The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a Fire Weather Watch for gusty winds and low humidity, which is in effect from Friday morning through Saturday evening. * Affected Area. Fire Weather Zone 270 Surprise Valley California, Fire Weather Zone 278 Eastern Lassen County and Fire Weather Zone 458 Northern Washoe County. * Winds. Southwest to west 15-25 mph with gusts to 35 mph. * Humidity. Minimum afternoon humidity 10-18% Friday and 7-14% Saturday. Limited humidity recovery to 30-50% Friday night. * Duration. 3 to 6 hours each afternoon Friday and Saturday. * Impacts. The combination of gusty winds and low humidity can cause fire to rapidly grow in size and intensity before first responders can contain them. These dry and windy conditions could also rekindle fires in areas which received lightning in recent days. * Additional Details. Dry conditions and shorter periods of gusty winds will also produce elevated to locally critical fire weather conditions each afternoon today and Thursday.
