FNUS75 KLKN 092111 FWSLKN SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST MARYS...EIDC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 211 PM PDT THU AUG 9 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1030 PDT ON AUGUST 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY... .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE HAS SET UP OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION... STEERING MOISTURE INTO EASTERN NEVADA. THE INCIDENT WILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A MONSOON PATTERN THE NEXT TWO DAYS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE OVER NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY AND NEAR THE INCIDENT FORECAST FOR TOMORROW...MICRO-BURSTS POSSIBLE. MANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY WILL BE DRY OR PRODUCE VERY LITTLE PRECIPITATION. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-90. MIN HUMIDITY........10-20 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......16000-17000 FT MSL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 11 MPH. LAL.................2. HAINES INDEX........6. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-56. MAX HUMIDITY........55-65 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH. LAL.................2. HAINES INDEX........6 UNTIL LATE EVENING BECOMING 5 AFTER 10 PM PDT. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MIX OF DRY AND WET THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-95. MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......16900-17900 FT MSL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 17 TO 27 MPH. LAL.................6. HAINES INDEX........4 IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING 5 BY NOON PDT. $$ FORECASTER...PAM SZATANEK REQUESTED BY...IC - FRUGOLI TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120809.WESTM.01/LKN