FNUS75 KTWC 241815
FWSTWC

SPOT FORECAST FOR YELLOW JACKET...CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
1115 AM MST FRI APR 24 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1058 MST ON APRIL 24. IF
CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS
AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT MAINLY HIGH CLOUDINESS. THE TAIL END
OF THIS SYSTEM WILL TRACK THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN SATURDAY...RESULTING
IN STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE WINDS...A
DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA AND A VERY HIGH FIRE
DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SATURDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83 TO 88 DEGS.
MIN HUMIDITY........9 TO 14 PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 15 TO 19 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CHANCE OF RAIN......0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50 TO 55 DEGS.
MAX HUMIDITY........30 TO 35 PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
                    25 MPH IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 5 TO 9 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
CHANCE OF RAIN......0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80 TO 85 DEGS.
MIN HUMIDITY........11 TO 16 PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 9 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 18 TO 23 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CHANCE OF RAIN......0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...FIRE WEATHER FORECASTER
REQUESTED BY...MIKE CACHERO
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090424.YELLO.01/TWC