FNUS75 KVEF 181945 FWSVEF SPOT FORECAST FOR MUSTANG...CCIFC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1240 PM PDT WED AUG 18 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1219 ON AUGUST 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON...DECREASING OVERNIGHT WITH ISOLATED ACTIVITY CONTINUING MAINLY EAST OF THE BURN SITE. DRIER AIR TO MOVE OVER THE SITE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SITE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. FURTHER DRYING ON FRIDAY. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91. MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. 10000 FT MSL WINDS..SOUTH 6 TO 11 MPH. CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....40 PERCENT. LAL.................3. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT MAINLY EAST OF THE BURN SITE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....65-70. MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS. 10000 FT MSL WINDS..SOUTHWEST 12 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 19 TO 24 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....30 PERCENT. LAL.................3 DECREASING TO 2 AFTER MIDNIGHT. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. HOWEVER ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EAST OF THE BURN SITE. MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-94. MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. 10000 FT MSL WINDS..SOUTHWEST 21 TO 28 MPH. CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. $$ FORECASTER...JENSEN REQUESTED BY...MUSTANG LOOKOUT TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100818.MUSTA.01/VEF