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Spot Forecast for Simmons...DFFM
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
749 PM MST Tue May 28 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2000 MST on May 28.

.DISCUSSION...Dry weather expected with temperatures several
degrees above normal. Minimum relative humidities remain in the
single digits with poor overnight recoveries to 19-23% overnight.
Surface winds begin to decrease after sunset to under 8 mph and
variable in direction then increasing and switching
northwest/westerly after 10 am MST to 8-12 mph with gusts up to
20 mph.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....67-70 degrees.
Max humidity........19-22 percent.
20-foot winds.......North winds 5 to 7 mph.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 8 knots shifting to the west
                    around 5 knots overnight.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....95-98 degrees.
Min humidity........6-9 percent.
20-foot winds.......South winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the west 6
                    to 11 mph in the afternoon.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL increasing to 10400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 13 knots.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....65-68 degrees.
Max humidity........19-22 percent.
20-foot winds.......Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the east
                    up to 5 mph overnight.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Mixing height.......6900 ft AGL decreasing to 100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 9 knots shifting to the
                    southwest overnight.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....96-99 degrees.
Min humidity........7-10 percent.
20-foot winds.......Southeast winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the west
                    5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL increasing to 9400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 4 knots shifting to the west in
                    the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...TETRAULT
Requested by...Scott A Hines
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2415255.0/TWC
.DELDT 05/28/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Aidclogistics@dffm.az.gov

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