FNUS75 KREV 122244
FWSREV

SPOT FORECAST FOR COTTONWOOD...CNIDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
344 PM PDT SUN SEP 12 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1520 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN WILL
BRING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FIRE MONDAY AFTERNOON. THERE
IS LITTLE TO NO CHANCE OF HAVING A WETTING RAIN WITH THESE STORMS.
THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS IN THE
VICINITY OF ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP...OTHERWISE WINDS WILL BE
10 MPH OR LESS. THIS SHORTWAVE WILL ALSO BRING A FEW DEGREES OF COOLING
AND 2-5% HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES MONDAY.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51.
MAX HUMIDITY........35-38%.
WIND...20 FOOT......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-19%.
WIND...20 FOOT......UPSLOPE 3 TO 7 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING (AROUND A 10% CHANCE).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-43%.
WIND...20 FOOT......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-18%.
WIND...20 FOOT......UPSLOPE 3 TO 7 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

$$
FORECASTER...FISHLER
REQUESTED BY...KEVIN KENNEDY
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100912.COTTO.01/REV


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