FNUS75 KVEF 240009
FWSVEF

SPOT FORECAST FOR FORKS...SOCALIMT2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
509 PM PDT THU JUL 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1637 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.


.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING. PARTLY SUNNY WITH
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
  20 FT-10 MIN AVG..UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4 TO 9 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    6 TO 12 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.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
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
                    NORTHWEST.
CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....20 PERCENT.
LAL.................4 DECREASING TO 2 AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING. PARTLY SUNNY WITH
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
  20 FT-10 MIN AVG..UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4 TO 9 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    6 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
  10K FT WIND.......SOUTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH.
CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....0 PERCENT.
LAL.................4.
HAINES INDEX........5.

.OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S.
LOWS 55 TO 60. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY 13 TO 18 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.


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FORECASTER...HARRISON
REQUESTED BY...FBAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090723.FORKS.02/VEF