FNUS75 KTWC 271953
FWSTWC

SPOT FORECAST FOR GATE 7...USFS CNF...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
1250 AM MST FRI MAR 27 2009

UPDATED WIND FORECASTS

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1237 MST ON MARCH 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...COOLER CONDITIONS TODAY ALONG WITH LESS WIND AT THE
FIRE SITE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION THIS WEEKEND
RESULTING IN A WARMING TREND. THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM LATE SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50 TO 55 DEGS.
MIN HUMIDITY........7 TO 12 PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. SOME GUSTS TO AROUND
                    15 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHANCE OF RAIN......0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....26 TO 31 DEGS.
MAX HUMIDITY........32 TO 37 PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    15 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHANCE OF RAIN......0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58 TO 63 DEGS.
MIN HUMIDITY........4 TO 9 PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 2 TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    AFTERNOON GUSTS TO AROUND 15 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHANCE OF RAIN......0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...FIRE WEATHER FORECASTER
REQUESTED BY...H  KIM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090327.GATE7.03/TWC