Lake County Transfer

Areas of Extreme Heat and Fire Weather in the Northwest U.S.; Heavy Rain in the West and South-central U.S.

Extreme heat will continue in the interior Northwest into midweek before finally waning. Hot temperatures, dry, gusty winds, and isolated dry thunderstorms will bring critical fire weather. Heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected across portions of the Great Basin, Rockies, and central/southern Plains. An atmospheric river will bring heavy rain and strong winds to southwest Alaska. Read More >

Why are NWS Sacramento and NWS Eureka Proposing to Change Public and Fire Weather Zones?

At the request of the Lake County Sheriff's office, Weather Forecast Office (WFO) Sacramento will transfer responsibility of the forecast service area for Lake County to WFO Eureka. This change will also necessitate reconfiguring nearby public and fire weather zones. Additionally, other fire weather zones are being adjusted along the WFO Eureka and WFO Sacramento border to reduce overlap in services and correct for typos in zone names.

If you would like to read more information about this change see the Service Change Notice.

Current Zones

Fire Weather Zones

Public Zones

WFO EKA Public Forecast Zones

New Zone Code	New Zone Name
CAZ114	Northern Lake County
CAZ115	Southern Lake County

WFO EKA Fire Weather Forecast Zones

Reconfigured Zone Code	Reconfigured Zone Name
CAZ211	Hoopa
CAZ264	Lake County Portion of Lake-Napa-Sonoma Unit
CAZ277	W Mendocino NF/E Mendocino Unit
CAZ283	Trinity

WFO STO Public Forecast Zones

Reconfigured Zone Code	Reconfigured Zone Name
CAZ063	Mountains Southwestern Shasta County to Western Colusa County

WFO STO Fire Weather Forecast Zones

Reconfigured Zone Code	Reconfigured Zone Name
CAZ263	Southeast Edge Shasta/Trinity NF And Western Portions of Tehama/Glenn RU
CAZ279	Eastern Mendocino NF