FNUS76 KMFR 110032
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR PHOENIX...IA KIFC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
532 PM PDT FRI SEP 10 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1627 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH
MONDAY WITH A DRY WESTERLY FLOW PREVAILING ALOFT.
LIGHT WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE BURN AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOUT 5 DEGREES ON SATURDAY AND ANOTHER
2 TO 4 DEGREES ON SUNDAY.

MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...AS A WEAK TROUGH BUILDS OFFSHORE WITH THE
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS  SHIFTING EAST OF THE AREA...THIS WILL
BRING SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT TO THE AREA WITH SOME LIMITED MOISTURE
MOVING INTO THE REGION. WILL NEED TO MONITOR FOR CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS...OR SHOWERS...EARLY NEXT WEEK.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 0 TO 2 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                      BECOMING VARIABLE IN THE LATE MORNING...THEN
                      BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 1 TO 2 MPH IN
                      THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000
                    FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL IN THE MID
                    TO LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6  MPH BECOMING
                      WEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO
                    4 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING...THEN BECOMING
                    WEST 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...VEERING TO
                    THE NORTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.


.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH TO NORTHEAST 0 TO 2 MPH BECOMING
                     VARIABLE 0 TO 2 MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH VEERING TO THE EAST AND
                     SOUTHEAST 1 TO 3 MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 1 TO 4 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE
                     0 TO 2 MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 0 TO 2 MPH BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST
                     0 TO 2 MPH IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800 FT AGL EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO 5100 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 1100 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 0 TO 3 MPH BECOMING
                    WEST 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...VEERING TO
                    THE NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 0 TO 2 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE 1 TO 3
                     MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON
                     THEN BECOMING WEST NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CLARSTROM
REQUESTED BY...DUSTIN GILLER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100910.PHOEN.01/MFR