LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County is included in a portion of interior Northern California which the National Weather Service has placed under a red flag warning.
The warning, which took effect at 11 p.m. Friday, remains active until 6 p.m. Saturday.
The National Weather Service said that a red flag warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring or will occur shortly.
In this case, the agency is warning of a combination of mostly northerly winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures that can contribute to extreme fire behavior.
The winds are forecast to continue on Saturday before gradually decreasing Saturday night and into Sunday morning, the National Weather Service reported.
The areas of highest threat are the mid to upper slopes and ridges below 4,500 feet in Lake, Butte, Glenn, Shasta and Tehama counties, and the west side of the Sacramento Valley, according to the forecast.
In the specific Lake County forecast, daytime temperatures on Saturday are expected to be into the mid 90s, with winds of up to 5 miles per hour that are expected to calm in the evening.
Beyond the red flag warning, from Sunday through Wednesday daytime temperatures are expected to climb into the mid 90s in much of the county and the high 90s in the Middletown area, before dropping to the low 90s on Thursday and the high 80s on Friday, according to the forecast.
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Forecasters issue red flag warning through Saturday night
- Elizabeth Larson
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