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SPOT FORECAST FOR EUREKA FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1121 AM PDT FRI APR 17 2009

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SPOT FORECAST FOR EUREKA FLOOD WATCH...NDF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
833 AM PDT FRI APR 17 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0746 PDT ON APRIL 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY...

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER CENTRAL NEVADA OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS. DAYS WILL BE SUNNY. SNOW COVER WILL RETARD
AFTERNOON WARMING...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL STILL WARM SEVERAL
DEGREES EACH DAY. AFTERNOON HIGHS TODAY WILL BE AROUND 40...
APPROACHING 50 ON SATURDAY...THE UPPER 50S ON SUNDAY...THE MID 60S
ON MONDAY...AND 70 ON TUESDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL CONTINUE ON THE
CHILLY SIDE. WITH THE WARMING...SNOWMELT INTO AREA STREAM WILL
INCREASE EACH DAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO INCREASING AFTERNOON AND
EVENING PEAK FLOWS. STREAMS MAY REACH OR EXCEED BANKFULL IN SOME
AREAS
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALIZED NUISANCE FLOODING IN LOW LYING
AREAS...AND ON LOW SECTIONS OF AREA ROADWAYS...WILL BE POSSIBLE.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....40-44.
MIN HUMIDITY........38-42%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE BECOMING NORTH 8 TO 12 MPH MIDDAY.
                    GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....12-15.
MAX HUMIDITY........87-90%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....46-50.
MIN HUMIDITY........36-40%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING NORTH
                    5 TO 10 MPH MIDDAY. GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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REQUESTED BY...SAM HICKS
REASON FOR REQUEST...ESSENTIAL TO PUBLIC SAFETY, E.G. DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF
POPULATION CENTERS OR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.