FNUS75 KREV 312050
FWSREV

SPOT FORECAST FOR CENTERVILLE...SIERRA FRONT DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
150 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1334 PDT ON JULY 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MOIST AND WARM AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH
SATURDAY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. LOW PRESSURE IN THE PACIFIC
APPROACHES LATE THIS WEEKEND WITH A DRYING TREND...DECREASING
THUNDERSTORMS...AND INCREASING WINDS FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

NOTE:  THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
NOTE:  PLEASE SEE OPERATING PLAN FOR DETAILED ZONE DESCRIPTIONS
       HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/FIREWX/?WFO=REV

.THIS AFTERNOON.....MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
                    THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOSTLY EAST OF FIRE
                    THROUGH 1500 BUT NEW STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG SIERRA
                    CREST WILL MOVE INTO THE FIRE AREA FROM THE SOUTH
                    BETWEEN 1500-1800.
MIN HUMIDITY........20%
WIND...20 FOOT......SOUTHEAST/UPSLOPE WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTS
                    TO 20 MPH LIKELY AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE
                    NEAR STORMS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING CLEAR. ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING
                    MAINLY TO EAST OF FIRE AREA.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-45%.
WIND...20 FOOT......SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15
                    MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2-6 MPH AFTER 2200.
                    WINDS ERRATIC VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    BEFORE 2000.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-22%.
WIND...20 FOOT......UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH
                    BY LATE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

$$
FORECASTER...HOHMANN
REQUESTED BY...INCIDENT COMMAND
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090731.CENTE.02/REV


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