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Spot Forecast for Simmons fire...USFS
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
547 PM MST Sat Jun 1 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 MST on June 01.

.DISCUSSION...

Warm and dry conditions continue at the site with minimum RHs in the
single digits with poor overnight recoveries. High temperatures
at the site will reach the upper 90s to low 100s with overnight lows
cooling into the mid to upper 60s. Winds will follow diurnal
trends starting the days off out of the south to southeast shifting
to the west to northwest in the afternoons. A few gusts up to 20 mph
are possible out of the west in the afternoons.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....98-101 degrees.
Min humidity........6-9 percent.
20-foot winds.......South winds 5-8 mph shifting to the west 9
                    to 14 mph in the afternoon.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL increasing to 9200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 14 knots.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....66-69 degrees.
Max humidity........24-27 percent.
20-foot winds.......Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL decreasing to 300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 4 to 8 knots.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....98-101 degrees.
Min humidity........7-10 percent.
20-foot winds.......Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the west
                    6 to 11 mph in the afternoon.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.
Mixing height.......1800 ft AGL increasing to 8900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 5 knots shifting to the southwest
                    around 11 knots in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Van Stratten
Requested by...Stephen Denst
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2415483.0/TWC
.DELDT 06/01/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Annette.Ayala@usda.gov,jeffrey.fulgham@usda.gov

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