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SPOT FORECAST FOR LAVA...USFS/COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
1003 AM MST TUE MAY 31 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0940 MST ON MAY 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL U.S.
AND LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL BRING AN INCREASINGLY
STRONG DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TO NORTHERN ARIZONA FOR THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. MEANWHILE...MAX TEMPERATURES WILL BE 5 TO 15 DEGREES WARMER
THAN MONDAY WITH CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS...PRODUCING MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 5 TO 10 PERCENT ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN
ARIZONA. BY WEDNESDAY...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH OR EXCEED
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CRITERIA...AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA FROM THE YAVAPAI COUNTY
MOUNTAINS...MOGOLLON RIM...AND WHITE MOUNTAINS NORTHWARD.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........6 PCT.
WINDS (20 FT).......SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST BY
                    2 PM MST...AND INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS UP TO 26 MPH FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MAX HUMIDITY........27 PCT.
WINDS (20 FT).......SOUTHWEST WINDS DIMINISHING TO AROUND 10 MPH SHORTLY
                    AFTER SUNSET. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN RIGHT
                    AROUND SUNRISE TO 14-17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH STILL
                    POSSIBLE MAINLY AROUND SUNSET AND SUNRISE.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........8 PCT.
WINDS (20 FT).......SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH AT SUNRISE RAPIDLY
                    INCREASING DURING THE MORNING TO AROUND 25 MPH WITH HIGHER
                    GUSTS BY LATE MORNING. GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

$$

FORECASTER...PETRO
REQUESTED BY...JESSICA WALTENBURG
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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