FNUS75 KFGZ 171654
FWSFGZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR TATE...KNF KAIBAB NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
1155 AM MST WED SEP 16 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1138 MST ON SEPTEMBER 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS ARIZONA TODAY
AND THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH COLDER TEMPERATURES ALOFT WITH THIS SYSTEM
WILL RESULT IN STEEPENING LAPSE RATES AND INCREASED MID-LEVEL
INSTABILITY...LOW LEVELS OF THE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN DRY. EXPECT A
CHANCE OF MAINLY HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG AND GUSTY
WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING ON THURSDAY.



.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65 (8500 FT) TO 73 (7300 FT).
MIN HUMIDITY........28 (8500 FT) TO 22 (7300 FT) PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS. WINDS GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43 TO 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........60 TO 70 PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65 (8500 FT) TO 71 (7300 FT).
MIN HUMIDITY........35 (8500 FEET) TO 30 (7300 FT) PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS....BECOMING NORTHEAST 6 TO 9 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...DB
REQUESTED BY...KAIBAB NATIONAL FOREST
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090916.TATE_.01/FGZ