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FNUS75 KLKN 181129
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Spot Forecast for 18 Mile...NDF
National Weather Service Elko NV
429 AM PDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0500 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...Wind speeds in general will be fairly light on Saturday
though the threat of thunderstorms remains in the afternoon for the
incident area. Winds in and around storm activity will be gusty and
erratic. Main threats with storms for Saturday will be small hail,
dangerous lightning, and localized flooding as storm motion will be
slow from southwest to northeast.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 59.
Max humidity........68 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 12 mph.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Scattered showers
                    and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 92.
Min humidity........20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...12 percent.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL increasing to 10500 ft AGL late in
                    the morning.
Transport winds.....South around 12 mph.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 61.
Max humidity........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph in the evening
                    becoming light.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 12 mph.

$$
Forecaster...Bongard
Requested by...Jordan Jake
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2617403.2/LKN
.DELDT 07/18/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jjake@forestry.nv.gov