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

19 Miles SW Death Valley Junction CA

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

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High Wind Watch

This Afternoon
High: 82 °F
Sunny
Tonight
Low: 59 °F
Clear
Saturday
High: 76 °F
Sunny
Saturday Night
Low: 58 °F
Mostly Clear
Sunday
High: 74 °F
Sunny then
Sunny and
Breezy
Sunday Night
Low: 50 °F
Patchy
Blowing Dust
and Windy
Monday
High: 64 °F
Sunny and
Windy then
Sunny
Monday Night
Low: 49 °F
Clear
Tuesday
High: 72 °F
Sunny

Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon

Sunny, with a high near 82. South southwest wind 11 to 14 mph.

Tonight

Clear, with a low around 59. South southwest wind 7 to 15 mph becoming north northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.

Saturday

Sunny, with a high near 76. North wind around 8 mph becoming west in the afternoon.

Saturday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 58. North wind 8 to 10 mph.

Sunday

Sunny, with a high near 74. Breezy, with a northwest wind 8 to 13 mph becoming west northwest 19 to 29 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph.

Sunday Night

Patchy blowing dust. Mostly clear, with a low around 50. Windy.

Monday

Sunny, with a high near 64. Windy.

Monday Night

Clear, with a low around 49.

Tuesday

Sunny, with a high near 72.

Tuesday Night

Clear, with a low around 55.

Wednesday

Sunny, with a high near 77.