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FWSLKN

SPOT FORECAST FOR WILLOW CREEK...CNIDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
315 PM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1449 PDT ON JULY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
OUTFLOW WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THURSDAY.

RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINING IN PLACE THROUGH WEDNESDAY SHOULD
RESULT IN REPETITIVE WEATHER. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON...MOSTLY DRY BUT WITH A
FEW SMALL CORES OF WETTING RAIN POSSIBLE. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS WHICH
WILL PRODUCE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ARE HIGHLY LIKELY. STORMS WILL
DISSIPATE IN THE EVENING HOURS. RECORD HEAT AGAIN TODAY...PERHAPS
NOT QUITE AS HOT ON WEDNESDAY.

A TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY WILL ENHANCE
THE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WHILE INCREASING THEIR MOMENTUM. THUS...
THE COVERAGE OF DRY LIGHTNING WILL INCREASE WITH MANY NEW FIRE
STARTS POSSIBLE.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-98.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-10 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                     EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                     ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-68.
MAX HUMIDITY........39-42 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/
                     DOWN-VALLEY AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                     WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                     EVENING.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                     AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-13 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UP-VALLEY WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO
                     10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                     WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                     AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...MARTIN
REQUESTED BY...JOSH TIBBETS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130702.WILLO.01/LKN