FNUS75 KTWC 232051
FWSTWC

SPOT FORECAST FOR GILA...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
151 PM MST THU JUL 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1339 MST ON JULY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA WILL CONTINUE
TO PUSH TOWARD THE WEST AND NORTHWEST INTO THE VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS WILL MOSTLY BE HEAVY RAIN
PRODUCERS...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND NEAR THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY PERSIST THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY
AS WELL.

.THIS AFTERNOON...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....102 TO 107 DEGS.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 TO 23 PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS IN OR NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................2.
CHANCE OF RAIN......20 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....76 TO 81 DEGS.
MAX HUMIDITY........54 TO 59 PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 5 TO 10
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS IN
                    OR NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................4.
CHANCE OF RAIN......40 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....102 TO 107 DEGS.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 TO 23 PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 5 TO
                    10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS IN OR NEAR THUNDERSTOMRS.
LAL.................2.
CHANCE OF RAIN......20 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...FIRE WEATHER FORECASTER
REQUESTED BY...TERRY DYESS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090723.GILA_.01/TWC