FNUS75 KFGZ 051225
FWSFGZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR GAME RESERVE FIRE...GNP GRAND CANYON NP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
525 AM MST FRI JUN 5 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1955 MST ON JUNE 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN
EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR
ELEVATIONS BELOW 7000...

.DISCUSSION...A PACIFIC TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE AREA WILL BRING
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS THROUGH SATURDAY. A BAND OF LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...HOWEVER
BY LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON THERE WILL BE ENOUGH DRYING SO THAT RH
VALUES WILL DROP AT OR BELOW CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS. DUE
TO THE DRY CONDITIONS AND THE STRONG WINDS A RED FLAG WARNING HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REGION JUST BELOW BUT NOT TO INCLUDE THE WILDFIRE
SITE. THE WILD FIRE SITE WILL EXPERIENCE NEAR RED FLAG CONDITIONS FOR
AN HOUR OR TWO LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. FOR SATURDAY..EXPECT STRONG
SOUTHWEST WINDS AGAIN. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF HIGH BASED NEARLY
DRY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND SATURDAY FOR THE AREA. STAY TUNED FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES ON THIS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER SITUATION.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    IN THE MORNING...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MIN HUMIDITY........15 PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 18 TO 23 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    45 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........35 PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 40 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 35 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CLEMMONS
REQUESTED BY...LI BRANNFORS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090604.GAMER.03/FGZ