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Routine Fire Wx Fcst (With/Without 6-10 Day Outlook)
Issued by NWS Phoenix, AZ
Issued by NWS Phoenix, AZ
933 FNUS55 KPSR 121039 FWFPSR Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Southwest and South-Central Arizona and Southeast California National Weather Service Phoenix AZ 339 AM MST Thu Sep 12 2024 .DISCUSSION... Hot and dry conditions will begin to cool through the end of the week, with continued cooling towards normal, and even below normal by early next week. Breezy to locally windy conditions will develop across the eastern districts for today, with afternoon wind gusts between 25-35 mph possible. Humidities will remain low through the rest of the week, with MinRHs between 5-15% across the lower elevations to around 10-20% over higher elevation areas. The combination of the low humidities and gusty winds during the afternoon hours will likely promote elevated fire weather conditions across the eastern districts for today. Conditions will gradually improve Friday into the weekend, with increasing moisture resulting in increasing RH`s and shower/storm potential going through this weekend, where wetting rain chances top out around 30-60% across southcentral Arizona by Sunday. ...Thunderstorms imply gusty winds... Note...Additional Fire Weather Forecast information can be found in the Area Forecast Discussion. See product PHXAFDPSR. AZZ132-122245- West Central Deserts/Northwest Maricopa County/Greater Phoenix Area/Southwest Deserts/Southwest Maricopa County/ Northwest and North-Central Pinal County- Phoenix BLM/YUM BLM/CAZ-CRZ- 339 AM MST Thu Sep 12 2024 .TODAY... * Sky/weather.....................Sunny. Haze in the morning. * Max Temperature.................97-105. * 24 hr trend..................Little change. * Min Humidity....................9-13 pct. * 24 hr trend..................Little RH change. * Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..South 5 to 15 mph. * Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 20 to 30 mph. * Chance of Precip................0 percent. * CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent. * LAL.............................1. * Haines High Level Index.........5 moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. * Mixing Height for Phoenix.......11100 ft AGL. * Transport Wind for Phoenix......Southwest 21 knots. * Dispersion for Phoenix..........Excellent. .TONIGHT... * Sky/weather.....................Mostly clear. * Min Temperature.................68-78. * 24 hr trend..................Little change. * Max Humidity....................31-58 pct. * 24 hr trend..................11 pct wetter. * Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..South 5 to 10 mph in the evening becoming southeast after midnight. * Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 15 to 25 mph. * Chance of Precip................0 percent. * CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent. * LAL.............................1. .FRIDAY... * Sky/weather.....................Sunny. * Max Temperature.................96-103. * 24 hr trend..................3 degrees cooler. * Min Humidity....................14-19 pct. * 24 hr trend..................6 pct wetter. * Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning becoming south 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon. * Winds...10000 FT MSL............South 10 to 20 mph. * Chance of Precip................0 percent. * CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent. * LAL.............................1. * Haines High Level Index.........5 moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. * Mixing Height for Phoenix.......11100 ft AGL. * Transport Wind for Phoenix......South 13 knots. * Dispersion for Phoenix..........Excellent. .EXTENDED... .SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 69-79. Highs 94-101. South winds 5 to 15 mph. .SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows 70-80. Highs 89-98. South winds 10 to 20 mph. .MONDAY...Mostly clear with chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows 58-75. Highs 88-95. South winds 10 to 20 mph. .TUESDAY...Clear. Lows 58-68. Highs 84-91. .WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows 61-71. Highs 86-92. $$ AZZ131-CAZ231-122245- Yuma/Martinez Lake and Vicinity/Lower Colorado River Valley AZ- Lower Colorado River Valley CA- 339 AM MST Thu Sep 12 2024 /339 AM PDT Thu Sep 12 2024/ .TODAY... * Sky/weather.....................Sunny. Areas of smoke in the morning. haze . * Max Temperature.................99-104. * 24 hr trend..................5 degrees cooler. * Min Humidity....................7-11 pct. * 24 hr trend..................3 pct wetter. * Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southwest 5 to 15 mph. * Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 15 to 25 mph. * Chance of Precip................0 percent. * CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent. * LAL.............................1. * Haines High Level Index.........5 moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. * Mixing Height for Yuma..........6500 ft AGL. * Transport Wind for Yuma.........Southwest 5 knots. * Dispersion for Yuma.............Fair. .TONIGHT... * Sky/weather.....................Mostly clear. Haze in the evening. * Min Temperature.................68-75. * 24 hr trend..................Little change. * Max Humidity....................47-68 pct. * 24 hr trend..................28 pct wetter. * Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southwest 5 to 10 mph in the evening becoming southeast after midnight. * Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 10 to 20 mph. * Chance of Precip................0 percent. * CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent. * LAL.............................1. .FRIDAY... * Sky/weather.....................Sunny. * Max Temperature.................97-102. * 24 hr trend..................Little change. * Min Humidity....................17-24 pct. * 24 hr trend..................11 pct wetter. * Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southeast 5 to 15 mph. * Winds...10000 FT MSL............South 10 to 15 mph. * Chance of Precip................0 percent. * CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent. * LAL.............................1. * Haines High Level Index.........5 moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. * Mixing Height for Yuma..........6100 ft AGL. * Transport Wind for Yuma.........South 11 knots. * Dispersion for Yuma.............Good. .EXTENDED... .SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 70-78. Highs 97-102. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. .SUNDAY...Mostly clear with slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows 69-78. Highs 97-102. South winds 10 to 20 mph. .MONDAY...Clear. Lows 57-73. Highs 88-94. