FNUS75 KVEF 090253
FWSVEF

SPOT FORECAST FOR NTS 2...IACC LAS VEGAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
753 PM PDT FRI JUL 8 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1936 PDT ON JULY 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL START TO PUSH THE MOISTURE
EAST OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. HUMIDITY RECOVER
TONIGHT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS GOOD AS THURSDAY NIGHT UNLESS A STORM
PRODUCES RAIN ON THE FIRE AREA. ON SATURDAY THE FIRE AREA WILL BE PRETTY
CLOSE TO THE BORDER BETWEEN THE DRY AND STABLE AIR WEST AND THE MOIST
AND UNSTABLE AIR EAST. A THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT TONIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY. HUMIDITY SATURDAY WILL PROBABLY BE A LITTLE LOWER THAN
TODAY BUT THEN IT LOOKS LIKE THE DRY AND STABLE AIR WILL PUSH INTO THE
FIRE AREA A LITTLE BETTER BY SUNDAY.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....62-70.
MAX HUMIDITY........51-56 PERCENT.
  20 FT-10 MIN AVG..SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH.
  10K FT WIND.......SOUTHWEST 12 TO 17 MPH DECREASING TO 7 TO 12
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....2 PERCENT.
LAL.................2 DECREASING TO 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING BELOW 2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 7 KNOTS IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
VENTILATION.........POOR.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
  20 FT-10 MIN AVG..UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING SOUTH
                    8 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
  10K FT WIND.......SOUTH 14 TO 19 MPH.
CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......13500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 10 KNOTS.
VENTILATION.........EXCELLENT.

$$
FORECASTER...HARRISON
REQUESTED BY...AMANDA ESSARY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110708.NTS2_.01/VEF