Routine Fire Wx Fcst (With/Without 6-10 Day Outlook)
Issued by NWS Phoenix, AZ

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FWFPSR

Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Southwest and South-Central
Arizona and Southeast California
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
131 PM MST Sat Sep 12 2026

.DISCUSSION...
With temperatures hovering near the seasonal normal, thunderstorm
chances will be concentrated over higher terrain features in
eastern districts with the threat diminishing into lower
elevations. Nevertheless, isolated instances of wetting rainfall
are possible through Monday. Otherwise, minimum humidity levels
will only fall into a 20-30% range in western districts and 25-35%
in eastern districts. This will follow fair to good overnight
recovery of 40-70%. Outside of thunderstorms, winds will generally
remain light with a southwest heading through nearly calm
conditions will be common in the morning hours.

...Thunderstorms imply gusty winds...

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

AZZ132-130845-
West Central Deserts/Northwest Maricopa County/Greater Phoenix
Area/Southwest Deserts/Southwest Maricopa County/
Northwest and North-Central Pinal County-
Phoenix BLM/YUM BLM/CAZ-CRZ-
131 PM MST Sat Sep 12 2026

.TONIGHT...
* Sky/weather.....................Mostly clear. Slight chance of
  showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
* Min Temperature.................78-88.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Max Humidity....................53-67 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................Little RH change.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..South 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............South 10 to 20 mph.
* Chance of Precip................10 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................2 percent.
* Chance of Thunder...............8 percent.

.SUNDAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Mostly sunny.
* Max Temperature.................97-104.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Min Humidity....................27-32 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................Little RH change.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..South 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............South 15 to 25 mph.
* Chance of Precip................5 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................2 percent.
* Chance of Thunder...............5 percent.
* Mixing Height for Phoenix.......8600 ft AGL.
* Transport Wind for Phoenix......Southwest 6 knots.
* Dispersion for Phoenix..........Good.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...
* Sky/weather.....................Mostly clear. Slight chance of
  showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
* Min Temperature.................78-88.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Max Humidity....................51-62 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................3 pct drier.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..South 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............South 15 to 25 mph.
* Chance of Precip................15 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................5 percent.
* Chance of Thunder...............10 percent.

.MONDAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Mostly sunny. Slight chance of
  showers and thunderstorms in the morning.
* Max Temperature.................98-105.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Min Humidity....................24-30 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................Little RH change.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..South 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............South 15 to 25 mph.
* Chance of Precip................10 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................2 percent.
* Chance of Thunder...............5 percent.
* Mixing Height for Phoenix.......9700 ft AGL.
* Transport Wind for Phoenix......Southwest 9 knots.
* Dispersion for Phoenix..........Very good.


.EXTENDED...
.TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 74-84. Highs 96-104. South winds
10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear with slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows 74-84. Highs 96-103. South winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 76-86. Highs 98-105. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 77-87. Highs 100-107.
.SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 78-88. Highs 101-108.

$$

AZZ131-CAZ231-130845-
Yuma/Martinez Lake and Vicinity/Lower Colorado River Valley AZ-
Lower Colorado River Valley CA-
131 PM MST Sat Sep 12 2026 /131 PM PDT Sat Sep 12 2026/

.TONIGHT...
* Sky/weather.....................Mostly clear.
* Min Temperature.................79-84.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Max Humidity....................51-70 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................7 pct drier.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..South 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............South 5 to 15 mph in the evening
  becoming 15 to 25 mph after midnight.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* Chance of Thunder...............2 percent.

.SUNDAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Mostly sunny.
* Max Temperature.................101-106.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Min Humidity....................29-34 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................Little RH change.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..South 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 10 to 20 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* Chance of Thunder...............2 percent.
* Mixing Height for Yuma..........7100 ft AGL.
* Transport Wind for Yuma.........South 11 knots.
* Dispersion for Yuma.............Very good.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...
* Sky/weather.....................Mostly clear.
* Min Temperature.................79-84.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Max Humidity....................49-67 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................3 pct drier.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..South 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............South 10 to 20 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* Chance of Thunder...............2 percent.

.MONDAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Sunny.
* Max Temperature.................101-106.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Min Humidity....................24-28 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................5 pct drier.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..South 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 10 to 20 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* Chance of Thunder...............1 percent.
* Mixing Height for Yuma..........6600 ft AGL.
* Transport Wind for Yuma.........South 13 knots.
* Dispersion for Yuma.............Very good.


.EXTENDED...
.TUESDAY...Clear. Lows 75-82. Highs 100-105. South winds 10 to
20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 75-80. Highs 100-105. South winds
10 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 75-82. Highs 101-106. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 77-84. Highs 104-109.
.SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 78-84. Highs 104-109.

$$

AZZ133-130845-
Southern Gila County/Tonto National Forest Foothills-
Southern Tonto NF/West San Carlos BIA/South Portion Ft Apache BIA/
CAZ-
131 PM MST Sat Sep 12 2026

.TONIGHT...
* Sky/weather.....................Mostly clear. Slight chance of
  showers and thunderstorms in the evening.
* Min Temperature.................63-79.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Max Humidity....................62-84 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................Little RH change.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..West 5 to 10 mph in the evening
  becoming mostly downslope/downvalley after midnight.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Light and variable in the evening
  becoming south 5 to 15 mph after midnight.
* Chance of Precip................10 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................5 percent.
* Chance of Thunder...............8 percent.

.SUNDAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Mostly sunny. Slight chance of
  showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
* Max Temperature.................85-98.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Min Humidity....................29-40 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................Little RH change.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southwest 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 10 to 20 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent in the morning becoming
  20 percent in the afternoon.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................5 percent.
* Chance of Thunder...............15 percent.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...
* Sky/weather.....................Partly cloudy. Chance of
  showers and thunderstorms .
* Min Temperature.................64-80.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Max Humidity....................58-84 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................Little RH change.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..South 5 to 10 mph in the evening
  becoming mostly downslope/downvalley after midnight.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 10 to 20 mph.
* Chance of Precip................30 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................15 percent.
* Chance of Thunder...............20 percent.

.MONDAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Partly sunny. Slight chance of
  showers and thunderstorms in the morning becoming chance of
  showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
* Max Temperature.................82-97.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Min Humidity....................30-44 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................Little RH change.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southeast 5 to 10 mph in the
  morning becoming southwest 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 15 to 25 mph.
* Chance of Precip................30 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................10 percent.
* Chance of Thunder...............30 percent.


.EXTENDED...
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with chance of showers and slight chance
of thunderstorms. Lows 61-78. Highs 80-95. Southeast winds 5 to
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with chance of showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows 60-77. Highs 80-95. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows 60-78. Highs 81-97. East winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly clear with slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows 60-79. Highs 83-100.
.SATURDAY...Mostly clear with slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows 60-79. Highs 83-101.

$$

CAZ232-130845-
Imperial County And Eastern Riverside County-
131 PM PDT Sat Sep 12 2026

.TONIGHT...
* Sky/weather.....................Mostly clear.
* Min Temperature.................78-85.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Max Humidity....................45-74 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................14 pct drier.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..South 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............South 10 to 15 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* Chance of Thunder...............1 percent.

.SUNDAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Mostly sunny.
* Max Temperature.................96-107.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Min Humidity....................16-30 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................9 pct drier.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..South 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 10 to 20 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* Chance of Thunder...............1 percent.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...
* Sky/weather.....................Mostly clear.
* Min Temperature.................76-83.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Max Humidity....................27-57 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................17 pct drier.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southwest 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 10 to 20 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* Chance of Thunder...............0 percent.

.MONDAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Sunny.
* Max Temperature.................96-106.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Min Humidity....................11-23 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................6 pct drier.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..South 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 15 to 25 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* Chance of Thunder...............0 percent.


.EXTENDED...
.TUESDAY...Clear. Lows 72-80. Highs 95-105. South winds 5 to
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows 72-80. Highs 95-104. South winds 5 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Clear. Lows 73-82. Highs 96-105. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Clear. Lows 76-84. Highs 98-108.
.SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 78-84. Highs 99-109.

$$

CAZ230-130845-
Joshua Tree National Park-
131 PM PDT Sat Sep 12 2026

.TONIGHT...
* Sky/weather.....................Clear.
* Min Temperature.................68-81.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Max Humidity....................46-62 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................8 pct drier.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southwest 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 10 to 20 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* Chance of Thunder...............1 percent.

.SUNDAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Sunny.
* Max Temperature.................86-99.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Min Humidity....................19-26 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................7 pct drier.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..South 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 10 to 20 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* Chance of Thunder...............1 percent.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...
* Sky/weather.....................Mostly clear.
* Min Temperature.................66-77.
*    24 hr trend..................3 degrees cooler.
* Max Humidity....................33-41 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................17 pct drier.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..West 5 to 15 mph.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 10 to 15 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* Chance of Thunder...............0 percent.

.MONDAY...
* Sky/weather.....................Sunny.
* Max Temperature.................85-99.
*    24 hr trend..................Little change.
* Min Humidity....................13-18 pct.
*    24 hr trend..................7 pct drier.
* Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..West 5 to 10 mph in the morning
  becoming south in the afternoon.
* Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 10 to 20 mph.
* Chance of Precip................0 percent.
* CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent.
* Chance of Thunder...............0 percent.


.EXTENDED...
.TUESDAY...Clear. Lows 63-76. Highs 82-97. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph. Minimum relative humidity may be lower than 15 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows 63-74. Highs 83-97. Southwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Clear. Lows 64-76. Highs 85-99. Southwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Clear. Lows 67-78. Highs 88-101.
.SATURDAY...Clear. Lows 68-79. Highs 89-102.

$$

.8 TO 10 DAY OUTLOOK...Sunday September 20th through Tuesday
September 22nd: Above normal temperatures and above median
precipitation.