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Spot Forecast for Brandenburg...DFFM
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
Issued by National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
734 AM MST Tue Jul 28 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 MST on July 28.
.DISCUSSION...

Cloud cover from early morning showers and isolated storms will
gradually clear through the morning. Hot conditions will then
develop this afternoon with highs in the upper 90s. Another slight
chance for showers and storms (<20%) is possible late tonight,
but better chances will be to the east of the wildfire. Light and
variable winds in the mornings will go west/northwest by the late
morning and early afternoon hours with some gusts up around 25 to
30 mph this afternoon and gusts around 20-25 mph tomorrow
afternoon. Daily minimum RH will be around 25-30 percent with
fair overnight recovery around 55 percent.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-90 percent) this morning
                    gradually becoming mostly sunny by this
                    afternoon (5-20 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 98.
Min humidity........31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Current light and variable winds (1 to 5 mph)
                    will go west/northwest by late this
                    morning/early this afternoon with speeds of
                    9 to 14 mph. Gusts up to 28 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (20200 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to very good (93000 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......6200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 17 mph.

TIME (MST)      8 AM      11 AM     2 PM      5 PM
Sky (%).........70        34        4         28
Weather cov.....S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR    NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10        0         0         10
Temp............84        92        97        96
RH..............49        36        31        32
20 FT wind......W 9G13    W 12G20   W 14G22   W 14G21
Mix hgt (ft)....2000      4100      5700      5900
Transport wind..W 12      W 15      W 17      W 17
Vrate kt-ft/1K..20        53        86        89
Ventrate Cat....FAIR      GOOD      VYGD      VYGD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers late in the evening.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 20 percent late in the
                    evening, then decreasing to 10 percent
                    overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 78.
Max humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 12 mph with gusts to
                    around 20 mph in the evening becoming light.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good (74500 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (1700 knot-ft) late and
                    variable during the overnight hours.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 7 to 16 mph shifting to the southwest 5 to
                    7 mph late in the evening, then shifting to the
                    northwest around 5 mph after 3 am shifting to
                    the southwest early in the morning.

TIME (MST)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........27        57        62        60
Weather cov.....                    S CHC
Weather type....NONE      NONE      RNSHWR    NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10        0         20        10
Temp............95        88        84        80
RH..............35        39        44        50
20 FT wind......NW 12G20  W 7G13    SE 4G6    S 3G6
Mix hgt (ft)....5300      600       500       500
Transport wind..NW 16     W 10      S 6       S 5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..75        6         3         2
Ventrate Cat....VYGD      POOR      POOR      POOR

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 101.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light and variable winds becoming west 5 to 12
                    mph by the late morning hours with gusts to
                    around 20 mph during the late morning and
                    afternoon hours.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1300 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to very good (98300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (104800
                    knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......9000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 3 mph shifting to the west 7 to 15
                    mph early in the morning.

TIME (MST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........45        20        9         2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Temp............78        89        98        100
RH..............55        40        30        26
20 FT wind......SE 3G4    W 6G10    W 10G18   W 12G20
Mix hgt (ft)....400       3400      7400      9000
Transport wind..S 3       W 8       W 13      W 15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1         24        81        117
Ventrate Cat....POOR      FAIR      VYGD      EXNT

$$
Forecaster...FIRE WX FORECASTER
Requested by...Brityn
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618221.1/TWC
.DELDT 07/28/26
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.EMAIL Aidclogistics@dffm.az.gov