Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County

Fire Weather Watch
Statement as of 8:22 PM PDT on May 22, 2012

... Fire Weather Watch remains in effect from Thursday afternoon
through Thursday evening for gusty winds and low relative
humidity for fire weather zone 457...
... Red flag warning for this evening is cancelled for gusty winds
and low relative humidity for fire weather zone 457...

The National Weather Service in Elko has cancelled the red flag
warning for fire weather zone 457 for this evening.

* Winds... northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

* Relative humidity... as low as 8 percent.

* Impacts... the combination of strong winds and low relative
humidity will result in conditions which are ideal for
explosive fire growth.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
red flag warnings.







Record Report
Statement as of 3:35 am PDT on May 22, 2012


... Multiple record high temperatures were set at across northern
Nevada Monday...

Location new record old record/date

Ely Airport 86 82/1979
Eureka Airport 88 84/1967
Tonopah 90 89/1967




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