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Spot Forecast for Bon Pland Pile Burn...Nevada Division of Forestry
National Weather Service Reno NV
231 AM PDT Sat Oct 18 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 PDT on October 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National
Weather Service in Reno.
.DISCUSSION...
* Dry and mild weather will prevail this weekend and continue
through much of next week.
* Winds remain light today, but west winds will increase Sunday
afternoon ahead of a dry cold front.
* There is a very low chance of showers Tuesday afternoon with
a wetter storm becoming increasingly likely next weekend.
.TODAY...
Sky/Weather.........Sunny.
Temperature.........40-45 at ignition...Max 61-64.
RH..................45-50% at ignition...Min 30-35%.
20-Foot Winds.......Winds southeast at 2-6 mph at
ignition...otherwise upslope 3-7 mph.
Chc Wetting Rain....0%.
Chance of thunder...0%.
Mixing Height.......200-500 ft agl then 1600-2100 ft agl in the
afternoon.
Transport Winds.....Light winds.
Ventilation.........Poor to marginal.
TIME (PDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM
Sky (%).........11 6 4 4 5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0
Temp............41 42 53 58 59
RH..............51 54 46 39 38
20 ft wind......SE 2 SE 2 E 2 E 2 S 2
20 ft wind gust.5 5 5 5 5
Mx ht msl (kft).0.1 0.1 1.6 1.6 2.1
Transport wind..E 5 SE 5 SE 5 SE 5 SW 5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..0 0 6 6 11
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR MRGL
.TONIGHT...
Sky/Weather.........Clear.
Temperature.........Min 41-44.
RH..................Max 60-65%.
20-Foot Winds.......Downslope 2-6 mph.
Chc Wetting Rain....0%.
Chance of thunder...0%.
Mixing Height.......1000-1200 ft agl early in the evening.
Transport Winds.....Light winds becoming west 10-15 mph in the late
evening and overnight.
Ventilation.........Poor.
TIME (PDT) 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM
Sky (%).........9 9 10 10 10 8
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............59 54 49 46 46 46
RH..............45 59 62 63 58 53
20 ft wind......SW 2 SW 2 W 2 W 5 W 5 W 6
20 ft wind gust.5 5 5 10 10 15
Mx ht msl (kft).1.1 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transport wind..W 5 W 5 W 10 W 10 W 10 W 15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..7 7 0 0 0 0
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
.SUNDAY...
Sky/Weather.........Sunny.
Temperature.........Max 58-61.
RH..................Min 30-35%.
20-Foot Winds.......Southwest to west winds 10-15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Chc Wetting Rain....0%.
Chance of thunder...0%.
Mixing Height.......200-500 ft agl then 1700-2700 ft agl in the
afternoon.
Transport Winds.....West around 15 mph increasing to southwest
25-30 mph in the afternoon.
Ventilation.........Poor to good.
TIME (PDT) 5 AM 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM
Sky (%).........14 14 15 7 7 13
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............44 42 45 53 57 58
RH..............50 53 51 42 37 39
20 ft wind......W 8 W 8 W 9 SW 7 SW 8 W 10
20 ft wind gust.15 15 15 15 17 20
Mx ht msl (kft).0.1 0.1 0.1 1.2 1.2 2.7
Transport wind..W 15 W 15 W 15 SW 25 SW 25 W 30
Vrate kt-ft/1K..0 0 0 25 25 65
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR FAIR FAIR GOOD
$$
Forecaster...Salas
Requested by...Michael Rupert
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2523617.3/REV
.DELDT 10/18/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL mrupert@forestry.nv.gov