FNUS75 KREV 301401
FWSREV

SPOT FORECAST FOR NARROWS...SIERRA FRONT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
701 AM PDT SAT JUL 30 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0639 PDT ON JULY 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MONSOON MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE OVER THE FIRE AREA TODAY
WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. MOST OF
THE STORMS WILL BE WET...BUT WILL ALSO CONTAIN GUSTY ERRATIC
WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN SUNDAY WITH GUSTY ERRATIC
WINDS. WIND GUSTS COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 50 MPH EACH DAY IN THE
THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS WILL BE MAINLY WET SUNDAY AS WELL.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AFTER 1500.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-15%.
WIND...20 FOOT......UPSLOPE WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH THIS MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH AFTER 1000...THEN SHIFTING
                    TO SOUTH 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH AFTER
                    1500. RIDGE TOP WINDS SOUTH 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    UP TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1500.
MIXING HEIGHT.......15800-16300 FT MSL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH
                    AFTER 1400.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....67-70.
MAX HUMIDITY........43-47% EXCEPT 20-30% NEAR THE RIDGE TOP.
WIND...20 FOOT......SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN
                    THE EVENING BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 3 TO 6 MPH AFTER 2200.
                    RIDGE TOP WINDS SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
                    18 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-19%.
WIND...20 FOOT......UPSLOPE WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10
                    MPH AFTER 1000 THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 8 TO
                    12 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH AFTER 1400. RIDGE TOP
                    WINDS SOUTH 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400.
MIXING HEIGHT.......14200-14700 FT MSL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...FAUCETTE
REQUESTED BY...SFIDC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110730.NARRO.01/REV


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