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

15 Miles N 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: 86 °F
Sunny
Tonight
Low: 64 °F
Mostly Clear
Saturday
High: 82 °F
Sunny
Saturday Night
Low: 61 °F
Mostly Clear
and Breezy
Sunday
High: 77 °F
Sunny then
Sunny and
Breezy
Sunday Night
Low: 48 °F
Clear and
Very Windy
Monday
High: 70 °F
Sunny and
Windy then
Sunny
Monday Night
Low: 53 °F
Clear
Tuesday
High: 77 °F
Sunny

Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon

Sunny, with a high near 86. South southwest wind around 10 mph.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with a low around 64. South wind 5 to 8 mph becoming north in the evening.

Saturday

Sunny, with a high near 82. North wind 8 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon.

Saturday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 61. Breezy, with a north wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.

Sunday

Sunny, with a high near 77. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 11 to 16 mph becoming north northwest 24 to 29 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph.

Sunday Night

Clear, with a low around 48. Very windy.

Monday

Sunny, with a high near 70. Windy.

Monday Night

Clear, with a low around 53.

Tuesday

Sunny, with a high near 77.

Tuesday Night

Clear, with a low around 58.

Wednesday

Sunny, with a high near 83.