Fri May  3 05:22:39 EDT 2024

Owens Valley/Southern Inyo Forest-
222 AM PDT Fri May 3 2024

.TODAY...
* Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny. 
* Max temperature: 
*     Valley floor....80-85. 
*     7000 feet.......64-69. 
*     24 hr trend.....Little change. 
* Min humidity: 
*     Valley floor....14-17 percent. 
*     7000 feet.......24-34 percent. 
*     24 hr trend.....On average up 5 percent. 
* Wind (slope/valley=20 ft, 10 min avg): 
*     Slope/valley....North winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the south 
      around 10 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 25 mph. 
*     Upper slopes....Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 
      20 mph shifting to the southwest around 10 mph with gusts to 
      around 30 mph in the afternoon. 
*     10000 ft msl....Light and variable. 
* CWR (>= 0.10 in)....0 percent. 
* LAL.................1. 
* Haines Index........4. 

.TONIGHT...
* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy. 
* Min temperature: 
*     Valley floor....49-54. 
*     7000 feet.......20-25. 
*     24 hr trend.....Little change. 
* Max humidity: 
*     Valley floor....49-54 percent. 
*     7000 feet.......60-65 percent. 
*     24 hr trend.....On average up 8 percent. 
* Wind (slope/valley=20 ft, 10 min avg): 
*     Slope/valley....Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
*     Upper slopes....Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph 
      after midnight. 
*     10000 ft msl....Southwest around 10 mph. 
* CWR (>= 0.10 in)....0 percent. 
* LAL.................1. 
* Haines Index........4. 

.SATURDAY...
* Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming partly cloudy. 
  Patchy blowing dust. Isolated showers. 
* Max temperature: 
*     Valley floor....75-80. 
*     7000 feet.......58-63. 
*     24 hr trend.....On average down 5 degrees. 
* Min humidity: 
*     Valley floor....14-22 percent. 
*     7000 feet.......31-41 percent. 
*     24 hr trend.....On average up 5 percent. 
* Wind (slope/valley=20 ft, 10 min avg): 
*     Slope/valley....South winds around 10 mph with gusts to around 45 
      mph increasing to southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 
      55 mph in the afternoon. 
*     Upper slopes....Very windy. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with 
      gusts to around 85 mph increasing to 30 to 45 mph with gusts 
      to around 105 mph in the afternoon. 
*     10000 ft msl....Southwest 15 to 25 mph. 
* CWR (>= 0.10 in)....15 percent increasing to 45 percent in the 
  afternoon. 
* LAL.................1. 
* Haines Index........5. 

.EXTENDED...
.SUNDAY...Cooler. Partly cloudy. Patchy blowing dust. Scattered
showers and isolated snow showers. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
Highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s. West winds 15 to 25 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 30s. Highs in
the mid to upper 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. Highs in
the mid 70s to lower 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.