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Spot Forecast for Wildcat Fire...USFS
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
939 PM MST Sat May 18 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2200 MST on May 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Southerly winds will begin to increase late Sunday morning
between around 10AM-12PM before veering toward a southwest
component between 12PM-2PM. Gusts during the afternoon are
expected to climb to around 20 mph before subsiding Sunday
evening. Strong winds increase across the area on Monday with
winds gusts Monday afternoon expected to climb to upwards of 25-35
mph out of the southwest, which combined with dry conditions will
lead to near-critical fire weather conditions. Min RHs Sunday and
Monday will be around 10-15%, while overnight Max RHs Sunday
night will be around 25-30%. Afternoon temperatures Sunday will be
in the upper 80s to near 90 degrees before dropping into the mid
80s Monday.

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

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Haze in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........9-14 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 15 mph becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph
                    with gusts to around 20 mph in the afternoon.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 61.
Max humidity........24-29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 11 mph.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent).
CWR.................1 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........11-16 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South to southwest winds 6 to 20 mph with gusts upwards of
                    25 to 35 mph in the afternoon.

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Forecaster...IS
Requested by...Matthew Kilford
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2414631.0/PSR
.DELDT 05/18/24
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.EMAIL matthew.kilford@usda.gov