The Aug. 1, 2022, R-C Morning Report

Genoa, Nev. — A lightning strike hit near Freel Peak around 4 p.m. Sunday. Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch’s Wild Web indicates a smoke check near Burnside Lake at 4:15 p.m. We’ll just have to wait and see.

A vehicle fire shut down Spooner Junction for about an hour around 6 p.m. Saturday. From a photo I received from a reader, it looks like a silver sports car of some sort had smoke pouring out of the rear. There were no reports of injuries.

Deputies sorted out what sounded like a juvenile fight in the Gardnerville Ranchos around 5 p.m. Sunday. No one wanted to press charges, but there were at least three units working it during the evening.

The Airport Advisory Committee will discuss recommending its dissolution to commissioners at its 4 p.m. session today at the Minden-Tahoe Airport Civil Air Patrol building. To find out how to participate virtually, visit www.douglascountynv.gov and click agendas and minutes.

Discussion on the impact of a new driveway off Mottsville for a proposed home go before members of the Water Conveyance Advisory Committee 4 p.m. today. The proposed home is on a 25-acre parcel at 827 Cutter Way. The ditch committee meets in room 306 of the Minden Inn.

The string of 100-degree temperatures ended Friday, according to Minden-Tahoe Airport’s automated weather system which read a high of 97 on Saturday and a high of 95 on Sunday.

I heard a little thunder on Sunday evening and kept a weather eye out. It rained a smidge this morning in Genoa, but only enough to dampen the dust at the bottom of my gauge.  

Expect cloudy skies and a high temperature of 84. There’s a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11 a.m. with the 5-10 mph wind out of the west this afternoon. Expect stronger gusts near thunderstorms.

Kurt Hildebrand is editor of The Record-Courier. Reach him at khildebrand@recordcourier.com or 775-782-5122