FNUS75 KVEF 111911 FWSVEF SPOT FORECAST FOR MIDDLE FORK RX...CCIFC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1208 PM PDT FRI SEP 11 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1215 ON SEPTEMBER 11. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...LINGERING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ACROSS THE AREA WILL ALLOW FOR A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BE AROUND THIS EVENING AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO APPROACH CALIFORNIA ON SUNDAY AND BRING INCREASING GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL AS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. MOSTLY CLEAR LATE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-53. MAX HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT. 20 FT-10 MIN AVG..NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4 TO 9 MPH. 10K FT WIND.......NORTHEAST 6 TO 11 MPH. CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....10 PERCENT. LAL.................2 DECREASING TO 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85. MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT. 20 FT-10 MIN AVG..UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4 TO 9 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. 10K FT WIND.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE BECOMING WEST 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....10 PERCENT. LAL.................4. MIXING HEIGHT.......15000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE BECOMING WEST 9 TO 14 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...STACHELSKI REQUESTED BY...BOWES TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090911.MIDDL.01/VEF