059
FNUS75 KLKN 280033
FWSLKN
SPOT FORECAST FOR MCCONNELL NV-WID-020620...CENTRAL NEVADA DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
533 PM PDT THU AUG 27 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1800 PDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS AND COOLER
TEMPERATURES THIS EVENING. TOMORROW, SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS
EXPECTED TO START IN THE EARLY MORNING AND LASTING THROUGHOUT
MOST OF THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDER AS
INSTABILITY INCREASES BY THE AFTERNOON. IMPACTS WILL BE GUSTY
ERRATIC WINDS, CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING, AND BRIEF PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAINFALL.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE
IN THE EVENING, THEN PATCHY SMOKE OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MAX HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL EARLY IN
THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 11 MPH.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). PATCHY SMOKE IN
THE MORNING. AREAS OF SMOKE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...9 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 13 MPH.
FRIDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). PATCHY SMOKE
THROUGH THE NIGHT. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
EVENING. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MAX HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH.
CWR.................12 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...20 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 16 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...5 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 14 MPH.
FORECASTER...VINSON
REQUESTED BY...MATT CROSSWAIT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620658.1/LKN
.DELDT 08/27/26
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.EMAIL JHENRY@BLM.GOV,KOSBORNE@BLM.GOV,JSPEER@GLM.GOV,NVCNC@FIRENET.GOV,MCROSSWAIT@GLM.GOV
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