Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Tucson, AZ
Issued by NWS Tucson, AZ
264 FNUS75 KTWC 202138 FWSTWC Spot Forecast for Foote Fire...National RIST National Weather Service Tucson AZ 238 PM MST Thu Jun 20 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 MST on June 21. .DISCUSSION... Very warm afternoon temperatures this afternoon becoming more seasonable tomorrow, highs around 80 degrees and overnight lows around 65 degrees. A deep push of moisture moves into the area with minimum relative humidity around 38-40 percent and overnight maximum relative humidity around 65-68 percent. This will help with creating partly to mostly cloudy skies. South winds around 10-15 MPH with gusts to 30 MPH in the afternoon hours. Expect a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon with an increasing chance of showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Chance of pcpn......40 percent. LAL.................3. Max temperature.....78-81 degrees. Min humidity........38-41 percent. 20-foot winds.......South winds 9 to 14 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL increasing to 5500 ft AGL late in the morning. Transport winds.....South 15 to 16 knots. .FRIDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight. Chance of pcpn......40 percent decreasing to 20 percent overnight. LAL.................3. Min temperature.....63-66 degrees. Max humidity........65-68 percent. 20-foot winds.......South winds 5 to 7 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL decreasing to 100 ft AGL early in the evening. Transport winds.....South 9 to 12 knots. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......50 percent. LAL.................3. Max temperature.....81-84 degrees. Min humidity........32-35 percent. 20-foot winds.......Southeast winds 5 to 9 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL increasing to 3700 ft AGL early in the morning, then increasing to 5800 ft AGL late in the morning increasing to 7800 ft AGL late in the morning increasing to 9900 ft AGL decreasing to 7800 ft AGL early in the afternoon decreasing to 5400 ft AGL decreasing to 3000 ft AGL late in the afternoon decreasing to 500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 6 to 8 knots. $$ Forecaster...MALARKEY Requested by...Planning Lead Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2416461.0/TWC .DELDT 06/20/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL joey_kosiorowski@FIRENET.GOV Visit us on Facebook...Twitter...YouTube...and at weather.gov/Tucson