FNUS75 KPSR 201657
FWSPSR

SPOT FORECAST FOR MT  ORD RX...PHOENIX INTERAGENCY DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
957 AM MST TUE OCT 20 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0935 MST ON OCTOBER 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY
BECOMING NORTHWEST BY THIS EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. MUCH COOLER
TEMPERATURES ARE ALSO EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST TODAY...WITH
CLEARING SKIES EXPECTED THIS EVENING. HUMIDITIES WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH
TO PRECLUDE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS FROM BEING MET. WINDS
WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST
WEDNESDAY FOR DRY CONDITIONS...LESS WIND AND WARMER TEMPERATURES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-60 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-30 PCT.
WIND...20 FOOT......SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH BECOMING
                    MOSTLY SOUTHWEST OR UPSLOPE 12 TO 20 MPH BY THE
                    AFTERNOON. A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH LIKELY.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR DURING THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-42 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PCT.
WIND...20 FOOT......WEST WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25
                    MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING MOSTLY NORTH OR
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY LESS THAN 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-23 PCT.
WIND...20 FOOT......NORTH OR DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY LESS THAN 10 MPH IN
                    THE MORNING BECOMING NORTH OR UPSLOPE 6 TO 14 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...CB
REQUESTED BY...PAUL WOMACK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091020.MTORD.02/PSR