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Spot Forecast for Little Sheldon Meadows Rx...U.S. Fish & Wildlife
National Weather Service Reno NV
858 PM PST Sun Feb 1 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 PST on February 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National
Weather Service in Reno.

.DISCUSSION...

* Ventilation will be best Tuesday.

* Dry conditions with light winds will prevail this week.

* The pattern may change next weekend, with increasing breezes
  and shower chances.

.MONDAY...

Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy.
Temperature.........42-45 at ignition...Max 47-50.
RH..................45-50% at ignition...Min 25-30%.
20-Foot Winds.......Winds south at 7 mph at ignition...
                    then south-southeast winds around 7 mph.
Chc Wetting Rain....0%.
Mixing Height.......1300-1800 ft agl.
Transport Winds.....Light winds.
Ventilation.........Poor to marginal.

TIME (PST)      10 AM     1 PM
Sky (%).........29        28
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0
Temp............43        48
RH..............43        30
20 FT wind......S 7G10    S 7G10
Mx ht msl (kft).1.2       1.8
Transport wind..S 5       S 5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..7         11
Ventrate Cat....POOR      MRGL

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/Weather.........Clear.
Temperature.........Min 28-30.
RH..................Max 50-55%.
20-Foot Winds.......Southeast 2-6 mph becoming south around 7 mph
                    overnight.
Chc Wetting Rain....0%.
Mixing Height.......1400-1600 ft agl early in the evening.
Transport Winds.....Light winds becoming south around 10 mph after
                    3 am.
Ventilation.........Marginal to poor.

TIME (PST)      4 PM      7 PM      10 PM     1 AM
Sky (%).........18        24        12        10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Temp............48        36        33        32
RH..............29        47        54        56
20 FT wind......SE 6G10   SE 6G10   S 7G10    S 7G10
Mx ht msl (kft).1.5       0.1       0.1       0.1
Transport wind..S 5       S 5       S 5       S 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..9         0         0         0
Ventrate Cat....MRGL      POOR      POOR      POOR

.TUESDAY...

Sky/Weather.........Sunny.
Temperature.........Max 52-54.
RH..................Min 20-25%.
20-Foot Winds.......Southeast winds 7-10 mph.
Chc Wetting Rain....0%.
Mixing Height.......100-1000 ft agl then 1000-1200 ft agl late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport Winds.....South around 10 mph.
Ventilation.........Poor to marginal.

TIME (PST)      4 AM      7 AM      10 AM     1 PM
Sky (%).........10        13        6         6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Temp............31        30        44        52
RH..............51        53        34        24
20 FT wind......SE 9G10   SE 10G15  S 10G15   S 10G15
Mx ht msl (kft).0.1       0.1       0.1       1.1
Transport wind..S 10      S 10      S 10      S 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..0         0         1         10
Ventrate Cat....POOR      POOR      POOR      MRGL

$$
Forecaster...Richards
Requested by...Cody St. Clair
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2601407.0/REV
.DELDT 02/02/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL cody_stclair@fws.gov