FNUS75 KLKN 191550 FWSLKN SPOT FORECAST FOR RUBY LAKE MARSH BURN...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 850 AM PDT FRI APR 19 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON APRIL 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...VARIABLE WIND EARLY THIS MORNING. LATE MORNING WINDS WILL BE PRIMARILY WESTERLY...TURNING TO NORTHWESTERLY THIS AFTERNOON AND STRENGTHENING. UNSTABLE CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BRINGING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN SHOWERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD END BY MIDNIGHT...WITH GUSTY WINDS AGAIN ON SATURDAY...THOUGH NOT AS STRONG AS TODAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. PERHAPS A 5-10 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FEET MSL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....22 TO 27 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. STRONGEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE EARLY EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FEET MSL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....15 TO 20 MPH. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FEET MSL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....15 TO 20 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...ROOD REQUESTED BY...TIM RASH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130419.RUBYL.01/LKN