FNUS75 KLKN 100018 FWSLKN SPOT FORECAST FOR VIRGIN CREEK...BLM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 518 PM PDT MON AUG 9 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1658 PDT ON AUGUST 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...DRIER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST WILL END THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS EVENING WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ON TUESDAY. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53. MAX HUMIDITY........43-47%. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 17 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 3 TO 5 MPH AFTER DARK. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-86. MIN HUMIDITY........10-13%. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......17000 FT MSL TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 TO 26 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...COLLINS REQUESTED BY...MIKE WHALEN TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100809.VIRGI.01/LKN