FNUS75 KVEF 231702 FWSVEF SPOT FORECAST FOR FORKS...SOCALIMTEAM 2 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1002 AM PDT THU JUL 23 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0925 PDT ON JULY 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS...A FAIRLY MOIST SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL BE OVER THE FIRE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS TIME. A SOMEWHAT DRIER WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY OR MONDAY RESULTING IN A LOWER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58. MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT. 20 FT-10 MIN AVG..SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 10K FT WIND.......SOUTH 6 TO 12 MPH. CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....20 PERCENT. LAL.................4 DECREASING TO 2 AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-88. MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT. 20 FT-10 MIN AVG..WEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. 10K FT WIND.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....20 PERCENT. LAL.................4. .FRIDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60. MAX HUMIDITY........52-58 PERCENT. 20 FT-10 MIN AVG..SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 10K FT WIND.......SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....20 PERCENT. LAL.................4 DECREASING TO 2 AFTER MIDNIGHT. .OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S. LOWS 55 TO 60. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY 15 TO 20 PERCENT. MAXIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY 50 TO 55 PERCENT. WINDS MAINLY UPSLOPE 5 TO 10 MPH DURING THE DAYS AND FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH AT NIGHT. $$ FORECASTER...HARRISON REQUESTED BY...FBAN TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090723.FORKS.01/VEF