FNUS75 KREV 270857
FWSREV

SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCK CREEK...CNIDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
157 AM PDT TUE JUL 27 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0115 PDT ON JULY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRIER AIR MOVING INTO THE GRANITE RANGE TODAY WILL
LIMIT THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES FOR MOST OF THIS AFTERNOON. THE JET
STREAM WILL MOVE OVER THE FIRE BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS
EVENING. THIS COULD BRING HIGH BASED DRY THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTHERN
WASHOE COUNTY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-21%.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 3-6 MPH THROUGH 1200..BECOMING SOUTH
                    6-12 MPH BY 2 PM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......17000 FT MSL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10-15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. 20% CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-45%.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. ERRATIC
                    WINDS UP TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    15% CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18%.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH BECOMING WEST 6-12 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......17500 FT MSL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20-25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BRONG
REQUESTED BY...ALLISON BECK
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100727.ROCKC.01/REV

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