FNUS75 KREV 200946
FWSREV

SPOT FORECAST FOR WASHOE FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
146 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

...STRONG WINDS AGAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH HIGHER HUMIDITY...
...HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE ROCK SLIDES AND FLASH FLOODING...

.DISCUSSION...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY FOR THE WASHOE FIRE.
WE HAD GOOD RECOVERY LAST NIGHT TO 70%. MIN HUMIDITY WILL BE MUCH
HIGHER TODAY...NEARLY 30% HIGHER THAT WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY. THERE
WILL BE A PERIOD OF VERY STRONG WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING AS  THE NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. WETTING RAINS
ARE EXPECTED ON THE BURN AREA TONIGHT, WITH A PERIOD OF HEAVY
RAINFALL LIKELY BETWEEN 1900 AND 0400. THERE MAY BE SOME LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES IN.


OUTLOOK FOR TODAY
   WEATHER............MOSTLY CLOUDY. LIGHT RAIN POSSIBLE BY
                      LATE AFTERNOON.
   TEMPERATURE........MAX 44-49.
   HUMIDITY...........MIN 40-45%.
   WIND...20 FOOT.....SOUTHWEST 10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
                      BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS 55
                      TO 65 MPH AFTER 1500.

FOR TONIGHT
   WEATHER............CLOUDY WITH HEAVY RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW.
                      SNOW LEVEL 7500 FEET LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS
                      BY SATURDAY MORNING.
   TEMPERATURE........MIN 32-37.
   HUMIDITY...........MAX 70%.
   WIND...20 FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 55
                      TO 65 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15
                      TO 20 GUSTS TO 35 MPH AFTER 2200.

FORECASTER...HOON

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REQUESTED BY...FUHRMAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE