Routine Fire Wx Fcst (With/Without 6-10 Day Outlook)
Issued by NWS Phoenix, AZ

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Southwest and South-Central
Arizona and Southeast California
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
137 AM MST Thu Mar 28 2024

.DISCUSSION...
Seasonably warm and dry conditions will persist through Friday,
but with increasing winds each day. Winds today will be light
across the eastern districts, but breezy to locally windy across
portions of southeast CA this afternoon and evening. Winds Friday
will increase further across the entire area with afternoon wind
gusts between 30-40 mph across the western districts to around 25
mph over the eastern districts. MinRHs both days are likely to
reach into the mid teens across the lower deserts to 20-25% over
higher terrain areas. Friday afternoon may bring a brief period
of elevated fire weather conditions within the Lower CO River
Valley.

Note...Additional Fire Weather Forecast information can be found
in the Area Forecast Discussion. See product PHXAFDPSR.

AZZ132-282045-
West Central Deserts/Northwest Maricopa County/Greater Phoenix
Area/Southwest Deserts/Southwest Maricopa County/
Northwest and North-Central Pinal County-
Phoenix BLM/YUM BLM/CAZ-CRZ-
137 AM MST Thu Mar 28 2024

.TODAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Partly sunny.
* Max Temperature.................77-83.
*    24 hr trend..................5 degrees warmer.
* Min Humidity....................12-17 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................5 pct drier.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..East 5 to 10 mph in the morning
  becoming southwest 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............West 20 to 30 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* LAL.............................1.
* Haines High Level Index.........5 moderate potential for large
  plume dominated fire growth.
* Mixing Height for Phoenix.......6300 ft AGL.
* Transport Wind for Phoenix......Southwest 7 knots.
* Dispersion for Phoenix..........Good.

.TONIGHT...
* Sky/weather.....................Mostly clear.
* Min Temperature.................49-59.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Max Humidity....................44-63 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................6 pct wetter.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southwest 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 30 to 40 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* LAL.............................1.

.FRIDAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Sunny.
* Max Temperature.................75-82.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Min Humidity....................13-17 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southwest 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 30 to 40 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* LAL.............................1.
* Haines High Level Index.........4 low potential for large plume
  dominated fire growth.
* Mixing Height for Phoenix.......8800 ft AGL.
* Transport Wind for Phoenix......Southwest 17 knots.
* Dispersion for Phoenix..........Excellent.


.EXTENDED...
.SATURDAY...Windy. Partly cloudy with chance of showers. Lows
48-58. Highs 72-81. South winds 25 to 35 mph.
.SUNDAY...Cooler. Showers likely and slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows 45-55. Highs 61-69. South winds 15 to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy with chance of showers. Lows 45-55. Highs
61-68. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 45-55. Highs 70-77.
.WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows 49-59. Highs 77-84.

$$

AZZ131-CAZ231-282045-
Yuma/Martinez Lake and Vicinity/Lower Colorado River Valley AZ-
Lower Colorado River Valley CA-
137 AM MST Thu Mar 28 2024 /137 AM PDT Thu Mar 28 2024/

.TODAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Mostly sunny.
* Max Temperature.................80-85.
*    24 hr trend..................3 degrees warmer.
* Min Humidity....................12-16 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................5 pct drier.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southeast 5 to 10 mph in the
  morning becoming southwest 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............West 20 to 30 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* LAL.............................1.
* Haines High Level Index.........5 moderate potential for large
  plume dominated fire growth.
* Mixing Height for Yuma..........5800 ft AGL.
* Transport Wind for Yuma.........Southwest 8 knots.
* Dispersion for Yuma.............Good.

.TONIGHT...
* Sky/weather.....................Mostly clear.
* Min Temperature.................50-55.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Max Humidity....................55-74 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................13 pct wetter.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southwest 10 to 20 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............West 30 to 40 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* LAL.............................1.

.FRIDAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Sunny.
* Max Temperature.................77-82.
*    24 hr trend..................4 degrees cooler.
* Min Humidity....................13-17 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southwest 10 to 20 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 30 to 40 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* LAL.............................1.
* Haines High Level Index.........4 low potential for large plume
  dominated fire growth.
* Mixing Height for Yuma..........9200 ft AGL.
* Transport Wind for Yuma.........Southwest 15 knots.
* Dispersion for Yuma.............Excellent.


