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FNUS75 KTWC 031144
FWSTWC

Spot Forecast for 228...Tucson Interagency Dispatch Center
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
444 AM MST Wed Jun 3 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0500 MST on June 03.

.DISCUSSION...Increasing moisture today with bring a chance of
showers and thunderstorms this afternoon into early this evening
and then again Thursday afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds near
thunderstorms otherwise wind today will be out of the east this
morning and west this afternoon. Winds then terrain driven tonight
into Thursday. Min RH values today and Thursday mostly between
15 and 20 percent.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny this morning. Becoming partly cloudy this
                    afternoon with a slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms after 2 pm.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....90-93 degrees.
Min humidity........15-18 percent.
20-foot winds.......East winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the west 5 to
                    10 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3000 knot-ft) increasing to very good
                    (98600 knot-ft) in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL increasing to 12300 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 9 knots shifting to the west around
                    7 knots in the afternoon.

TIME (MST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........2         0         8         69
Weather cov.....                              S CHC
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                              S CHC
CWR.............0         0         10        20
Temp............67        82        90        91
RH..............23        21        19        17
20 FT wind......NE 4G6    SE 3G6    S 6G10    W 6G10
Mix hgt (ft)....500       3500      11400     9800
Transport wind..NE 6      E 9       E 8       SW 6
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3         31        91        59
Ventrate Cat....POOR      FAIR      VYGD      GOOD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming mostly clear.
                    Slight chance of showers early in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent decreasing to 10 percent early in
                    the evening.
Min temperature.....66-69 degrees.
Max humidity........35-38 percent.
20-foot winds.......North winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the
                    northeast late in the evening, then decreasing
                    to up to 5 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (49500 knot-ft) decreasing to poor
                    (3000 knot-ft) late in the night.
Mixing height.......6200 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 8 knots shifting to the northeast
                    6 to 8 knots overnight.

TIME (MST)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........79        29        14        7
Weather cov.....S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR    NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............20        0         10        0
Temp............87        76        71        68
RH..............18        25        32        35
20 FT wind......N 6G11    N 6G12    NE 4G7    NE 3G6
Mix hgt (ft)....6200      500       500       500
Transport wind..E 8       N 8       NE 7      E 7
Vrate kt-ft/1K..50        4         4         4
Ventrate Cat....GOOD      POOR      POOR      POOR

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny in the morning. Partly cloudy in the
                    afternoon with a slight chance of a shower.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent in the morning. 10 percent in the
                    in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....90-93 degrees.
Min humidity........14-17 percent.
20-foot winds.......East winds up to 5 mph shifting to the west
                    late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3000 knot-ft) in the morning increasing
                    to very good (87500 knot-ft) in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL increasing to 12500 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....East around 6 knots shifting to the southeast
                    late in the morning, then shifting to the west
                    around 7 knots late in the afternoon shifting
                    to the south around 8 knots late in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (MST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........7         1         26        27
Weather cov.....                              S CHC
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                              S CHC
CWR.............0         0         0         10
Temp............69        83        90        90
RH..............36        25        19        17
20 FT wind......E 2G4     S 3G6     SW 6G10   W 6G10
Mix hgt (ft)....500       4300      11700     9400
Transport wind..E 6       SE 6      E 6       SW 7
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3         26        70        66
Ventrate Cat....POOR      FAIR      VYGD      GOOD

$$
Forecaster...FIRE WX FORECASTER
Requested by...Sarina Moreno
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2614693.3/TWC
.DELDT 06/03/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL aztdc@firenet.gov,jeffrey.fulgham@usda.gov

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