FNUS75 KVEF 240257
FWSVEF

SPOT FORECAST FOR SANDY...LVICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
757 PM PDT THU JUL 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1942 PDT ON JULY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THERE IS ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS AT THE FIRE SITE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. AN OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY MOVING IN FROM ARIZONA COULD BRING A BRIEF PERIOD OF GUSTY
EAST WINDS TO THE FIRE SITE LATE THIS EVENING. SCATTERED STORMS ARE
EXPECTED AGAIN FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH LATE
AFTERNOON. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS
WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
  20 FT-10 MIN AVG..SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4 TO 9 MPH.
  10K FT WIND.......SOUTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 9 KNOTS IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

.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.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........36-41 PERCENT.
  20 FT-10 MIN AVG..SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.
  10K FT WIND.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO 9
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....34 PERCENT.
LAL.................4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 10 KNOTS.

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FORECASTER...MORGAN
REQUESTED BY...THOMPSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090723.SANDY.01/VEF