FNUS75 KLKN 212040
FWSLKN

SPOT FORECAST FOR PLEASANT VLY RX...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
140 PM PDT TUE SEP 21 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1325 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY IN EFFECT FROM
NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...AN APPROACHING PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO
CAUSE GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...THE LOCAL
TOPOGRAPHY APPEARS TO BE FUNNELING THE SOUTHERLY FLOW INTO AN
EASTERLY FLOW AT THE BURN SITE. THIS IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH
THE EVENING HOURS...THOUGH THE PREVAILING SOUTHERLY FLOW MAY BRIEFLY
OVERPOWER THE TOPOGRAPHY AT SOME POINT LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY
THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BECOME DOWNSLOPE LATER TONIGHT. WHILE THE
SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL PREVAIL AGAIN TOMORROW...IT APPEARS THAT THE
TOPOGRAPHY WILL AGAIN PREDOMINATE AND MOST WINDS AT THE BURN SITE
WILL BE EASTERLY ONCE AGAIN. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED AS THIS
SYSTEM PASSES...THOUGH A STRAY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM MAY DEVELOP
TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE BURN SITE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........36-39%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN
                    THE EVENING BECOMING DOWNSLOPE WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
                    WINDS MAY BRIEFLY SWITCH TO THE SOUTH AT SOME
                    POINT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY
                    EVENING.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-14%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING EAST 8 TO 16
                    MPH WITH GUSTS 2O T0 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...MARTIN
REQUESTED BY...CODY COOMBS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100921.PLEAS.02/LKN