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Spot Forecast for Hot Canyon Fire v3...NV Team 5 IMT
National Weather Service Elko NV
518 PM PDT Mon Jul 14 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 PDT on July 14.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 10 PM PDT TUESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...

Warm, Dry with light to breezy conditions continue this afternoon
with the possibility of local breezy outflow winds up to 30mph from
collapsing convective buildups across the area through Monday evening.
Tuesday will see a higher 20% to 40% probability for scattered dry
thunderstorms, with gusty erratic outflow winds up to 45mph and an
occasional ground lightning strikes possible. This combined with low
surface RH and breezy afternoon WSW winds of 10 to 20mph with a few
gusts up to 30mph possible will lead to critical wildfire conditions
with a Red Flag Warning in effect Tuesday for zone 470. After Tuesday
fire conditions remain elevated as the possibility of dry thunderstorms,
low RH, and breezy afternoon winds continue for Wednesday and Thursday.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 63.
Max humidity........38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 7 mph.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Scattered
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 97.
Min humidity........14 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the
                    south 8 to 13 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
CWR.................28 percent.
Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL increasing to 15500 ft AGL late in
                    the morning.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 17 mph.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Isolated rain
                    showers and dry thunderstorms in the evening.
Min temperature.....Around 59.
Max humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 8 to 14 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    evening.
CWR.................14 percent.
Mixing height.......900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 13 mph.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........12 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 5 to 9 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL increasing to 12300 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 10 mph.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the mid 90s.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid 90s. North
winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph.

$$
Forecaster...Dougan
Requested by...Shawn McEvers
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2518017.0/LKN
.DELDT 07/14/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL nveic@firenet.gov,shawn.mcevers@firenet.gov