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Spot Forecast for 2024 Salton Sea RX...USFWS
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
216 AM MST Wed Jun 12 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PDT on June 12.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Hot and dry conditions will prevail over the next couple days with
high temperatures near 110 degrees. Winds will continue to favor
diurnal tendencies, but with influences from the Salton Sea at times.
Expect occasional afternoon gusts up to 20 mph today and to around
25 mph on Thursday. MinRH values will range between 5-10%, while
poor overnight recoveries can be expected with MaxRHs only reaching
towards 25-35%.

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

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 110.
Min humidity........5-10 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 11 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 5 to 11 mph early in the morning,
                    then shifting to the north early in the
                    afternoon shifting to the west 6 to 15 mph late
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Maximum of 3300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 7 mph shifting to the east around
                    6 mph early in the morning, then shifting to
                    the north around 5 mph late in the morning
                    shifting to the west late in the morning
                    shifting to the southwest 6 to 13 mph
                    increasing to around 18 mph late in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (PDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1   1   1   1   0   1   3   1   1   1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............82  89  95  99 104 106 107 109 109 109
RH..............35  29  23  17  13  10  7   7   7   7
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  N   NW  N   NE  NW  W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..6   5   5   5   5   6   6   8   9   12
20 FT wind gust.9   7   8   8   9   10  12  14  15  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.9 1.3 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.4 2.8 3.3
Transp wind dir.NE  N   NW  W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.6   5   5   5   5   6   6   8   13  18

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................1 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 73.
Max humidity........24-29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 12 to 17 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 9 to 17 mph early in the evening,
                    then shifting to the southeast 9 to 14 mph
                    overnight shifting to the west 8 to 14 mph
                    after 3 am shifting to the south 8 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......Minimum of 0 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 17 mph.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........2   4   6   5   4   5   3   3   5   3   3   3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............108 104 97  92  88  85  82  80  79  77  76  75
RH..............8   10  13  16  17  18  22  22  22  25  25  24
20 FT wind dir..W   W   NW  W   W   NW  W   W   SE  W   W   S
20 FT wind spd..13  13  13  12  12  10  10  10  10  10  9   9
20 FT wind gust.17  18  18  18  18  16  17  17  17  17  16  16
Mix hgt (kft)...2.2 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transp wind dir.SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.17  16  15  12  12  10  10  10  10  10  9   9

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................1 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 109.
Min humidity........5-10 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 19 mph increasing to 16 to 21
                    mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Maximum of 3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 13 mph shifting to the south 7 to 8
                    mph late in the morning, then increasing to 9
                    to 12 mph early in the afternoon increasing to
                    southwest 18 to 24 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5   1   2   1   1   2   4   5   7   8   8   8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............73  78  86  93  97  99 103 106 108 109 109 108
RH..............26  22  19  16  13  10  9   8   7   7   8   8
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..9   13  8   6   6   8   8   7   9   12  15  17
20 FT wind gust.16  15  14  12  12  12  13  15  17  18  21  23
Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.3 1.7 2.2 2.7 3.1 2.8 2.4 2.1
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   SW  SW  S   S   SE  S   SW  SW
Transp wind spd.9   13  8   6   6   8   8   7   9   12  18  24

$$
Forecaster...CK
Requested by...Matthew Pecos
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2415997.0/PSR
.DELDT 06/12/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL matthew_pecos@fws.gov