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Spot Forecast for Independence Lake Rx...The Nature Conservancy
National Weather Service Reno NV
950 PM PDT Mon Oct 6 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0000 PDT on October 07.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National
Weather Service in Reno.

.DISCUSSION...

* Warming trend arrives Tuesday into Thursday with dry weather.

* Breezy southwesterly winds expected Wednesday afternoon and
  evening.

* Cooler and breezier Thursday ahead of an approaching weather
  system later this week.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/Weather.........Clear.
Temperature.........35-39 at midnight...Min 32-35.
RH..................74-77% at midnight...Max 84%.
20-Foot Winds.......Winds southeast at 5-8 mph overnight becoming
                    light.
Chc Wetting Rain....0%.
Chance of thunder...0%.
Mixing Height.......200-500 ft agl.
Transport Winds.....East around 10 mph.
Ventilation.........Poor.

TIME (PDT)      MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........5      4      4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0
Temp............37     36     35
RH..............76     81     83
20 ft wind......SE 7   SE 6   SE 6
20 ft wind gust.15     15     15
Mx ht msl (kft).0.3    0.3    0.3
Transport wind..E 10   SE 10  SE 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2      2      2
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR

.TUESDAY...

Sky/Weather.........Sunny.
Temperature.........Max 64.
RH..................Min 34%.
20-Foot Winds.......Southeast 3-7 mph becoming west 5-9 mph late in
                    the afternoon.
Chc Wetting Rain....0%.
Chance of thunder...0%.
Mixing Height.......200-500 ft agl then 5300-6300 ft agl in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport Winds.....Light winds becoming southeast around 10 mph
                    late in the morning, then becoming light in the
                    afternoon.
Ventilation.........Poor to fair.

TIME (PDT)      5 AM   7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM
Sky (%).........4      4      3      2      2      20
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............35     34     43     56     62     63
RH..............84     84     70     48     37     35
20 ft wind......S 6    S 6    S 6    SE 3   SE 3   W 3
20 ft wind gust.10     10     10     10     10     10
Mx ht msl (kft).0.3    0.3    1.1    5.7    5.7    6.4
Transport wind..SE 5   SE 5   SE 10  SW 5   SW 5   SW 5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2      2      8      28     28     38
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   FAIR   FAIR   FAIR

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/Weather.........Clear.
Temperature.........Min 37.
RH..................Max 66%.
20-Foot Winds.......Downslope 2-6 mph.
Chc Wetting Rain....0%.
Chance of thunder...0%.
Mixing Height.......4500-4700 ft agl early in the evening.
Transport Winds.....Light winds.
Ventilation.........Fair to poor.

TIME (PDT)      5 PM   7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM
Sky (%).........17     17     9      3      3      5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............61     54     46     42     41     39
RH..............40     53     63     66     64     64
20 ft wind......W 3    W 3    SW 2   S 2    S 2    S 3
20 ft wind gust.10     10     5      5      5      5
Mx ht msl (kft).4.6    4.6    0.3    0.3    0.3    0.3
Transport wind..W 5    W 5    W 5    S 5    S 5    SW 5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..28     28     2      1      1      2
Ventrate Cat....FAIR   FAIR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/Weather.........Sunny.
Temperature.........Max 63.
RH..................Min 31%.
20-Foot Winds.......South 3-7 mph becoming southwest around 7-12 mph
                    with gusts to around 20 mph late in the
                    afternoon.
Chc Wetting Rain....0%.
Chance of thunder...0%.
Mixing Height.......200-500 ft agl then 7000-8000 ft agl in the
                    afternoon.
Transport Winds.....Light winds becoming southwest around 20 mph.
Ventilation.........Poor to very good increasing to excellent late
                    in the afternoon.

TIME (PDT)      5 AM      8 AM      11 AM     2 PM
Sky (%).........4         5         3         13
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Chc of thdr (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............38        40        59        63
RH..............66        65        35        31
20 FT wind......S 5       S 6G10    SW 7G15   SW 10G20
Mx ht msl (kft).0.3       0.2       6.4       8.0
Transport wind..SW 5      SW 10     SW 15     SW 20
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2         1         97        144
Ventrate Cat....POOR      POOR      VYGD      EXNT

$$
Forecaster...Johnston
Requested by...Lyndsey Lascheck
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2523068.0/REV
.DELDT 10/06/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL lyndsey.lascheck@tnc.org