Forecast for Southwest and South Central Elko County
Updated: 2:14 PM PDT on July 20, 2008
Tonight
Mostly cloudy. Scattered rain showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then isolated rain showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds in the evening. Lows 59 to 69. South winds 10 to 15 mph in the evening becoming light.
Monday
Mostly cloudy. Isolated rain showers and thunderstorms in the morning...then scattered rain showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 83 to 90. South winds around 10 mph.
Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Scattered rain showers and thunderstorms in the evening... then isolated rain showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows 56 to 65. South winds up to 10 mph.
Tuesday
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers and thunderstorms. Highs 85 to 92. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly clear. Slight chance of rain showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 50 to 59. Northwest winds around 10 mph.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 86 to 93.
... Red flag warning remains in effect until 9 PM PDT this evening...
A red flag warning remains in effect until 9 PM PDT this evening.
452 - Elko County and north of i80 in Lander and Eureka counties
454 - Lander and Eureka counties between i80 and Highway 50
The National Weather Service in Elko has issued a red flag warning... which is in effect from 2 PM this afternoon to 9 PM PDT this evening due to the threat of scattered dry thunderstorms.
Thunderstorms are expected to form this afternoon and evening as unstable conditions combine with monsoon moisture that is moving in from the south. The area of concern will be along the leading or northern edge of this monsoon moisture across Elko County this afternoon.
A red flag warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now... or will shortly. A combination of strong winds... low relative humidity... and warm temperatures will create explosive fire growth potential.
