Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Elko, NV

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RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
406 AM PDT FRI JUN 22 2007

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HUMBOLDT COUNTY-
406 AM PDT FRI JUN 22 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM
PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES...

THE RED FLAG WARNING TODAY AND THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH ON SATURDAY
ARE FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONE:

451 - HUMBOLDT COUNTY

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING THE WEST COAST WILL BRING WIND
GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL 
COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...CREATING
HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ONCE AGAIN LATE SATURDAY
MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS FOR THE RETURNED
THREAT OF HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. AS SUCH...A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

$$

NVZ452-454-455-457-222300-
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ELKO COUNTY PLUS LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES NORTH OF I-80-
CENTRAL LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES-WHITE PINE COUNTY-
LANDER/EUREKA COUNTIES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 PLUS NORTHERN NYE
COUNTY-
406 AM PDT FRI JUN 22 2007

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES...

THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES: 

452 - ELKO COUNTY AND NORTH OF I80 IN LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES

454 - LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES BETWEEN I80 AND HIGHWAY 50

455 - WHITE PINE COUNTY

457 - NORTHERN NYE COUNTY AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 IN LANDER AND
EUREKA COUNTIES

A STRONG FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY EVENING.
SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO
25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS. THESE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES FOR THE THREAT OF HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
FROM MID- MORNING THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

$$

CEC

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WWUS85 KLKN 222134
RFWLKN

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
234 PM PDT FRI JUN 22 2007

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HUMBOLDT COUNTY-
234 PM PDT FRI JUN 22 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY 
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

THE RED FLAG WARNING TODAY AND THE RED FLAG WARNING ON SATURDAY
ARE FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONE:

451 - HUMBOLDT COUNTY


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY.
THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING THE WEST COAST WILL BRING WIND
GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...CREATING HAZARDOUS FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING...COMBINING WITH LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES...FOR THE RETURN OF HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
AS SUCH...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY IN
HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

NVZ452-455-457-231200-
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ELKO COUNTY PLUS LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES NORTH OF I-80-
WHITE PINE COUNTY-
LANDER/EUREKA COUNTIES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 PLUS NORTHERN NYE
COUNTY-
234 PM PDT FRI JUN 22 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR 
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES:

452 - ELKO COUNTY AND NORTH OF I80 IN LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES
455 - WHITE PINE COUNTY
457 - NORTHERN NYE COUNTY AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 IN LANDER AND
      EUREKA COUNTIES


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY.
THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

A STRONG FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY EVENING.
SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15
TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS. THESE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES FOR THE THREAT OF HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
FROM MID-MORNING THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

NVZ454-231200-
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CENTRAL LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES-
234 PM PDT FRI JUN 22 2007

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. 
 
454 - LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES BETWEEN I80 AND HIGHWAY 50

A STRONG FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY EVENING.
SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO
15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS. THESE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES FOR THE THREAT OF HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
FROM MID-MORNING THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

$$

ROOD

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
220 AM PDT THU JUN 21 2007

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE SILVER STATE
UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES THROUGH SATURDAY.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME BREEZY SATURDAY WITH A SLIGHT COOLING
TREND SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
&&

.SHORT TERM...UPPER RIDGE OVER THE REGION WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS RESULTING IN WARMING TEMPS WITH READINGS IN THE
MID TO UPPER 90S IN THE WARMEST VALLEYS BY FRIDAY. WITH DRIER AIR
MOVING IN AT THE MID-LEVELS WILL SEE LESS CLOUD DEVELOPMENT ACROSS
CNTRL AND ERN NV IN THE AFTERNOONS WITH NO CHANCE OF ANY TSTMS. CEC

.LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY...MEDIUM TO LONG
RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW GOOD CONSISTENCY THEREFORE MADE ONLY A
FEW CHANGES TO PREV. FORECAST. BRIEF COOL DOWN EXPECT DURING THE
WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH ECWMF AND GFS SHOWING WEAK COLD
FRONT BRUSHING NRN NV SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. TEMPS EXPECTED TO
COOL...BUT REMAIN NEAR NORMAL SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH WIDESPREAD 80S
ACROSS THE REGION FOR HIGHS AND 40S FOR MORNING LOWS. NO PRECIP IS
EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH CLEAR TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES.
HOWEVER...AS FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO INCREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH POSSIBLE FIRE WX
HEADLINES AS VERY DRY AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION. GFS SHOWS
500MB WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 KTS OVER PORTIONS OF NRN AND CNTRL NV
SATURDAY WITH MIXING HEIGHTS NEAR THE 500MB LEVEL...THEREFORE
INCREASED WINDS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY EVENING TO 15 TO 25
MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH.

AS TROUGH PUSHES EASTWARD...FOUR CORNERS UPPERLEVEL HIGH IS FORECAST
TO REBUILD OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. TEMPS
EXPECTED TO WARM BACK INTO THE 90S BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH
VERY DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUING WELL INTO NEXT WEEK.
ECWMF...GFS...AND GFS ENSEMBLE HINT TOWARDS A STRONG UPPERLEVEL
TROUGH DIGGING SOUTH OFF THE PACIFIC COASTLINE LATE NEXT
WEEK...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN COOLER TEMPS AND MORE IN THE WAY OF
MOISTURE IN THE AREA. WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THIS FEATURE EVEN THOUGH
THE GFS AND ECWMF SOLUTION IS NOT CLIMATOLOGICALLY FAVORED FOR THIS
TIME OF THE YEAR.  TT
&&

.AVIATION...TAFS AND TWEBS COVER EXPECTED VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
&&

.FIRE WEATHER...DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE IN AT THE MID-LEVELS OF
THE ATMOSPHERE SO EXPECTING LESS CLOUD BUILDUPS THIS AFTN ACROSS
CNTRL AND ERN NV WITH NO CHANCE OF ANY TSTMS. VERY DRY AIR MASS
WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE WITH MIN RH IN THE AFTERNOONS
DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH SOME LOCATIONS DROPPING BELOW 5
PCT. VERY POOR RH RECOVERIES AT NIGHT WILL CONTINUE EVEN IN THE
VALLEYS. NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF WIND TODAY...BUT WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
PICK UP ON FRIDAY AS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHES THE WEST COAST.
STILL LOOKS LIKE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FOR WIND ON SATURDAY AS THIS
SHORT WAVE BEGINS TO PUSH INTO THE GREAT BASIN WITH DAYSHIFT LIKELY
ISSUING A FIRE WEATHER WATCH WITH THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE. CEC
&&

.LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.