FNUS75 KLKN 121627
FWSLKN

SPOT FORECAST FOR COTTONWOOD...EICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
927 AM PDT SUN AUG 12 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0919 PDT ON AUGUST 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AT THE
WILDFIRE SITE STARTING AROUND NOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE
BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS TO 45 MPH AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. MOISTURE WILL BE SUFFICIENT SUCH THAT
ANY STORMS TODAY WILL PRODUCE WETTING RAINS. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE
WILL BEGIN DECREASING AROUND 7 PM THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT
AND SOUTHERLY OUTSIDE OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS.

ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY WITH MORE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ON
MONDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-21 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE 3 TO 7 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-63.
MAX HUMIDITY........69-72 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTH 5 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

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FORECASTER...TURNER
REQUESTED BY...COTTONWOOD IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120812.COTTO.01/LKN