FNUS75 KTWC 040520
FWSTWC

SPOT FORECAST FOR HORSESHOE 2...USFS CNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
1020 PM MST SUN JUL 3 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2155 MST ON JULY 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE SITUATED OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION
WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN SOUTHEAST TO EASTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE
AREA WHICH WILL PULL MOISTURE FROM MEXICO INTO SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...
RESULTING IN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WILDFIRE
AREA. BETTER RAIN CHANCES WILL OCCUR TO AREAS WEST OF THE HORSESHOE
2 FIRE DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
WILL OCCUR NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....62 TO 67 DEGS.
MAX HUMIDITY........64 TO 69 PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 3 TO 8 MPH BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
CHANCE OF RAIN......0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87 TO 92 DEGS.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 TO 25 PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING EAST 9
                    TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 20 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3.
CHANCE OF RAIN......20 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57 TO 62 DEGS.
MAX HUMIDITY........70 TO 75 PCT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST 9 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 20 MPH IN
                    THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................3 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
CHANCE OF RAIN......20 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...FIRE WEATHER FORECASTER
REQUESTED BY...SARA SEXSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110703.HORSE.01/TWC