425
FNUS75 KLKN 181213
FWSLKN

Spot Forecast for Essex...BLM Ely District
National Weather Service Elko NV
513 AM PDT Fri Jul 18 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on July 18.
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...Increasing atmospheric moisture combined with
instability will support isolated to scattered wet and dry
thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Primary hazards include
erratic wind gusts up to 55 mph and frequent cloud-to-ground
lightning. Some thunderstorms over could produce locally excessive
rainfall. By Saturday, another round of showers and thunderstorms
is expected mainly in White Pine and northeastern Nye Counties.

Warm and dry conditions return Sunday through early next week.
Elevated fire weather conditions are anticipated Sunday and Monday
afternoons due to south to southwest wind gusts near 25 mph and
minimum relative humidity values dropping as low as 6 percent.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Scattered
                    showers and isolated thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 9 to 10 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................24 percent.
Mixing height.......7600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 11 mph.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the evening.
Min temperature.....Around 61.
Max humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the evening.
CWR.................4 percent.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 10 mph.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........17 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 9 to 10 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......10100 ft AGL increasing to 11600 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West around 10 mph.

$$
Forecaster...90
Requested by...Tyler Foldie
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2518197.0/LKN
.DELDT 07/18/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL nvecc@firenet.gov