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Fire Weather Watch issued June 11 at 11:20AM PDT until June 14 at 11:00PM PDT by NWS Reno NV

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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.

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