LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Due to gusty winds and low humidity, the National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for Lake and other neighboring counties that’s in effect through Monday evening.
A red flag warning means that critical fire weather conditions – a combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures – are either occurring now or will shortly.
The red flag warning, which went into effect on Sunday evening, continues until 5 p.m. Monday. It is for areas above 1,500 feet in elevation across southern and eastern Lake County, mainly for north- and east-facing upper slopes and ridges to the southeast of Kelseyville and Lucerne.
The forecast calls for sustained northeast winds of 12 to 20 miles per hour continuing through midday Monday, then gradually diminishing Monday afternoon.
The National Weather Services said peak gusts of 25 to 35 miles per hour will be possible over exposed mountain ridges into early Monday morning. Winds will then gradually diminish late Monday morning and into the afternoon.
The specific Lake County forecast this week predicts lighter winds through midweek.
Temperatures are expected to hover in the high 80s through Wednesday, dropping into the low 80s through Friday before rising into the 90s over the Independence Day weekend.
Nighttime temperatures this week will follow a similar trend, starting out in the low 60s through Tuesday before dropping into the 50s through the weekend.
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Lake County under red flag warning through Monday evening
- Elizabeth Larson
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