.EXTENDED...
.SATURDAY...Breezy, showers. Lows 48-53. Highs 74-79. Southwest
winds 20 to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with chance of showers. Lows 47-52. Highs
67-72. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy with slight chance of showers. Lows
47-52. Highs 68-73. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Clear. Lows 49-56. Highs 77-82.
.WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows 51-59. Highs 82-87.

$$

AZZ133-282045-
Southern Gila County/Tonto National Forest Foothills-
Southern Tonto NF/West San Carlos BIA/South Portion Ft Apache BIA/
CAZ-
137 AM MST Thu Mar 28 2024

.TODAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Partly sunny.
* Max Temperature.................63-76.
*    24 hr trend..................7 degrees warmer.
* Min Humidity....................19-27 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................9 pct drier.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..East 5 to 10 mph in the morning
  becoming south 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 20 to 30 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* LAL.............................1.
* Haines High Level Index.........5 moderate potential for large
  plume dominated fire growth.

.TONIGHT...
* Sky/weather.....................Partly cloudy.
* Min Temperature.................40-52.
*    24 hr trend..................4 degrees warmer.
* Max Humidity....................44-56 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................17 pct drier.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southwest 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 30 to 40 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* LAL.............................1.

.FRIDAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Sunny.
* Max Temperature.................63-77.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Min Humidity....................18-26 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................Little RH change.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..South 10 to 20 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 30 to 40 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* LAL.............................1.
* Haines High Level Index.........4 low potential for large plume
  dominated fire growth.


.EXTENDED...
.SATURDAY...Windy. Mostly clear. Lows 40-54. Highs 63-77. South
winds 25 to 35 mph.
.SUNDAY...Cooler. Showers and slight chance of thunderstorms.
Lows 35-51. Highs 49-62. South winds 15 to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Showers likely and slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows
32-47. Highs 45-59. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 32-50. Highs 55-68.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 34-53. Highs 62-76.

$$

CAZ232-282045-
Imperial County And Eastern Riverside County-
137 AM PDT Thu Mar 28 2024

.TODAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Mostly sunny.
* Max Temperature.................76-86.
*    24 hr trend..................3 degrees warmer.
* Min Humidity....................14-22 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................3 pct drier.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southwest 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............West 25 to 35 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* LAL.............................1.
* Haines High Level Index.........5 moderate potential for large
  plume dominated fire growth.

.TONIGHT...
* Sky/weather.....................Mostly clear. Patchy blowing dust
  in the evening.
* Min Temperature.................49-56.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Max Humidity....................47-64 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................7 pct wetter.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..West 10 to 20 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............West 30 to 40 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* LAL.............................1.

.FRIDAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Sunny.
* Max Temperature.................70-80.
*    24 hr trend..................5 degrees cooler.
* Min Humidity....................14-24 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................Little RH change.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southwest 10 to 20 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 35 to 45 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* LAL.............................1.
* Haines High Level Index.........4 low potential for large plume
  dominated fire growth.


.EXTENDED...
.SATURDAY...Breezy. Partly cloudy with chance of showers. Lows
45-54. Highs 65-76. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with chance of showers. Lows 45-53. Highs
61-71. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy with slight chance of showers. Lows
45-55. Highs 64-73. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Clear. Lows 50-60. Highs 73-81.
.WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows 53-61. Highs 78-87.

$$

CAZ230-282045-
Joshua Tree National Park-
137 AM PDT Thu Mar 28 2024

.TODAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Sunny.
* Max Temperature.................63-79.
*    24 hr trend..................3 degrees warmer.
* Min Humidity....................16-30 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..West 10 to 20 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............West 20 to 30 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* LAL.............................1.
* Haines High Level Index.........5 moderate potential for large
  plume dominated fire growth.

.TONIGHT...
* Sky/weather.....................Mostly clear.
* Min Temperature.................39-50.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Max Humidity....................40-65 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................Little RH change.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..West 10 to 20 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............West 20 to 30 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* LAL.............................1.

.FRIDAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Mostly sunny.
* Max Temperature.................57-74.
*    24 hr trend..................6 degrees cooler.
* Min Humidity....................15-27 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................Little RH change.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southwest 10 to 20 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............West 15 to 25 mph in the morning
  becoming 30 to 40 mph in the afternoon.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* LAL.............................1.
* Haines High Level Index.........3 very low potential for large
  plume dominated fire growth.


.EXTENDED...
.SATURDAY...Cooler. Partly cloudy with chance of showers. Lows
33-47. Highs 48-66. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with chance of showers. Lows 33-46. Highs
49-64. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy with slight chance of showers. Lows
35-50. Highs 54-67. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Clear. Lows 40-54. Highs 62-75.
.WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows 45-56. Highs 69-81.

$$

.8 TO 10 DAY OUTLOOK...Thursday April 4th through Saturday April
6th: Near normal temperatures and near median precipitation.


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