FNUS75 KREV 241421
FWSREV

SPOT FORECAST FOR BURKE HANDTHINNING 5B...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
720 AM PDT WED MAR 24 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MARCH 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST WEDNESDAY AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
MOVES INTO THE WEST COAST. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE...WITH A FEW SNOW
SHOWERS POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR
THURSDAY ALONG WITH CONTINUED BREEZY CONDITIONS. WARMING AND DRYING WILL
RETURN BY SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE REDEVELOPS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING AND THICKENING HIGH CLOUDS.
                    TEMPERATURE.........39-41...MAX 47-50.
                    HUMIDITY........39-42%...MIN 31-34%.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 2 TO 4 MPH BECOMING 6 TO 10 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH AFTER 1400.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT MSL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH AFTER 1300.

.TONIGHT...

MAX HUMIDITY........74-78%.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MLF/SS
REQUESTED BY...JIM DICKINSON
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100324.BURKE.01/REV


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