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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Carson City (NVC510) Nevada Issued by the National Weather Service

 

Fire Weather Watch Fire Weather Watch - Carson City (Nevada)
Updated:Thu 02-Sep-10 01:00pm PDT
Effective:Thu 02-Sep-10 01:00pm PDT
Expires:Sat 04-Sep-10 09:00pm PDT
Severity:Moderate
Urgency:Future
Certainty:Possible
Status:Actual
Type:Alert
Category:Met
Areas affected: Alpine; Carson City; Carson City, Douglas, Storey, Southern Washoe, Eastern Lyon Counties; Douglas; El Dorado; Harney; Humboldt; Lake; Lassen; Lyon; Modoc; Mono; Northern Washoe County; Pershing; Sierra; Storey; Washoe
 
Instructions: A fire weather watch means that critical fire weather conditions are possible. Check weather.gov/reno for updates and possible red flag warnings.

Message: ...critical fire weather conditions possible saturday afternoon and evening...
.a trough of low pressure will will move inland into northern california saturday night. Ahead of this trough of low pressure surface winds will increase and become gusty from the southwest and west saturday afternoon and continue into early saturday evening. A very dry airmass ahead of the trough will push humidity values well below 15 percent saturday.
...fire weather watch in effect from saturday afternoon through saturday evening for gusty winds and low humidity for the sierra front in western nevada...eastern lassen county...the surprise valley and northern washoe county...
The national weather service in reno has issued a fire weather watch...which is in effect from saturday afternoon through saturday evening.
* affected area: fire zone 270 surprise valley california...
Fire zone 278 eastern lassen county...fire zone 450 western nevada sierra front...fire zone 458 northern washoe county.
* wind: increasing to southwest to west 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 35 mph.
* humidity: falling to 6 to 12 percent by saturday afternoon.
* impacts: the combination of gusty winds and low humidity will create critical fire weather conditions.

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Source: NWS Watches, Warnings or Advisories for zone NVC510



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