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph. .TUESDAY...Clear. Lows 57-64. Highs 86-91. .WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows 59-67. Highs 88-93. $$ AZZ133-122245- Southern Gila County/Tonto National Forest Foothills- Southern Tonto NF/West San Carlos BIA/South Portion Ft Apache BIA/ CAZ- 339 AM MST Thu Sep 12 2024 .TODAY... * Sky/weather.....................Sunny. * Max Temperature.................86-102. * 24 hr trend..................Little change. * Min Humidity....................9-16 pct. * 24 hr trend..................Little RH change. * Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..South 10 to 20 mph. * Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 25 to 35 mph. * Chance of Precip................0 percent. * CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent. * LAL.............................1. * Haines High Level Index.........4 low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .TONIGHT... * Sky/weather.....................Mostly clear. * Min Temperature.................58-72. * 24 hr trend..................Little change. * Max Humidity....................29-46 pct. * 24 hr trend..................3 pct wetter. * Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southwest 5 to 15 mph in the evening becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph after midnight. * Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 25 to 35 mph. * Chance of Precip................0 percent. * CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent. * LAL.............................1. .FRIDAY... * Sky/weather.....................Sunny. * Max Temperature.................83-98. * 24 hr trend..................3 degrees cooler. * Min Humidity....................13-19 pct. * 24 hr trend..................4 pct wetter. * Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning becoming southwest 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon. * Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 20 to 30 mph. * Chance of Precip................0 percent. * CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent. * LAL.............................1. * Haines High Level Index.........4 low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .EXTENDED... .SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 58-74. Highs 83-97. West winds 5 to 15 mph. .SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows 57-73. Highs 78-91. South winds 5 to 15 mph. .MONDAY...Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows 53-71. Highs 73-88. South winds 10 to 20 mph. .TUESDAY...Mostly clear with slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows 50-65. Highs 72-86. .WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows 50-64. Highs 74-88. $$ CAZ232-122245- Imperial County And Eastern Riverside County- 339 AM PDT Thu Sep 12 2024 .TODAY... * Sky/weather.....................Sunny. Haze and areas of smoke. * Max Temperature.................93-103. * 24 hr trend..................5 degrees cooler. * Min Humidity....................9-15 pct. * 24 hr trend..................5 pct wetter. * Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..West 5 to 15 mph. * Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 10 to 20 mph. * Chance of Precip................0 percent. * CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent. * LAL.............................1. * Haines High Level Index.........5 moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .TONIGHT... * Sky/weather.....................Mostly clear. Haze . areas of smoke after midnight. * Min Temperature.................69-74. * 24 hr trend..................Little change. * Max Humidity....................31-60 pct. * 24 hr trend..................16 pct wetter. * Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..West 5 to 10 mph in the evening becoming northwest after midnight. * Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 10 to 20 mph. * Chance of Precip................0 percent. * CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent. * LAL.............................1. .FRIDAY... * Sky/weather.....................Sunny. Haze and areas of smoke in the morning. * Max Temperature.................92-101. * 24 hr trend..................Little change. * Min Humidity....................15-23 pct. * 24 hr trend..................8 pct wetter. * Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Southeast 5 to 15 mph. * Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 10 to 15 mph. * Chance of Precip................0 percent. * CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent. * LAL.............................1. * Haines High Level Index.........5 moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .EXTENDED... .SATURDAY...Clear. Lows 70-77. Highs 92-101. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. .SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 65-76. Highs 92-102. South winds 10 to 20 mph. .MONDAY...Not as warm. Clear. Lows 57-71. Highs 80-90. West winds 15 to 25 mph. .TUESDAY...Clear. Lows 57-65. Highs 81-90. .WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows 60-66. Highs 83-92. $$ CAZ230-122245- Joshua Tree National Park- 339 AM PDT Thu Sep 12 2024 .TODAY... * Sky/weather.....................Sunny. Haze and areas of smoke . * Max Temperature.................82-96. * 24 hr trend..................4 degrees cooler. * Min Humidity....................10-16 pct. * 24 hr trend..................7 pct wetter. * Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Northwest 5 to 15 mph. * Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 10 to 15 mph. * Chance of Precip................0 percent. * CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent. * LAL.............................1. * Haines High Level Index.........5 moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .TONIGHT... * Sky/weather.....................Mostly clear. Haze in the evening. areas of smoke . * Min Temperature.................60-70. * 24 hr trend..................Little change. * Max Humidity....................31-39 pct. * 24 hr trend..................8 pct wetter. * Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Northwest 5 to 15 mph. * Winds...10000 FT MSL............Southwest 5 to 15 mph. * Chance of Precip................0 percent. * CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent. * LAL.............................1. .FRIDAY... * Sky/weather.....................Sunny. Haze and areas of smoke . * Max Temperature.................82-95. * 24 hr trend..................Little change. * Min Humidity....................14-18 pct. * 24 hr trend..................4 pct wetter. * Winds - 20 foot...Slope/Valley..Northeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning becoming southeast 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon. * Winds...10000 FT MSL............South 5 to 15 mph. * Chance of Precip................0 percent. * CWR (>= 0.10 IN)................0 percent. * LAL.............................1. * Haines High Level Index.........5 moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .EXTENDED... .SATURDAY...Clear. Lows 60-71. Highs 81-94. South winds 5 to 15 mph. .SUNDAY...Clear. Lows 53-70. Highs 80-94. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. .MONDAY...Not as warm. Mostly clear. Lows 47-65. Highs 67-85. West winds 10 to 20 mph. .TUESDAY...Clear. Lows 47-61. Highs 71-84. .WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows 50-61. Highs 71-86. $$ .8 TO 10 DAY OUTLOOK...Thursday September 19th through Saturday September 21st: Below normal temperatures and below median precipitation.