FNUS75 KVEF 201441
FWSVEF

SPOT FORECAST FOR UPPER SPRINGS...NV-ELD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
741 AM PDT MON JUL 20 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0718 PDT ON JULY 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL RECENTER OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY
...WHICH WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT THE STEERING FLOW FOR THUNDERSTORMS
FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHWEST OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY.
OUTSIDE OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS...WINDS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT...
SO AN UPSLOPE DIRECTION WILL BE THE RULE ALL DAY. TUESDAY...VERY LITTLE
IS EXPECTED FROM TODAYS WEATHER...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY
DURING THE AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
                    MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
  20 FT-10 MIN AVG..SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
  10K FT WIND.......WEST 8 TO 16 MPH.
CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....20 PERCENT.
LAL.................3 THEN INCREASING TO 4 IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 KNOTS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 6
                    TO 8 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
  20 FT-10 MIN AVG..SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4 TO 9 MPH.
  10K FT WIND.......NORTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH.
CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....15 PERCENT.
LAL.................3 DECREASING TO 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
  20 FT-10 MIN AVG..UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4 TO 9 MPH.
  10K FT WIND.......NORTH 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT
                    AND VARIABLE.
CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....15 PERCENT.
LAL.................4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......14500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

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FORECASTER...KENNEDY
REQUESTED BY...WASHBURN IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090720.UPPER.01/VEF