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Spot Forecast for Pearce Fire Prevention...Sunsites Pearce Fire District
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
834 AM MST Wed Oct 21 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 MST on October 22.

.DISCUSSION...

Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm in the morning.
Scattered ceilings at 5k ft and BKN-OVC above 15k ft in the morning. Then isolated
to scattered thunderstorms after 1400 with the potential for severe hail and wind,
along with a low but non-zero threat for a tornado. Best chances for thunderstorms
will be north of the event site with less confidence in coverage to the south.
Chances diminish through the early evening. Any thunderstorm may bring brief MVFR
conditions. Winds outside thunderstorms will increase from the south in the morning,
becoming gusty and southwesterly with gusts of 25-30 mph in the afternoon and early
evening.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms,
thunderstorms in the afternoon and early evening may
become severe with severe wind gusts and large hail.
Chance of Precip....50 percent.
Max temperature.....80-83 degrees.
Min humidity........49-52 percent.
Surface winds (mph).South 8 to 12 mph with gusts to 18 mph in the morning,
becoming southwest 15 to 18 mph with gusts to 30 mph
in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South 11 to 20 knots.
Pcpn amount.........0.06 inches.

TIME (MST)      8 AM      11 AM     2 PM      5 PM
Sky (%).........76        71        66        48
Weather cov.....S CHC     CHANCE    CHANCE    CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR
Tstm cov........S CHC     CHANCE    CHANCE    CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).30        40        50        20
Temp............65        77        80        75
RH..............86        57        50        58
Surface wind....S 8G10    S 13G21   S 17G28   SW 13G23
Transport wind..S 11      S 17      S 20      SW 15

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the early evening.
Chance of Precip....20 percent.
Min temperature.....53-56 degrees.
Max humidity........97-100 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 12 to 18 mph with gusts up to 25 mph
in the early evening becoming south and light below
8 mph in the late evening.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 10 knots.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (MST)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........48        21        26        57
Weather cov.....CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR    NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).20        10        10        10
Temp............70        63        59        56
RH..............68        85        92        99
Surface wind....SW 9G20   SW 4G7    SW 4G5    S 3
Transport wind..SW 10     W 7       SW 7      W 5

$$
Forecaster...Edwards
Requested by...Austin Garner
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2624178.0/TWC
.DELDT 10/20/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL agarner@sunsitesfire.org

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