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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHOKECHERRY MTN PILE BURN...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
657 AM PST TUE MAR 1 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PST ON MARCH 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE BURN SITE TODAY AND
TONIGHT. HOWEVER THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN
SIERRA LATE TONIGHT AND THEN CROSS OVER CENTRAL NEVADA ON WEDNESDAY.
THE MAIN ACTIVITY FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL BE TO THE NORTH OF THE BURN
SITE ON WEDNESDAY BUT AN INCREASE IN WINDS WILL BE SEEN WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS WILL ALSO BE SEEN OVER
THE BURN SITE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

ANOTHER STORM WILL BE CROSSING OVER THE AREA ON THURSDAY RESULTING
IN A BETTER CHANCE FOR LIGHT SHOWERS.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....41-46.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
  20 FT-10 MIN AVG..UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING SOUTH
                    AROUND 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....28-33.
MAX HUMIDITY........48-53 PERCENT.
  20 FT-10 MIN AVG..SOUTH WINDS AROUND 9 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....44-49.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
  20 FT-10 MIN AVG..SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JENSEN
REQUESTED BY...ERIC NOLAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110301.CHOKE.01/VEF