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FNUS75 KLKN 192355
FWSLKN

Spot Forecast for Cottonwood Peak...BLM
National Weather Service Elko NV
455 PM PDT Tue Aug 19 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1730 PDT on August 19.
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 UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...Critical fire weather conditions continue through
10PM this evening due to low relative humidity and breezy
southwest winds of 10-20 MPH with gusts up to 35 MPH. Convective
build ups, both fire aided and diurnal, over and near the fire
zone will continue, but dissipation expected after sunset which
could locally enhance wind gusts for a period of time this
evening. Winds will relax and shift out of the WNW to NW after
10PM at speeds of 5-15 MPH through Wednesday morning. Wednesday
near critical fire weather conditions return as winds shift back
to SW at 10AM, with speeds picking up through the afternoon to
10-25 MPH with gusts up to 35 MPH possible. Surface relative
humidity will again drop to 10% or lower as winds pick up.
Convective build ups will again form over and near the fire zone
and could locally enhance winds if they collapse. Wednesday night
winds will drop to 5-15 MPH and shift out of the NW through
Thursday Morning.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Areas of smoke.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........10 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds around 15 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......11500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 20 mph.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent). Areas of smoke
                    through the night.
Min temperature.....Around 60.
Max humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 14 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......11500 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL early in
                    the evening.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 8 mph.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Areas of smoke in the
                    morning.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........11 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 5 to 14 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL increasing to 11300 ft AGL late in
                    the morning.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 14 mph.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the upper 80s. North
winds around 8 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Partly cloudy. Isolated dry thunderstorms. Lows in
the lower 60s. Highs around 90. East winds around 9 mph.
.SATURDAY...
Partly cloudy. Isolated dry thunderstorms. Lows in
the mid 60s. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds around
7 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Lows
in the mid 60s. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Lows
in the lower 60s. Highs around 80.

$$
Forecaster...Dougan
Requested by...Matthew Malesic
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520105.4/LKN
.DELDT 08/19/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL matthew.malesic@usda.gov