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
1234 AM MST Wed May 22 2024

.DISCUSSION...
Dry conditions, near normal temperatures, and typical afternoon
and early evening breeziness will continue through Thursday. Winds
will tend to follow their typical diurnal tendencies and terrain
influences in all districts with periodic gusts up to around 20
mph in the afternoon and early evenings. MinRH values will be in
the 5-15% range. Overnight recovery will be poor in South-Central
Arizona and in the 20-25% range, whereas in Southwest Arizona and
Southeast California overnight recovery will be fair and in the
30-50% range. Afternoon high temperatures will mostly top out in
the mid 90s across the lower deserts under sunny skies.

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

AZZ132-221945-
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-
1234 AM MST Wed May 22 2024

.TODAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Sunny.
* Max Temperature.................90-96.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Min Humidity....................7-11 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................Little RH change.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southwest 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 10 to 20 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.......10400 ft AGL.
* Transport Wind for Phoenix......Southwest 9 knots.
* Dispersion for Phoenix..........Very good.

.TONIGHT...
* Sky/weather.....................Clear.
* Min Temperature.................59-69.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Max Humidity....................25-48 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................11 pct wetter.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..South 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 10 to 20 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* LAL.............................1.

.THURSDAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Sunny.
* Max Temperature.................90-96.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Min Humidity....................9-14 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................3 pct wetter.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..South 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 10 to 20 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.......9200 ft AGL.
* Transport Wind for Phoenix......Southwest 12 knots.
* Dispersion for Phoenix..........Excellent.


.EXTENDED...
.FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 57-67. Highs 89-96. South winds
10 to 20 mph. Minimum relative humidity may be lower than
15 percent.
.SATURDAY...Clear. Lows 57-67. Highs 84-90. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Clear. Lows 58-68. Highs 88-94. Southwest winds 5 to
15 mph. Minimum relative humidity may be lower than 15 percent.
.MONDAY...Clear. Lows 62-72. Highs 94-100.
.TUESDAY...Clear. Lows 64-74. Highs 98-103.

$$

AZZ131-CAZ231-221945-
Yuma/Martinez Lake and Vicinity/Lower Colorado River Valley AZ-
Lower Colorado River Valley CA-
1234 AM MST Wed May 22 2024 /1234 AM PDT Wed May 22 2024/

.TODAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Sunny.
* Max Temperature.................93-98.
*    24 hr trend..................3 degrees warmer.
* Min Humidity....................7-11 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................Little RH change.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..West 5 to 10 mph in the morning
  becoming southwest 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 10 to 15 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..........8700 ft AGL.
* Transport Wind for Yuma.........South 10 knots.
* Dispersion for Yuma.............Very good.

.TONIGHT...
* Sky/weather.....................Clear.
* Min Temperature.................61-66.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Max Humidity....................40-58 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................12 pct wetter.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..South 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............West 10 to 15 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* LAL.............................1.

.THURSDAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Sunny.
* Max Temperature.................93-98.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Min Humidity....................11-15 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................3 pct wetter.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southwest 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............West 10 to 20 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..........7300 ft AGL.
* Transport Wind for Yuma.........Southwest 11 knots.
* Dispersion for Yuma.............Very good.


.EXTENDED...
.FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 59-66. Highs 91-96. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph. Minimum relative humidity may be lower than
15 percent.
.SATURDAY...Clear. Lows 57-62. Highs 86-91. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Clear. Lows 58-66. Highs 90-95. Southwest winds 5 to
15 mph. Minimum relative humidity may be lower than 15 percent.
.MONDAY...Clear. Lows 63-69. Highs 96-101.
.TUESDAY...Clear. Lows 65-70. Highs 100-105.

$$

AZZ133-221945-
Southern Gila County/Tonto National Forest Foothills-
Southern Tonto NF/West San Carlos BIA/South Portion Ft Apache BIA/
CAZ-
1234 AM MST Wed May 22 2024

.TODAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Sunny.
* Max Temperature.................77-91.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Min Humidity....................7-11 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................Little RH change.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..South 5 to 10 mph in the morning
  becoming southwest 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 15 to 25 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.....................Clear.
* Min Temperature.................48-61.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Max Humidity....................24-33 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................5 pct wetter.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..West 5 to 15 mph in the evening
  becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 15 to 25 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* LAL.............................1.

.THURSDAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Sunny.
* Max Temperature.................76-90.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Min Humidity....................8-12 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................Little RH change.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southwest 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 15 to 25 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.


.EXTENDED...
.FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 49-63. Highs 78-92. South winds
10 to 20 mph. Minimum relative humidity may be lower than
15 percent.
.SATURDAY...Clear. Lows 46-62. Highs 72-86. Southwest winds 15 to
25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Clear. Lows 46-64. Highs 76-90. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph. Minimum relative humidity may be lower than 15 percent.
.MONDAY...Clear. Lows 49-68. Highs 82-96.
.TUESDAY...Clear. Lows 53-69. Highs 85-99.

$$

CAZ232-221945-
Imperial County And Eastern Riverside County-
1234 AM PDT Wed May 22 2024

.TODAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Sunny.
* Max Temperature.................89-98.
*    24 hr trend..................3 degrees warmer.
* Min Humidity....................7-12 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................Little RH change.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Northwest 5 to 10 mph in the
  morning becoming south 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 10 to 15 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.....................Clear.
* Min Temperature.................62-69.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Max Humidity....................30-52 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................8 pct wetter.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..West 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............West 10 to 15 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* LAL.............................1.

.THURSDAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Sunny.
* Max Temperature.................88-98.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Min Humidity....................11-18 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................5 pct wetter.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southwest 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............West 10 to 20 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.


.EXTENDED...
.FRIDAY...Breezy. Mostly clear. Lows 56-68. Highs 85-94.
Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph.
.SATURDAY...Clear. Lows 56-64. Highs 80-90. West winds 15 to
25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Clear. Lows 57-69. Highs 86-95. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Clear. Lows 64-72. Highs 91-101.
.TUESDAY...Clear. Lows 66-73. Highs 95-104.

$$

CAZ230-221945-
Joshua Tree National Park-
1234 AM PDT Wed May 22 2024

.TODAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Sunny.
* Max Temperature.................78-93.
*    24 hr trend..................4 degrees warmer.
* Min Humidity....................9-15 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................Little RH change.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Northwest 5 to 10 mph in the
  morning becoming southwest 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 5 to 15 mph.
* 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.

.TONIGHT...
* Sky/weather.....................Clear.
* Min Temperature.................53-65.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Max Humidity....................29-41 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................6 pct wetter.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..West 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Light and variable in the evening
  becoming west 5 to 15 mph after midnight.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* LAL.............................1.

.THURSDAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Sunny.
* Max Temperature.................77-92.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Min Humidity....................12-22 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................5 pct wetter.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..West 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............West 10 to 20 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.


.EXTENDED...
.FRIDAY...Clear. Lows 46-64. Highs 72-89. Southwest winds 15 to
25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Clear. Lows 46-61. Highs 69-86. West winds 10 to
20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Clear. Lows 49-66. Highs 76-90. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Clear. Lows 56-68. Highs 81-96.
.TUESDAY...Clear. Lows 58-70. Highs 83-98.

$$

.8 TO 10 DAY OUTLOOK...Wednesday May 29th through Friday May
31st: Above normal temperatures and near median precipitation.