FNUS76 KMFR 120010
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR PHOENIX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
510 PM PDT SAT SEP 11 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1627 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER
THE REGION ON SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A COUPLE DEGREES
WARMER ON SUNDAY COMPARED TO SATURDAY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT
 AND EASTERLY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
ON MONDAY...AS A WEAK TROUGH TO THE SOUTHWEST MOVES NORTHWARD TOWARDS
THE AREA EXPECT SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TO BRING SOME LIMITED MOISTURE
TO THE AREA. DAYTIME HEATING AND MOISTURE WILL ALLOW SOME TOWERING
CUMULUS CLOUDS TO DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THERE
IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE BURN
AREA AS WELL FOR THIS PERIOD.

ON TUESDAY...THE TROUGH GRADUALLY MOVES INLAND. WILL CONTINUE TO
SEE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE AREA
AS THIS DISTURBANCE MOVES INLAND. THEN A PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL
GRADUALLY MOVE TOWARDS THE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...AND IS
FORECAST TO BRING WETTING RAINS TO THE BURN AREA BY NEXT WEEKEND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST TO SOUTHEAST 0 TO 1 MPH IN THE MORNING
                     BECOMING VARIABLE 0 TO 1 MPH IN THE EARLY
                     AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 1 TO 3 MPH
                     IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2000-3500 IN THE MID TO
                     LATE MORNING THEN INCREASING TO 6000 FEET
                     IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 1 TO 3 MPH VEERING TO THE SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH
                     2 TO 5 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                     WEST 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...VEERING TO THE
                     NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON
                     WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH ABOVE 4500 AGL.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 1 TO 3 MPH VEERING TO THE SOUTHEAST LATE
                     IN THE MORNING...BECOMING VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH
                     IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST
                     5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....37-42.
MAX HUMIDITY........89-99 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH TO NORTHEAST 0 TO 2 MPH IN THE EVENING
                     BECOMING VARIABLE 0 TO 1 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-1500 FT AGL IN THE EARLY EVENING LOWERING
                      TO 500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 3 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING
                      BECOMING EAST 2 TO 4 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH TO NORTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH  IN THE
                    EVENING VEERING TO THE EAST 2 TO 4 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-28 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST 0 TO 1 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 1 TO 3 MPH
                     IN THE AFTERNOON
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE MORNING THEN INCREASING TO 7000 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 2 TO 4 MPH VEERING TO THE SOUTHEAST THEN
                    SOUTH 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING THEN
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 1 TO 3 MPH VEERING TO THE SOUTHEAST
                     IN THE LATE MORNING BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST
                     5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

$$
FORECASTER...CLARSTROM
REQUESTED BY...CAL-AVARES MODULE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100911.PHOEN.01/MFR