FNUS75 KTWC 191923
FWSTWC

SPOT FORECAST FOR MULE PASS...AZ-ADC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
1220 PM MST TUE MAY 19 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1154 MST ON MAY 19. IF
CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION... A WEAK DISTURBANCE SOUTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER
WILL MOVE NORTH INTO COCHISE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FEATURE
WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE BURN AREA
LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. IF A THUNDERSTORM IMPACTS
THE BURN AREA...IT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS
WHICH WILL BE RATHER ERRACTIC.

A MOISTENING AIRMASS OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS IN ADDITION TO THE
UPPER LOW PUSHING EASTWARD INTO ARIZONA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL
BRING AN INCREASE IN THE COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS BOTH WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON
                    BECOMING SCATTERED IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84 TO 89 DEGS.
MIN HUMIDITY........14 TO 19 PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
                    ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................2 IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON...BECOMING 3.
CHANCE OF RAIN......20 PERCENT IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON BECOMING 40 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51 TO 56 DEGS.
MAX HUMIDITY........62 TO 67 PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING DOWNSLOPE
                    3 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................3 IN THE EVENING BECOMING 2 OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF RAIN......40 PERCENT IN THE EVENING...BECOMING 10 PERCENT
                    OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72 TO 77 DEGS.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 TO 37 PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
                    8 TO 12 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................3 IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 4.
CHANCE OF RAIN......30 IN THE MORNING...THEN 50 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...FIRE WEATHER FORECASTER
REQUESTED BY...DARRELL MILLER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090519.MULEP.01/TWC