LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The National Weather Service has issued a fire weather watch for Lake County and much of the rest of interior Northern California that will be in effect from 5 a.m. Wednesday through 4 p.m. Thursday.

The fire weather watch came as Pacific Gas and Electric said Monday it was looking at another public safety power shutoff on Wednesday and Thursday for Lake and 14 other counties, as Lake County News has reported.

A fire weather watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur, the National Weather Service said.

The forecast said a weather system digging into the Great Basin region will create gusty north to east winds over portions of interior Northern California Wednesday and Thursday.

Those winds, combined with low daytime humidity and low overnight humidity is expected to lead to critical fire weather conditions for the northern Coastal Range and foothills, the Sacramento Valley, portions of the northern San Joaquin Valley, and the Northern Sierra Nevada and foothills below 7000 feet.

In the fire watch area, the National Weather Service predicts north to northeast winds of 15 to 25 miles per hour with gusts of 30 to 40 miles per hour, with winds expected to be higher in canyons and exposed ridges.

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