LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — September is forecast to get off to a very hot start, with the National Weather Service issuing an excessive heat watch for Lake County that will be in effect over the weekend and into early next week.
The National Weather Service’s long-range forecast said an “expansive area of anomalous heat will become centered over the Central Valley of California by Saturday afternoon, with peripheral areas such as Trinity, Lake, and eastern Mendocino Counties experiencing hot temperatures as well.”
The heat watch for Lake County warns of “dangerously hot conditions” from Saturday afternoon through Tuesday evening, with temperatures as high as 110 degrees expected.
While Lake County will be hot, much of the rest of Northern California, particularly the Sacramento Valley, could see temperatures as high as 114 degrees, the National Weather Service reported.
Around Lake County, Sunday and Monday are forecast to be the hottest days, with temperatures supposed to top out at around 109 degrees in Middletown those days. Other areas of Lake County will hover close to 105 degrees during that time frame.
Nighttime conditions through Tuesday are expected to drop into the low 60s.
The hot, dry temperatures will be accompanied by low relative humidity. Those conditions, coupled with the potential for winds, also are raising concerns for fire weather conditions during that time, the forecast said.
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