FNUS75 KREV 201423
FWSREV

SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH WASHOE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
623 AM PST WED JAN 20 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PST ON JANUARY 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THE STRONGEST IN A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS FOR THIS WEEK WILL REACH
THE BURN AREA TODAY AND THURSDAY...BRINGING HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES
ESPECIALLY EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE
THROUGH THURSDAY IN LESS SHELTERED AREAS...PRODUCING BLOWING SNOW AND
POOR VISIBILITY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    TEMPERATURE.........33 AT IGNITION...MAX 37.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........66% AT IGNITION...MIN 60%.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 12 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH INCREASING
                    TO SOUTH 16 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AFTER 1100.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8500-9000 FT MSL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH
                    AFTER 1200.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING. SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....24.
MAX HUMIDITY........100%.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 14 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH DECREASING
                    TO 8 TO 12 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........A CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING...SNOW IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....35.
MIN HUMIDITY........64%.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8500-9000 FT MSL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH BECOMING EAST 15 TO 20 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...MJD/MLF
REQUESTED BY...TIM BARTLETT
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100120.NORTH.01/REV


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