FNUS75 KREV 301229
FWSREV

SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH WASHOE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
529 AM PDT TUE MAR 30 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON MARCH 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND JET STREAM WILL COME TOGETHER OVER THE
REGION TODAY PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND PERIODS OF RAIN AND SNOW. SNOW
AND RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE BURN AREA THIS MORNING...THEN CHANGE TO
ALL SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE
NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL
PUSH EAST OF AREA LATE WEDNESDAY. A WARM UP WILL BEGIN SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.
ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING LATE IN
                    THE MORNING...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW SHOWER AFTER
                    1500.
                    TEMPERATURE.........38-40...MAX 42-44.
                    HUMIDITY........69-73%...MIN 52-55%.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS UP
                    TO 50 MPH DECREASING TO 40 MPH AFTER 1500.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT MSL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 45 TO 60 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MLF
REQUESTED BY...JED RUDELBACH
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100330.NORTH.01/REV


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