FNUS75 KVEF 182117
FWSVEF

SPOT FORECAST FOR GRAND WASH...CCIFC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
217 PM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1400 PDT ON AUGUST 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...RADAR CURRENTLY SHOWING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
AROUND THE BURN SITE WHICH WILL LIKELY CREATE GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

MOISTURE AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL THEN ALLOW FOR ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS TO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE BURN SITE THROUGH THE NIGHT
AND WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON MONDAY...A CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SEEN. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY
BE SEEN FROM THESE STORMS...BUT GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS WILL BE MORE
PREVALENT FROM ANY STORMS OVER OR NEAR THE BURN SITE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY.

SOME DRYING IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY...BUT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....101-104.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-19 PERCENT.
  20 FT-10 MIN AVG..SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.
  10K FT WIND.......WEST 6 TO 9 MPH.
CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....20 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......15000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
VENTILATION.........GOOD.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MAX HUMIDITY........43-48 PERCENT.
  20 FT-10 MIN AVG..SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTH 6 TO 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
  10K FT WIND.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....10 PERCENT.
LAL.................3 DECREASING TO 2 AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
VENTILATION.........FAIR.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN THE LATE MORNING
                    AND AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-96.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
  20 FT-10 MIN AVG..UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
  10K FT WIND.......SOUTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH.
CWR (>= 0.10 IN)....20 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 6 KNOTS.
VENTILATION.........VERY GOOD.

$$
FORECASTER...JENSEN
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130818.GRAND.01/VEF