.    &&    $$    HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO

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