FNUS75 KLKN 092103
FWSLKN

SPOT FORECAST FOR WILLOW...EIDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
203 PM PDT THU AUG 9 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1346 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 TODAY. 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. GOOD RH RECOVERY EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    AREAS OF SMOKE IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED RAIN
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-64.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-50 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTH 5 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......16000-17000 FT MSL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........6 DROPPING TO 5 AFTER 9 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.

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FORECASTER...PAM SZATANEK
REQUESTED BY...ZACK KEPHART
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120809.WILLO.01/LKN