FNUS75 KREV 261910
FWSREV

SPOT FORECAST FOR 3-9  RUSSEL...CAL FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1210 PM PDT MON JUL 26 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1145 PDT ON JULY 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
...SCATTERED MID LEVEL CLOUDS LATE THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO
ANOTHER ROUND OF HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. ANY
STORMS THAT FORM WILL BE MOVING FAST...ON THE ORDER OF 20 TO 30
MPH TO THE NE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH MODERATE RAIN AND HAIL. RED
FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 395 WHERE
STORMS WILL BE MORE PREVALENT. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA
TOMORROW...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS AND
GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-24%.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 3 TO 7 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 TO 11
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................4.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-74%.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20
                    MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........3.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-21%.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 3 TO 7 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3.

$$
FORECASTER...HOON/MYRICK
REQUESTED BY...ERIC SCOVEL
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100726.39RUS.01/REV


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