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Spot Forecast for Camp Rucker Piles...USFS
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
1204 AM MST Tue Nov 3 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 MST on November 03.

.DISCUSSION....Bengign weather at the fire site the next couple
of days. For todaywinds are expected with a mostly easterly
component. These light winds will continue into Wednesday morning as
well with a bit  more noticeable southwest flow  establishing itself
Wednesday afternoon  with some gusts above 15 mph possible.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....63-66 degrees.
Min humidity........40-43 percent.
20-foot winds.......East to souheast winds up to 3 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 8 knots shifting to the southeast 4
                    to 5 knots late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2700 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to marginal (9900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (MST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........17        3         4         6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Temp............41        56        62        64
RH..............66        48        42        41
20 FT wind......NE 2G5    E 3G6     SE 4G10   SE 3G8
Mix hgt (ft)....500       800       2100      2100
Transport wind..NE 6      E 8       E 7       SE 5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3         6         15        10
Ventrate Cat....POOR      POOR      MRGL      MRGL

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....36-39 degrees.
Max humidity........70-73 percent.
20-foot winds.......Light winds becoming east up to 5 mph in the
                    evening and overnight, then shifting to the
                    north after 3 am.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 8 knots shifting to the south around
                    6 knots after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2400 knot-ft).

TIME (MST)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........5         5         7         6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Temp............54        47        44        43
RH..............60        68        61        69
20 FT wind......E 1G5     E 2G6     E 3G6     NE 2G6
Mix hgt (ft)....400       500       500       500
Transport wind..E 6       E 7       SE 8      SE 7
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2         3         4         4
Ventrate Cat....POOR      POOR      POOR      POOR

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....66-69 degrees.
Min humidity........37-40 percent.
20-foot winds.......North winds up to 5 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 17
                    mph late in the morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL increasing to 3900 ft AGL late in
                    the morning and afternoon..
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 14 knots shifting to the west 11
                    to 16 knots late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2900 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to marginal (9000 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to good (61700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon in the afternoon.

TIME (MST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........7         4         5         8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Temp............46        59        64        66
RH..............66        51        40        38
20 FT wind......N 3G6     SW 3G7    SW 6G14   W 6G14
Mix hgt (ft)....500       1100      3200      3900
Transport wind..SW 6      SW 8      SW 14     W 15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3         9         45        58
Ventrate Cat....POOR      MRGL      GOOD      GOOD


$$
Forecaster...Lader
Requested by...John Fitzgerald
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2625077.0/TWC
.DELDT 11/03/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL john.w.fitzgerald@usda.gov,kyle.lehman@usda.gov,MrFitziii@gmail.com

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