LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat watch for Lake County and much of the rest of California due to near-record temperatures expected to occur this weekend and into early next week.
The excessive heat watch is in effect from Saturday morning through Tuesday afternoon.
Temperatures during that time period are expected to reach between 100 and 110 degrees, the National Weather Service said.
The Lake County forecast anticipates temperatures of up to 105 degrees on Labor Day.
On Wednesday, during a virtual community meeting on the August Complex in the Mendocino National Forest, incident meteorologist Chuck Redmond explained that a high-pressure system moving over the western United States will cause temperatures to rise to as much as 110 degrees in lower elevations and up to 95 degrees in higher elevations.
He said that the system also will bring very dry conditions and very low humidity.
This week, in addition to high temperatures, air quality remains a concern due to smoke from the area’s wildland fires.
The Lake County Air Quality Management District has issued an air quality alert in effect through Thursday night due to conditions rated as "unhealthy for sensitive individuals" to "unhealthy."
Air quality conditions are expected to be potentially unhealthy until the region’s wildland fires are fully contained, officials reported.
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