Lake Tahoe Basin under Fire Weather Watch for Tuesday

Submitted by Editor on Mon, 08/20/2012 - 4:49am

A fire weather watch has been issued by the National Weather Service for Tuesday throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin and much of Northern California and Nevada.
An area of low pressure off the California Coast will move northeast across Oregon on Tuesday. Ahead of the system, gusty southwest winds will impact Northeast California and Western Nevada on Tuesday afternoon and evening. Gusty winds combined with low humidity may create critical fire weather conditions, according to the weather service.
Winds will be from the west to southwest, 10 to 20 mph with gusts 30 to 35 mph. Humidity in the Lake Tahoe Basin could run from 13 to 20 percent.

A fire weather watch means that critical fire weather conditions are possible.

Here is the 7-day forecast:
Today: Sunny, with a high near 82. North wind 5 to 15 mph becoming south in the morning.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 46. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 78. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 78. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 79.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 80.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 82.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 79.