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Spot Forecast for Ruby Lakes Estates Rx...USFS HTNF
National Weather Service Elko NV
454 AM PDT Fri Mar 22 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 PDT on March 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact National Weather Service Elko if you have questions or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...Period of active weather begins today. Isolated
light rain showers present this afternoon and breezy winds, gusts
around 25 mph. Chance of precipitation remains tonight with a
better push associated with a cold front Saturday morning. Strong
southwesterly winds turn westerly, gusts around 35 mph during the
afternoon.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Isolated rain
                    showers in the afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 58.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming south 8 to 16 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......6900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 15 mph.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Rainfall amount.....0.01 inches.
Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (35-45 percent). Scattered rain
                    showers in the evening.
CWR.................7 percent.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 35.
Max humidity........67 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 10 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 12 mph.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Rainfall amount.....0.03 inches.
Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Chance of snow showers
                    in the morning, then snow showers in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................44 percent.
Chance of pcpn......90 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 44.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 9 to 16 mph increasing to west
                    22 to 23 mph with gusts to around 35 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......4100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 25 mph.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Rainfall amount.....0.18 inches.
Snowfall amount.....0.4 inches.

$$
Forecaster...Oswald
Requested by...Matt Nease
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2407967.1/LKN
.DELDT 03/22/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL matthew.nease@usda.gov


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