NWS Forecast Office Elko, NV

A Fire Weather Watch is in effect for Northern Nevada from 2 PM PDT Friday afternoon until 11 PM PDT Friday evening due to isolated to scattered dry thunderstorms and erratic wind gusts. "Dry thunderstorms" are thunderstorms that produce little or no rainfall at the surface. In combination with arid fuels (i.e. vegetation), dry thunderstorms can ignite wildfires with lightning, but will not produce much rain to put the wildfires out.

Isolated to scattered dry thunderstorms are expected in most of Northern and Central Nevada from 2 PM PDT Friday afternoon until 11 PM PDT Friday evening. A few of these thunderstorms could be strong. The primary thunderstorm hazards will be wind gusts near 50 mph and dangerous cloud to ground lightning strikes.