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SPOT FORECAST FOR HOT SPRINGS...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
629 PM PDT SUN OCT 2 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1815 PDT ON OCTOBER 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. WHILE
MONDAY WILL START OUT FAIRLY QUIET...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BUILD DURING
THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH
EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. WHILE HUMIDITY WILL BE JUST ABOVE RED
FLAG CRITERIA...THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY PROMOTE RAPID
FIRE GROWTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CAUSE
NEW FIRE STARTS...THOUGH STORMS WILL PROBABLY TREND MORE WET THAN
DRY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-45%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND
                    20 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/
                    DOWN-VALLEY 3 TO 6 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-17%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UP-VALLEY WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 9 TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS
                    UP TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......14000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MARTIN
REQUESTED BY...WALKER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20111002.HOTSP.01/LKN