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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHESTNUT FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
635 PM PDT TUE AUG 20 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1816 PDT ON AUGUST 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT NEAR
THE WILDFIRE. AT 630 PM...SATELLITE SHOWS THE STRONGEST STORMS WITH
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN MINERAL COUNTY, WEST OF THE WILDFIRE SITE. ADDITIONAL
STORMS ARE NEAR TONOPAH AND ACROSS ESMERALDA COUNTY, MOVING NORTH TOWARD
THE SITE. THE CHANCES OF A THUNDERSTORM SPECIFICALLY AT THE CHESNUT
WILDFIRE THROUGH MIDNIGHT IS 50%. ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT
LIGHTNING, GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS TO 50 MPH, AND LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

EXPECT THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE TO DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

WEDNESDAY...DRIER AIR WILL INVADE NYE COUNTY, WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS
MUCH MORE ISOLATED. THE ODDS OF CONVECTIVE IMPACTS AT THE WILDFIRE ON
WEDNESDAY ARE ONLY ABOUT 10-15%. OF GREATER IMPORTANCE, SOUTH WINDS WILL
INCREASE WITH THIS DRIER AIR ON WEDNESDAY, AVERAGING 15-25 MPH AFTER 11 AM.
A FEW GUSTS WILL TOP 30%.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                     SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
                     SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT.
                     ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........63-66 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 5
                     TO 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                     WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                     EVENING.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                     THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-16 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                     SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN THE
                     AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...TURNER
REQUESTED BY...ROBB BEERY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130820.CHEST.01/LKN