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FNUS75 KTWC 051338
FWSTWC

Spot Forecast for BENTON...TIFIC
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
638 AM MST Fri Jun 5 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 MST on June 05.

.DISCUSSION...

Drier today and Saturday with minimum relative humidity at the fire
site down to 12 to 16 percent. Breezy winds expected each afternoon
and evening going through at least early next week. Northwest
winds today of 8 to 13 with gusts up to 25 mph will shift to the west
tonight and remain westerly on Saturday. A few cloud build-ups are
possible today with any bringing the potential for virga and a stray
stronger wind gust.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....84-87 degrees.
Min humidity........11-14 percent.
20-foot winds.......Northwest winds 8 to 13 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2700 knot-ft) increasing to excellent
                    (156100 knot-ft).
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL increasing to 13100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 14 knots.

TIME (MST)      7 AM      10 AM     1 PM      4 PM
Sky (%).........9         13        4         6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Temp............65        78        83        84
RH..............25        15        13        12
20 FT wind......NW 4G6    W 8G12    NW 12G19  NW 12G19
Mix hgt (ft)....500       5500      12000     13100
Transport wind..NW 5      NW 10     N 13      N 13
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3         55        156       170
Ventrate Cat....POOR      GOOD      EXNT      EXNT

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....56-59 degrees.
Max humidity........34-37 percent.
20-foot winds.......Winds northwest 10 to 14 mph with gusts to 20
mph in the early evening becoming 6 to 10 mph
after 2100.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (173300 knot-ft) decreasing to poor
(2300 knot-ft) late in the night.
Mixing height.......11600 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 16 knots shifting to the west 8
                    to 14 knots early in the evening.

TIME (MST)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........1         3         9         1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Temp............82        68        62        59
RH..............13        22        31        33
20 FT wind......NW 12G19  W 10G17   W 7G11    W 5G7
Mix hgt (ft)....11600     600       500       500
Transport wind..NW 15     W 15      W 8       SW 6
Vrate kt-ft/1K..173       8         4         3
Ventrate Cat....EXNT      POOR      POOR      POOR

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....83-86 degrees.
Min humidity........15-18 percent.
20-foot winds.......West winds 10 to 14 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph
in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2800 knot-ft) increasing to excellent
                    (130200 knot-ft).
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL increasing to 10400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 13 knots.

TIME (MST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........1         0         0         0
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Temp............59        75        82        83
RH..............34        20        18        16
20 FT wind......W 5G7     W 7G11    W 10G17   W 12G20
Mix hgt (ft)....500       3800      8100      10400
Transport wind..SW 6      W 9       W 11      W 13
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3         35        89        135
Ventrate Cat....POOR      FAIR      VYGD      EXNT

$$
Forecaster...EDWARDS
Requested by...RUSSO
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2615027.0/TWC
.DELDT 06/05/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
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