LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — With winds expected to pick up on Saturday and Sunday, the National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for Lake County.
The warning will be in effect from 11 p.m. Saturday through 5 a.m. Monday in areas below the 2,000 foot elevation mark.
At the same time, the National Weather Service said a previously issued fire weather watch is no longer in effect.
The National Weather Service said 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 can contribute to extreme fire behavior, the agency said.
Forecasters said a persistent dry air mass will keep low relative humidity values across Lake County, with strong, gusty west-northwest winds from 30 to 40 miles per hour developing on Sunday.
“This will yield a critical fire weather threat Sunday morning into Monday, particularly for the
south and east side of Lake County,” the forecast said.
Minimum relative humidity values are forecast to be in the mid 10 to around 20 percent on Sunday and Monday. Poor relative humidity recoveries in the 30 to 45 percent range overnight, the National Weather Service said.
Temperatures will be warm but not overly hot for the weekend and first half of the new week, ranging up to the low 90s during the day and high 40s at night.
Later in the week, conditions will get hotter, with temperatures rising to near the century mark during the day. Nighttime conditions see temperatures in the high 50s.
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Red flag warning set to begin Saturday night
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