* Affected Area…Fire Weather Zone 274 Southern Mono County,
Fire Weather Zone 278 Eastern Lassen County, Fire Weather Zone
420 Northern Sierra Front including Carson City, Douglas,
Storey, Southern Washoe, Western Lyon, and Far Southern Lassen
Counties, Fire Weather Zone 421 Southern Sierra Front
including Alpine, Northern Mono, Southern Lyon, and Western
Mineral Counties, Fire Weather Zone 423 West Humboldt Basin in
Pershing County, Fire Weather Zone 429 Lahontan Basin
including Churchill and Eastern Mineral Counties and Fire
Weather Zone 458 Northern Washoe County.
* Winds…Southwest to west 20-25 mph gusting to 40-45 mph. Wind
prone areas may reach 50-60 mph at times.
* Humidity…Minimum humidity of 5-15% in the afternoon. Overnight
recoveries improve to 50-80% Saturday morning outside of Mono
and Mineral counties.
* Duration…6 to 9 hours.
* 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.