FNUS75 KPSR 191620 FWSPSR SPOT FORECAST FOR GOVERNMENT SPRINGS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 920 AM MST SUN JUL 19 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0857 MST ON JULY 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY WITH A FEW DEGREES OF COOLING MONDAY. FAMILIAR DIURNAL WIND PATTERNS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY...FAVORING EASTERLY/UPVALLEY DIRECTIONS IN THE MORNING THEN WESTERLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANTICIPATE STRONGER WESTERLY AFTERNOON WINDS MONDAY. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY AND PINAL COUNTY WILL QUITE POSSIBLY PRODUCE STRONG...GUSTY...AND VARIABLE WINDS OVER THE FIRE LATER TODAY. ANTICIPATE SIMILAR THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE OVER SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY TODAY AS YESTERDAY...IF NOT A BIT MORE. WETTING RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS BUT WITH VERY ISOLATED COVERAGE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 105. MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PCT. WIND...20 FOOT......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING WEST 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 10 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77. MAX HUMIDITY........45-50 PCT. WIND...20 FOOT......WEST WINDS 11 TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT DOWNVALLEY AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................20 PERCENT IN THE EVENING...BECOMING 0 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 101. MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PCT. WIND...20 FOOT......WEST WINDS 10 TO 17 MPH DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 10 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...AJ REQUESTED BY...GOVERNMENT SPRINGS IC TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090719.GOVER.01/PSR