FNUS75 KTWC 041802 FWSTWC SPOT FORECAST FOR JESUS FIRE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1100 AM MST TUE AUG 4 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1041 MST ON AUGUST 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...STILL LOOKING AT ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE WILD FIRE. BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE PINALENO MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SO EXPECT STORMS NEARBY WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BRINGING GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE AREA. EXPECT DECREASING RAIN CHANCES LATE THIS WEEK...ALONG WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES COOLING TO NORMAL LEVELS THIS WEEKEND. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEARBY THIS AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....96 TO 101 DEGS. MIN HUMIDITY........16 TO 21 PCT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE FROM NEARBY THUNDERSTORMS OR SHOWERS. LAL.................1 TIL 2 PM MST...THEN 2. CHANCE OF RAIN......0 PERCENT TIL 2 PM MST...THEN 20 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. MOSTLY CLEAR AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....66 TO 71 DEGS. MAX HUMIDITY........47 TO 52 PCT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH...EXCEPT GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE FROM AREA SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY LESS THAN 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. LAL.................2 TIL 8 PM MST...THEN 1. CHANCE OF RAIN......20 PERCENT TIL 8 PM MST...THEN 0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS...DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....96 TO 101 DEGS. MIN HUMIDITY........15 TO 20 PCT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST UP TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE FROM NEARBY THUNDERSTORMS OR SHOWERS. LAL.................1 TIL 2 PM MST...THEN 2. CHANCE OF RAIN......0 PERCENT TIL 2 PM MST...THEN 20 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. $$ FORECASTER...FIRE WEATHER FORECASTER REQUESTED BY...THOMPSON TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090804.JESUS.01/TWC