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Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Flagstaff, AZ

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Spot Forecast for West Zone Piles...USFS
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
1046 PM MST Sun Apr 21 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 MST on April 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the
National Weather Service in Flagstaff, AZ

.DISCUSSION...Dry and warm conditions will continue through Tuesday.
Look for daytime southwest winds at 5 to 15 mph with afternoon gusts to
25 mph on Monday increasing to 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph
on Tuesday. Nighttime drainage flow is expected to be minimal.
relative humidity values will dip to around 15 percent with decent
overnight recovery.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........15 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 15 mph. Afternoon wind gusts as
                    high as 25 mph.
LAL.................1.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.
Max Vent Rate.......Excellent.
Clearing Index......1186.
Mixing height.......10500 ft AGL in the morning increasing to 10800
                    ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 10 knots.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 44.
Max humidity........45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 3 to 7 mph.
LAL.................1.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Min Vent Rate.......Poor.
Clearing Index......4.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 10 knots.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........15 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 10 to 20 mph with afternoon gusts to near
                    30 mph.
LAL.................1.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.
Max Vent Rate.......Excellent.
Clearing Index......1231.
Mixing height.......7700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 15 knots.

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Forecaster...MCCOLLUM
Requested by...Jason Heffner
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411250.0/FGZ
.DELDT 04/22/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL anthony.kontz@usda.gov,austin.langham@usda.gov,jason.heffner@usda.gov