FNUS75 KLKN 232147
FWSLKN

SPOT FORECAST FOR SMITH RANCH...ELY BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
247 PM PDT TUE JUL 23 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1431 PDT ON JULY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE
455. MONSOON MOISTURE HAS MOVED INTO CENTRAL NEVADA AND IS PUSHING
NORTHWARD. TODAYS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE A MIX OF DRY AND WET
THUNDERSTORMS. REGARDLESS OF DRY OR WET STATUS...ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT
DEVELOPS THIS AFTERNOON HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND GUSTY OUTFLOWS. AT PRESENT...240 PM...THE RADAR SHOWERS THUNDERSTORMS
TO THE SOUTH OF SMITH RANCH...BUT EXPECTING THE MONSOON SURGE TO COME FROM
THE SOUTH OR THE SOUTHEAST IN THE NEXT HOUR.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                     THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                     SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-48 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                     WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX.......6 DROPPING TO 3 AFTER 8 PM.
LAL................3 TO 4.
CHC WETTING RAIN...20%

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                     THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                     SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-28 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
                     5 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                     WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......15000-16000 FT MSL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
HAINES INDEX.......5.
LAL................4.
CHC WETTING RAIN...30%

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FORECASTER...PAM SZATANEK
REQUESTED BY...SETH TRODAHL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130723.SMITH.01/LKN