000 FNUS75 KLKN 121726 FWSLKN SPOT FORECAST FOR EAST CREEK...BLM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1026 AM PDT TUE AUG 12 2008 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1012 PDT ON AUGUST 12. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A SMALL SURGE OF MOISTURE WILL BE MOVING NORTH INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME MARGINAL INSTABILITY COULD RESULT IN A FEW DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. OTHERWISE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAY...AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE GREAT BASIN RESULTING IN HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS. WITH THE RIDGE BUILDING INTO THE REGION WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-84. MIN HUMIDITY........8-11%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE 3 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING CLEAR. ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EARLY EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-56. MAX HUMIDITY........24-27%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE 4 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. $$ FORECASTER...GRZYWACZ REQUESTED BY...JIMMY FLANAGAN TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU .TAG 20080812.EASTC.01/LKN