Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Issued by NWS Flagstaff, AZ
866 FNUS75 KFGZ 311250 FWSFGZ Spot Forecast for Wallow West Unit 4 East...USFS National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ 550 AM MST Fri May 31 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 MST on May 31. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service in Flagstaff, AZ .DISCUSSION...Overall quiet weather expected. Temperatures continue to run a few degrees above normal with afternoon RHs falling into the single digits. SW winds are expected to develop by the afternoon, with gusts 10-20 mph. Some clouds are expected to develop this afternoon and evening, with isolated virga showers along the Mogollon Rim: confidence is very low on if any of these would impact the RX site today. Main impacts would be gusty, erratic winds. Tonight, expect winds to become light with drainage winds down toward Black River. Overnight RH recoveries remain poor, only getting into the upper teens to low 20s. Saturday will once again see lots of sun and warm temperatures. Winds will increase slightly compared to today with SW winds in the afternoon gusting 15-30 mph. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly Sunny. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 80. Min humidity........7 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. LAL.................1. Haines Index........6 or high potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Max Vent Rate.......Excellent. Clearing Index......1899. Mixing height.......16400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South around 10 knots. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 40. Max humidity........36 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 5 mph in the evening becoming north to northeast overnight with drainage into Black River. LAL.................1. Haines Index........6 or high potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Min Vent Rate.......Poor. Clearing Index......0. Mixing height.......0 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 5 to 10 knots shifting to the northwest around 0 knots after 3 am. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 80. Min humidity........8 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. LAL.................1. Haines Index........6 or high potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Max Vent Rate.......Excellent. Clearing Index......1554. Mixing height.......12000 ft AGL in the morning increasing to 13000 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 10 knots increasing to around 15 knots late in the afternoon. $$ Forecaster...ROAKES Requested by...Christina Brannon Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2415287.2/FGZ .DELDT 05/31/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL christina.brannon@usda.gov