FNUS75 KTWC 041956 CCA
FWSTWC

SPOT FORECAST FOR KIDDE...SAN CARLOS AGENCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ...CORRECTED
1255 PM MST TUE AUG 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1229 MST ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...STILL LOOKING AT ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH
THURSDAY. THEREFORE...EXPECT STORMS NEARBY WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS POSSIBLE.

A BIG CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN CAN BE EXPECTED AS A TROUGH OF
LOW PRESSURE TRACKS THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN LATE THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO
THE AREA...SIMILAR TO A SPRING TIME SYSTEM. ALONG WITH THE INCREASE
IN WIND...EXPECT DECREASING RAIN CHANCES LATE THIS WEEK WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES COOLING TO NORMAL LEVELS THIS WEEKEND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THROUGH 2 PM MST...THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS OR
                    THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....100 TO 102 DEGS.
MIN HUMIDITY........13 TO 16 PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15
                    MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE
                    FROM DISTANT THUNDERSTORMS.
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...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLEAR BY MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....65 TO 68 DEGS.
MAX HUMIDITY........50 TO 55 PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 8 TO 10 MPH...EXCEPT GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS POSSIBLE FROM DISTANT THUNDERSTORMS.
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY LESS THAN 10 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................2 TIL 9 PM MST...THEN 1.
CHANCE OF RAIN......20 PERCENT TIL 9 PM MST...THEN 0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....100 TO 102 DEGS.
MIN HUMIDITY........17 TO 22 PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH BY MID MORNING.
                    GUSTY IN THE AFTERNOON UP TO 18 MPH.
LAL.................1 TIL 3 PM MST...THEN 2.
CHANCE OF RAIN......0 PERCENT TIL 3 PM MST...THEN 10 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...FIRE WEATHER FORECASTER
REQUESTED BY...PHOENIX INTERAGENCY DISPATCH CENTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090804.KIDDE.01/TWC