FNUS75 KLKN 201608
FWSLKN

SPOT FORECAST FOR RED HILLS RX...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
908 AM PDT WED MAY 20 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PDT ON MAY 20.

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...CONDITIONS WILL BE MAINLY DRY TODAY WITH MOST OF THE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTH OF CENTRAL EUREKA
COUNTY. HOWEVER...CAN NOT RULE OUT A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING
NORTH OF EUREKA...WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS POSSIBLE IN THE BURN
AREA THIS AFTERNOON. MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD BACK INTO THE
REGION ON THURSDAY...BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE
WEEKEND AS WELL WITH INCREASING HUMIDITY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......15500 FEET MSL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-60%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/
                    DOWNVALLEY 3 TO 6 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......17000 FEET MSL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........5.

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FORECASTER...TRUDEL
REQUESTED BY...JOHN JENSEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090520.REDHI.01/LKN