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Spot Forecast for HORSESHOE...USFS
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
1146 PM PST Fri Nov 22 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0000 PST on November 23.

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...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY...

.DISCUSSION...A strong Pacific storm will move inland and produce periods of strong
downslope winds along the Eastern Sierra slopes through Saturday night along with
some light precipitation spilling over the crest, but chances of wetting rain are
accumulating snow are minimal at the fire location. Winds will abate early Sunday
morning as the system pulls away to the east.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. 40 percent chance of light rain.
Min temperature.....46-49.
Max humidity........48-51 percent.
Winds:
  20 ft winds.......Windy. West-southwest winds 25 to 30 mph. Gusts up
                    to 50 mph.
  10000 ft winds....West around 40 mph.
CWR (>= 0.10).......10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 30 to 35 knots.
Haines Index........3.
Ventilation.........Fair.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. 40 percent chance of light rain in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........22-25 percent.
Winds:
  20 ft winds.......Breezy. West winds 25 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 50 mph.
  10000 ft winds....West around 40 mph.
CWR (>= 0.10).......10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 30 to 35 knots.
Haines Index........2.
Ventilation.........Very good.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. 30 percent chance of light rain changing
                    to snow overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 40.
Max humidity........38-41 percent.
Winds:
  20 ft winds.......West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35
                    mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph early Sunday morning.
  10000 ft winds....West around 15 mph.
CWR (>= 0.10).......5 percent.
LAL.................1.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 20 knots.
Haines Index........2.
Ventilation.........Poor.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. 30 Percent chance of light snow mainly in the
                    morning.
Max temperature.....51-54.
Min humidity........28-31 percent.
Winds:
  20 ft winds.......Southwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    south in the afternoon.
  10000 ft winds....West around 5 mph.
CWR (>= 0.10).......5 percent.
LAL.................1.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North up to 5 knots.
Haines Index........2.
Ventilation.........Poor.

$$
Forecaster...Adair
Requested by...Horseshoe IC
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2427251.0/VEF
.DELDT 11/22/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL caovcc@firenet.gov