FNUS75 KVEF 091322
FWSVEF

SPOT FORECAST FOR SPANISH TRAIL...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
620 AM PDT MON MAY 9 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0604 PDT ON MAY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...STRONG PACIFIC STORM TO MOVE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT
WHICH WILL BE THE DRIVING FEATURE IN TODAYS WEATHER. CLOUD BANDS
AROUND THE LOW AND INSTABILITY WILL PROVIDE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE DAY AND CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING.
OVERALL ANY RAINFALL SHOULD BE LIGHT. WINDS TO BE LIGHT
UPSLOPE/DOWNSLOPE BUT POSSIBLE GUSTS TO NEAR 20 MPH NEAR ANY SHOWERS.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-69.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
  20 FT-10 MIN AVG..WEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH.
  10K FT WIND.......WEST 8 TO 15 MPH.
CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....10 PERCENT.
LAL.................BECOMING 2 THIS AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......16000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 6 KNOTS SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    12 TO 16 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENTILATION.........EXCELLENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........42-47 PERCENT.
  20 FT-10 MIN AVG..NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH.
  10K FT WIND.......WEST 6 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 8 TO 13
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2 DECREASING TO 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 11 TO 18 KNOTS DECREASING TO AROUND 6
                    KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
VENTILATION.........EXCELLENT.

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FORECASTER...JENSEN
REQUESTED BY...HENRY RAMIREZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110509.SPANI.01/VEF