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FNUS75 KTWC 220059
FWSTWC

Spot Forecast for Foote Fire...National RIST
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
559 PM MST Fri Jun 21 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 MST on June 21.

.DISCUSSION...Isolated storms moving in from the west possible
tonight. Then a brief break in precip chances Saturday morning
followed by isolated to scattered storms Saturday afternoon into the
evening. The main threats with storms will be strong winds 40-50
mph, lightning, and brief localized heavy rainfall. Outside of
thunderstorms winds will be 5-10 mph. RH values will be around 40
percent during the day and 70 percent overnight.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
LAL.................3.
Min temperature.....62-65 degrees.
Max humidity........71-74 percent.
20-foot winds.......South winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Mixing height.......1800 ft AGL decreasing to 100 ft AGL early in
                    the evening.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 10 knots.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
LAL.................4.
Max temperature.....78-81 degrees.
Min humidity........39-42 percent.
20-foot winds.......Southeast winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the east
                    northeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Mixing height.......7100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 8 knots.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent decreasing to 20 percent overnight.
LAL.................3.
Min temperature.....63-66 degrees.
Max humidity........64-67 percent.
20-foot winds.......North winds up to 5 mph in the evening becoming
                    light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms in the evening.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 8 knots.

$$
Forecaster...HARDIN
Requested by...IC Trainee
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2416461.1/TWC
.DELDT 06/21/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brent.corkish@usda.gov

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