FNUS75 KVEF 271705 FWSVEF SPOT FORECAST FOR NIXON FLATS...CCIFC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1005 AM PDT WED JUL 27 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0952 ON JULY 27. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR HAS WORKED INTO THE AREA OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS...RESULTING IN MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS TODAY AND ANY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES BEING EAST OF THE SITE TODAY. THURSDAY WILL LIKELY BE ANOTHER DOWN DAY...BEFORE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY BEGINS TO INCREASE ONCE AGAIN FRIDAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND ACROSS THE REGION AS THE MID LEVEL FLOW TURNS TO THE SOUTHEAST. WEAK UPSLOPE WINDS WILL TRANSITION TO THE SOUTH/SOUTHWEST BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS ALOFT MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85. MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT. 20 FT-10 MIN AVG..SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH. 10K FT WIND.......SOUTHWEST 4 TO 10 MPH. CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-64. MAX HUMIDITY........58-63 PERCENT. 20 FT-10 MIN AVG..SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH. 10K FT WIND.......SOUTHWEST 4 TO 11 MPH. CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90. MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT. 20 FT-10 MIN AVG..UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. 10K FT WIND.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE. CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. $$ FORECASTER...KENNEDY REQUESTED BY...CCIFC TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110727.NIXON.01/VEF