FNUS75 KFGZ 032244
FWSFGZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR DOCE FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
344 PM MST WED JUL 3 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1454 MST ON JULY 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.


.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE
AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY AND VARIABLE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
NEAR ANY SHOWERS OR STORMS. ALSO...ANY STORMS THAT MOVE OVER THE FIRE ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN UNDER THE STRONGEST
CORES. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE AFTER SUNSET WITH
GENERALLY LIGHTER TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED
STORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN THURSDAY AND WILL MOVE
SOUTHWARD IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....64 AT THE BASE (5000 FEET) TO 52 AT THE
                    TOP (7600 FEET).
MAX HUMIDITY........55 PCT NEAR THE BASE (5000 FEET) TO 85 PCT
                    AT THE TOP (7600 FEET).
WINDS (20 FT).......WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    UP TO 20 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ERRATIC GUSTS
                    UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM. LIGHT
                    TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
.DISCUSSION...

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....94 AT THE BASE (5000 FEET) TO 82 AT THE
                    TOP (7600 FEET).
MIN HUMIDITY........22 TO 32 PCT.
WINDS (20 FT).......SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND VARIABLE WINDS
                    POSSIBLE NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...SCHWITZER
REQUESTED BY...TODD BENTLEY PSC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130703.DOCEF.01/FGZ