... Fire Weather Watch in effect from noon Saturday through
Saturday evening...
The National Weather Service in Elko has issued a Fire Weather
Watch... which is in effect from noon Saturday through Saturday
evening for gusty winds and low relative humidity.
This Fire Weather Watch is for the following fire weather zones:
455 - White Pine County
457 - northern Nye County and south of Highway 50 in Lander and
Eureka counties
Southwest winds of 15 to 25 mph are expected Saturday afternoon
as a Pacific cold front approaches the area. Afternoon relative
humidity values are expected to be between 10 to 15 percent. In
addition... isolated dry thunderstorms are also forecast to develop
Saturday afternoon as some subtropical moisture pushes north into
central Nevada.
Widespread gusty winds... combined with isolated dry
thunderstorms and low relative humidities... may produce hazardous
fire weather conditions Saturday afternoon.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
red flag warnings.
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