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Spot Forecast for Wheeler Fire...U.S. Forest Service
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
243 AM PDT Tue Aug 11 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 PDT on August 11.

If conditions become unrepresentative...or if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast...please contact our office at
(702) 263-9750.

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.DISCUSSION...Light southwest last trough the day with the
potential for gustier upslope winds possible in the mid afternoon.
Slight chances for storms begin in the mid morning and build into
the afternoon as monsoonal moisture filters into the region.
Storms will cause locally stronger gusts as well as chances for
lightning. Outflow from storms in the distance may also affect
winds around the fire. The flow of monsoonal moisture will offer
improving humidities over the next few days along with cooling
temperatures. Daytime ventilation rates will be fair, mitigating
near- surface smoke concerns, but overnight and early morning
smoke looks to stick to the slopes.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Chance of showers and slight
                    chance of thunderstorms early in the morning,
                    then showers and chance of thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....70-73.
Min humidity........32-35 percent.
Winds:
  20 ft winds.......Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph in
                    the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
  10000 ft winds....South around 5 mph.
CWR (>= 0.10).......0 percent.
Mixing height.......8800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest up to 5 knots.
Ventilation.........Fair.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy.
                    Chance of rain showers and slight chance of
                    thunderstorms in the evening.
Min temperature.....54-57.
Max humidity........57-60 percent.
Winds:
  20 ft winds.......West winds up to 5 mph in the evening becoming
                    light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms in the evening.
  10000 ft winds....West around 5 mph.
CWR (>= 0.10).......0 percent.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West up to 5 knots.
Ventilation.........Poor.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Chance of rain showers and slight
                    chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then
                    rain showers likely and chance of thunderstorms
                    in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....65-68.
Min humidity........42-45 percent.
Winds:
  20 ft winds.......Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph in
                    the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
  10000 ft winds....Southwest around 5 mph.
CWR (>= 0.10).......70 percent.
Mixing height.......7400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest up to 5 knots.
Ventilation.........Fair.

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Forecaster...Murdock
Requested by...Lincoln Chapman
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2619410.0/VEF
.DELDT 08/11/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL grant.meadows@usda.gov,lincoln.chapman@usda.gov