Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Reno, NV

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Spot Forecast for Lakes Basin Rx...USFS
National Weather Service Reno NV
539 PM PST Thu Nov 21 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1755 PST on November 21.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National
Weather Service in Reno.

.DISCUSSION...

* Dry and breezy Thursday with winds becoming gusty Thursday night
  into Friday.

* An unsettled weather pattern will bring gusty winds and periods
  of moderate to heavy snow this weekend into early next week.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy.
Temperature.........31 at ignition...Max 39.
RH..................47% at ignition...Min 47%.
20-Foot Winds.......Winds southwest 12-18 mph with gusts up to
                    35 mph.
LAL.................1.
Chc Wetting Rain....0%.
Mixing Height.......200-500 ft agl then 2000-2500 ft agl in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport Winds.....Southwest 25-35 mph.
Ventilation.........Poor to good.
Haines Index........2.

TIME (PST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM
Sky (%).........19     17     8      8      11
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1
Temp............31     34     37     39     39
RH..............47     47     47     47     47
20 ft wind......SW 21  SW 20  SW 18  SW 18  SW 18
20 ft wind gust.35     35     30     30     30
Mx ht msl (kft).0.1    1.0    1.9    1.9    2.5
Transport wind..SW 25  SW 35  SW 30  SW 30  SW 30
Haines index....2      2      2      2      2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..0      22     45     45     49
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   FAIR   FAIR   FAIR

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy.
Temperature.........Min 30.
RH..................Max 49%.
20-Foot Winds.......Southwest winds 15-20 mph decreasing to 11-21
                    mph.
LAL.................1.
Chc Wetting Rain....0%.
Mixing Height.......200-500 ft agl.
Transport Winds.....Southwest 20-25 mph.
Ventilation.........Poor.
Haines Index........2.

TIME (PST)      4 PM   6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM
Sky (%).........16     16     17     15     15     15
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............37     34     34     34     34     34
RH..............49     49     49     49     47     45
20 ft wind......SW 17  SW 17  SW 17  SW 20  SW 20  SW 21
20 ft wind gust.25     25     30     30     30     30
Mx ht msl (kft).0.3    0.3    0.1    0.1    0.1    0.1
Transport wind..SW 25  SW 25  SW 20  SW 25  SW 25  SW 25
Haines index....2      2      2      2      2      2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..7      7      0      0      0      0
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.FRIDAY...

Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
                    Slight chance of rain and snow in the afternoon.
Temperature.........Max 39.
RH..................Min 43%.
20-Foot Winds.......Southwest winds 15-20 mph with gusts up to
                    40 mph.
LAL.................1.
Chc Wetting Rain....0% increasing to 10% in the afternoon.
Mixing Height.......200-500 ft agl then 1900-2500 ft agl in the
                    afternoon.
Transport Winds.....Southwest 30-40 mph.
Ventilation.........Poor to very good.
Haines Index........2.

TIME (PST)      4 AM   6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM
Sky (%).........21     21     37     43     43     55
Weather cov.....                     S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   SNOW   SNOW   SNOW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      10     10     10
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............34     33     34     38     39     38
RH..............44     46     45     43     43     48
20 ft wind......SW 21  SW 21  SW 21  SW 21  SW 21  SW 22
20 ft wind gust.35     40     35     35     35     35
Mx ht msl (kft).0.1    0.1    0.1    2.0    2.0    2.5
Transport wind..SW 35  SW 40  SW 35  SW 35  SW 35  SW 35
Haines index....2      2      2      2      2      2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..0      0      1      59     59     77
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   FAIR   FAIR   GOOD

$$
Forecaster...Fuentes
Requested by...Alex Teitelbaum
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 11/20/24
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.EMAIL wcretinon@blm.gov,alexander.teitelbaum@usda.gov