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Spot Forecast for Bootsole...USFS
National Weather Service Reno NV
656 AM PDT Fri Mar 28 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PDT on March 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National
Weather Service in Reno.

.DISCUSSION...

* Isolated rain/snow showers will continue throughout today along with
  southwest winds gusting to around 30 mph.

* We`ll see a pause in precipitation chances on Saturday before
  returning on Sunday and going into next week. Accumulating
  snowfall is possible next week especially midweek with a
  potential wintry system.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy.  40% chance of rain/snow showers.
Temperature.........Max 44-46.
RH..................Min 52-55%.
20-Foot Winds.......Southwest winds 10-15 mph increasing to 13-18 mph
                    with gusts to around 30 mph late in the afternoon.
Chc Wetting Rain....25% decreasing to 5% in the afternoon.
Mixing Height.......2700-3700 ft agl.
Transport Winds.....Southwest around 25 mph.
Ventilation.........Good to very good.

TIME (PDT)      10 AM     1 PM      4 PM
Sky (%).........67        60        51
Weather cov.....CHANCE
Weather type....SNSHWR    NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............30        10        10
Temp............38        43        43
RH..............70        53        53
20 FT wind......SW 13G20  SW 15G25  SW 18G30
Mx ht msl (kft).2.2       3.2       3.7
Transport wind..SW 25     SW 25     SW 25
Vrate kt-ft/1K..43        74        86
Ventrate Cat....FAIR      GOOD      GOOD

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. 15% chance of snow showers overnight.
Temperature.........Min 25-29.
RH..................Max 78-84%.
20-Foot Winds.......Southwest winds 12-17 mph with gusts to around
                    25 mph decreasing to around 7 mph.
Chc Wetting Rain....5%.
Mixing Height.......1300-1800 ft agl in the evening and overnight.
Transport Winds.....Southwest 20-25 mph decreasing to around 15 mph
                    after 3 am.
Ventilation.........Good to poor.

TIME (PDT)      5 PM      8 PM      11 PM     2 AM
Sky (%).........57        55        62        57
Weather cov.....S CHC     CHANCE    S CHC     S CHC
Weather type....SNSHWR    SNSHWR    SNSHWR    SNSHWR
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10        10        10        10
Temp............42        35        33        31
RH..............53        70        75        79
20 FT wind......SW 17G30  SW 14G20  SW 10G15  SW 7G10
Mx ht msl (kft).2.8       1.4       1.1       0.4
Transport wind..SW 25     SW 25     SW 20     SW 15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..63        31        20        6
Ventrate Cat....GOOD      POOR      POOR      POOR

.SATURDAY...

Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming sunny.
Temperature.........Max 49-54.
RH..................Min 27-32%.
20-Foot Winds.......West 4-8 mph.
Chc Wetting Rain....0%.
Mixing Height.......200-500 ft agl then 4000-5000 ft agl in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport Winds.....West around 10 mph in the morning becoming
                    light.
Ventilation.........Poor to fair.

TIME (PDT)      5 AM      8 AM      11 AM     2 PM
Sky (%).........48        39        21        22
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Temp............29        28        40        47
RH..............80        76        46        32
20 FT wind......W 6G10    W 3G5     NE 3G5    W 3G5
Mx ht msl (kft).0.1       1.3       3.7       5.1
Transport wind..SW 10     W 10      NE 5      W 5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1         9         19        31
Ventrate Cat....POOR      POOR      POOR      POOR

$$

Forecaster...Collins/Fuentes
Requested by...Chris Voelker
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2508142.1/REV
.DELDT 03/28/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL joseph.mcginn@usda.gov,chris.voelker@usda.gov,william.tolen@usda.gov,donald.fregulia@usda.gov,ryan.bauer@usda.gov