FNUS75 KLKN 232242
FWSLKN

SPOT FORECAST FOR YETI...ELY BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
342 PM PDT TUE JUL 23 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1538 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...340 PM...THE RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS
TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE YETI FIRE. EXPECTING THIS STORM TO PUSH OVER THE
WESTERN FLANK OF THE CHERRY CREEK RANGE WITHIN THE NEXT 15 TO 20 MINUTES.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                     THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                     RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-61.
MAX HUMIDITY........52-55 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                     WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX.......6 DROPPING TO 3 AFTER 8 PM.
LAL................3.
CHC WETTING RAIN...30%

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                     THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                     SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-29 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 5
                     TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                     WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX.......6.
LAL................4.
CHC WETTING RAIN...30%


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FORECASTER...PAM SZATANEK
REQUESTED BY...YETI IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130723.YETI_.01/LKN