Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Elko, NV

000 
WWUS85 KLKN 072142
RFWLKN

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
242 PM PDT TUE JUL 7 2009

NVZ457-080400-
/O.CON.KLKN.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090708T0400Z/
LANDER/EUREKA COUNTIES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 PLUS NORTHERN NYE
COUNTY-
242 PM PDT TUE JUL 7 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

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

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

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL
BRING SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TO
CENTRAL NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE 5 TO 10 PERCENT RANGE AND COMBINE WITH
THE LOW FUEL MOISTURES FOR THE THREAT OF HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

TT

000 
WWUS85 KLKN 080340
RFWLKN

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
840 PM PDT TUE JUL 7 2009

NVZ457-080445-
/O.EXP.KLKN.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090708T0400Z/
LANDER/EUREKA COUNTIES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 PLUS NORTHERN NYE
COUNTY-
840 PM PDT TUE JUL 7 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW WARNING CRITERIA THIS EVENING ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.

$$

JM

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
333 AM PDT TUE JUL 7 2009

.SYNOPSIS...SUNNY AND DRY WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS EACH AFTERNOON
THIS WEEK. THE THREAT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE
REGION THIS WEEKEND AS MOIST AIR BEGINS TO MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH.
&&

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SHORT RANGE MODELS AGREE
ON DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW AT 500MB THROUGH MIDWEEK AHEAD OF A TROUGH
APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST. MAY SEE SOME HIGH CLOUDS OVER
NORTHERN NEVADA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE APPROACHING TROUGH.
OTHERWISE...SKIES WILL BE SUNNY AGAIN TODAY. WILL ALSO SEE
SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES...ALONG WITH GUSTY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 95KT H3 JET THAT MOVES OVER THE
CWA TODAY. THE H3 JET BEGINS TO MOVE OFF THE NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY
WITH WINDS ALOFT WEAKENING SLIGHTLY.

.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT MONDAY....MODELS CONTINUE
TO BE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE PLACEMENT OF THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST TROUGH AND THE UPPER RIDGE OVER TEXAS/NEW MEXICO THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. NORTHERN NEVADA WILL REMAIN IN BETWEEN THESE WEATHER
SYSTEMS FOR THURSDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND...WHICH WILL RESULT IN
AFTERNOON BREEZES FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. THE RIDGE OVER THE
SOUTHERN UNITED STATES WILL BEGIN BUILDING TO THE WEST...ALLOWING
FOR HEIGHTS TO RISE AND AS A RESULT...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL
CLIMB AS WELL FOR THE THURSDAY TIME FRAME INTO THE WEEKEND.
SOLUTIONS DO INDICATE THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME MOISTURE SEEPING INTO
THE REGION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND HAVE KEPT CLOUDS AND...AT
BEST...ISOLATED CHANCES FOR A DRY THUNDERSTORM MAINLY ACROSS
NORTHERN NYE AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES. THE PACIFIC TROUGH IS SEEN
EJECTING BY THE LATTER PORTIONS OF THE WEEKEND...RIDING ATOP THE
RIDGE TO OUR SOUTH IN NEW MEXICO. RIGHT NOW ANY CHANCES FOR
MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO BE CONFINED TO AREAS WELL NORTH OF
THE FORECAST AREA. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. &&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SOUTHWEST
WINDS AROUND 10 TO 15 KTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KTS ARE EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. &&

.FIRE WEATHER...A SLOW MOVING TROUGH APPROACHING THE WEST COAST WILL
BRING BREEZY CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA THIS
WEEK. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL
THROUGH MIDWEEK...RISING INTO THE 90S OVER THE WEEKEND. ISOLATED
CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL
NEVADA ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOONS. &&

.LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT
FROM 12 PM TODAY THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR FWZ 457 FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. &&

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