457 
FNUS75 KLKN 070326
FWSLKN

Spot Forecast for Gance Creek Project...USFS
National Weather Service Elko NV
726 PM PST Sun Jan 6 2019

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2300 PST on January 06. 
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...Snow showers are expected on the Independence range this Monday
and mid week. The worse of the showers is expected to be on Monday 
morning with the snow tapering off by the afternoon hours. There can still 
be heavy snowfall even with the system winding down. Blowing and drifting
snow will remain a concern through the afternoon as there will be gusty winds.
A Winter Storm Advisory will remain in effect for the Independence range through
the morning hours before the storm leaves. Tuesday will be a dry period
while Wednesday and Thursday can see additional snowfall. 

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Patchy blowing snow through the 
                     day. Slight chance of snow through the day. 
Chance of pcpn......20%. 
Max temperature.....27-32. 
Wind chill..........10. 
Surface winds (mph).West winds 18 to 26 mph with gusts to around 33 
                     mph. 
Pcpn amount.........0.08 inches. 
Snowfall amount.....1.2 INCHES. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow. 
Chance of pcpn......0%. 
Min temperature.....19-24. 
Wind chill..........13. 
Surface winds (mph).Downslope/down valley winds 2 to 5 mph. 
Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches. 
Snowfall amount.....0.0 INCHES. 

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. 
Chance of pcpn......10%. 
Max temperature.....29-34. 
Wind chill..........17. 
Surface winds (mph).East winds 15 to 18 mph with gusts to around 23 
                     mph. 
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. 
Snowfall amount.....0.0 INCHES. 

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Isolated snow showers. Southeast winds 12 to
14 mph. 
.THURSDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Scattered snow showers, then isolated snow
showers. Slope/valley winds. 
.FRIDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Slope/valley winds. 

$$
Forecaster...Hannah
Requested by...Robin Wignall
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 1819103.20/LKN
.DELDT 01/06/19
.EMAIL rjwignall@fs.fed.us