Fire Weather Concerns and Severe Thunderstorms through the Weekend

Dry and windy conditions, and some dry thunderstorms and lightning, may support hazardous fire activity in the northern Plains, high southern Plains and the Southwest this weekend. An active severe weather pattern is forecast for portions of the central and southern High Plains into the Upper Midwest through early the part of next week. Damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes are possible. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

High Wind Watch in effect from May 17, 11:00 AM PDT until May 18, 05:00 AM PDT

Current conditions at

VISITORS CENTER AT FURNACE CREEK DEATH VALLEY (DEVC1)

Lat: 36.46222°NLon: 116.86361°WElev: -193.0ft.

104°F

40°C

Humidity	10%
Wind Speed	S 3 MPH
Barometer	NA
Dewpoint	37°F (3°C)
Visibility	NA
Heat Index	99°F (37°C)
Last update	15 May 02:00 PM PDT

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Extended Forecast for

29 Miles SSW Furnace Creek CA

High Wind Watch May 17, 11:00am until May 18, 05:00am

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High Wind Watch

This Afternoon
High: 70 °F
Sunny
Tonight
Low: 51 °F
Clear
Saturday
High: 65 °F
Sunny
Saturday Night
Low: 49 °F
Mostly Clear
Sunday
High: 62 °F
Sunny then
Sunny and
Breezy
Sunday Night
Low: 40 °F
Mostly Clear
and Windy
Monday
High: 53 °F
Sunny and
Breezy then
Sunny
Monday Night
Low: 42 °F
Clear
Tuesday
High: 60 °F
Sunny

Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon

Sunny, with a high near 70. Southwest wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tonight

Clear, with a low around 51. Southwest wind 6 to 15 mph becoming north after midnight.

Saturday

Sunny, with a high near 65. North northwest wind 6 to 9 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon.

Saturday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 49. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph becoming north northwest after midnight.

Sunday

Sunny, with a high near 62. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 7 to 12 mph becoming west northwest 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 40. Windy.

Monday

Sunny, with a high near 53. Breezy.

Monday Night

Clear, with a low around 42.

Tuesday

Sunny, with a high near 60.

Tuesday Night

Clear, with a low around 47.

Wednesday

Sunny, with a high near 65.