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FNUS75 KLKN 180059
FWSLKN

Spot Forecast for Cottonwood Peak...BLM
National Weather Service Elko NV
559 PM PDT Sun Aug 17 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 PDT on August 17.
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...Elevated fire weather conditions look to continue
through Tuesday as the threats from isolated dry thunderstorms is
replaced by breezy winds and low surface humidity. Convective
build-ups to Isolated dry thunderstorms will be possible through
late Sunday evening. Erratic outflow winds up to 50 mph and ground
lightning strikes are still the main hazards from storms. Outflow
boundaries created by collapsing convective build-
up/thunderstorms will persist and may trigger new storms to form,
or create areas of variable to northerly gusty winds up to 40 mph.
Should a boundary affect the fire zone it could lead to variable
fire behavior and growth. Outside of storms, sustained W-SW winds
of 15-25 mph with gusts up to 30 mph will continue through 11PM.
Winds will shift overnight to NW with speeds dropping to 5-10 mph
which will continue through sunrise Monday morning. Monday storm
chances are near zero, however winds will redevelop out of the SW
at 5-15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph during the afternoon as
surface humidity drops to 10% or less. Temperatures Monday
afternoon will reach the upper 80s to low 90s with mostly clear
skies. Over night Monday into Tuesday winds again shift to the N
to NW at speeds of 5-10 mph with RH recovering to 25% to 30%

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent). Areas of smoke.
Min temperature.....Around 58.
Max humidity........47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 6 to 9 mph shifting to the south
                    around 6 mph overnight.
CWR.................2 percent.
Mixing height.......11600 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL early in
                    the evening.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 7 mph.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Areas of smoke.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........12 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 6 to 13 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......8900 ft AGL increasing to 10700 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South around 17 mph.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent). Areas of smoke in
                    the evening.
Min temperature.....Around 59.
Max humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 7 to 10 mph shifting to the
                    northeast around 6 mph overnight.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......10700 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL early in
                    the evening.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 7 mph.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........11 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southeast winds 7 to 9 mph shifting to the
                    south 14 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......9800 ft AGL increasing to 12400 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South around 20 mph.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds
around 7 mph.
.THURSDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the upper 80s.
Northeast winds around 8 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
East winds around 8 mph.
.SATURDAY...
Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
mid 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Lows
in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid 80s.

$$
Forecaster...Dougan
Requested by...Matthew Malesic
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520105.0/LKN
.DELDT 08/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL matthew.malesic@usda.gov, nveic@firenet.gov