LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Windy conditions have led to the National Weather Service issuing a red flag warning through Thursday and a limited-scope public power safety shutoff in parts of Lake County.

The red flag warning remains in effect through 7 a.m. Thursday due to low humidity and northeast winds of up to 45 miles per hour with isolated gusts of up to 55 miles per hour along ridgetops and high terrain.

The National Weather Service said a red flag warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly due to a combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures that can contribute to extreme fire behavior.

Daytime temperatures are expected to be in the low 60s and in the 40s at night this week, with chances of rain in the forecast for the weekend.

Due to the red flag conditions, PG&E said it planned to conduct a public power safety shutoff to as many as 22,000 customers across 17 counties, including 1,168 Lake County customers, through Thursday morning.

In Lake County, those customers are primarily in more remote areas east of Clearlake Oaks as well as east of Lower Lake and near Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest.

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