FNUS75 KTWC 042044 FWSTWC SPOT FORECAST FOR SANCHEZ...BLM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 143 PM MST FRI SEP 4 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1332 MST ON SEPTEMBER 4. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OVER WESTERN ARIZONA WILL RESULT IN A NORTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF ARIZONA. EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE RIM...AND TRACK SOUTH ACROSS THE WILDFIRE AREA. ALTHOUGH ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS ACCOMPANY ALL THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. OTHERWISE...A DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO ARIZONA SATURDAY WILL RESULT IN MORE WIDESPREAD STORM ACTIVITY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....89 TO 94 DEGS. MIN HUMIDITY........20 TO 25 PCT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 35 MPH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. LAL.................4. CHANCE OF RAIN......50 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....65 TO 70 DEGS. MAX HUMIDITY........57 TO 62 PCT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH 5 TO 8 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE WIND 3 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. LAL.................4 IN THE EVENING...THEN 2. CHANCE OF RAIN......50 PERCENT IN THE EVENING...THEN 10 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. MAX TEMPERATURE.....87 TO 92 DEGS. MIN HUMIDITY........28 TO 33 PCT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE WIND 3 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. LAL.................2 IN THE MORNING...THEN 4. CHANCE OF RAIN......20 PERCENT IN THE MORNING...THEN 60 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW. $$ FORECASTER...FIRE WEATHER FORECASTER REQUESTED BY...ENGLAND TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090904.SANCH.01/TWC