More smoke and haze is forecast on Saturday and Sunday in Pahrump. “Smoke could be dense enough to bring limited visibility and degraded air quality,” Nye County states.Īccording to the National Weather Service in Las Vegas, widespread haze is forecast before 3 p.m., and pegged to pick up again after 5 p.m., on Friday.
The smoke, which has overrun northern and central Nevada is expected to last through the weekend. Nye County is warning of smoke and haze through the weekend in parts of Nye County due to wildfires in northern California and southwest Oregon.
Six crews were sent from several prisons and the Nevada Division of Forestry to fight the Thomas fire in Ventura, California. This photo, courtesy of the Nevada Divison of Forestry on Monday, shows flames from the Thomas fire shooting up.
