FNUS75 KPSR 161941
FWSPSR

SPOT FORECAST FOR CAIN...PHOENIX DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1241 PM MST FRI AUG 16 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1219 PST ON AUGUST 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
VERY HOT TEMPERATURES...WEST TO NORTHWEST BREEZES...AND ISOLATED
TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON STORMS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE FIRE SITE TODAY.
STORMS ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING ACROSS FAR NORTHERN GILA COUNTY AND
ARE SLOWLY DRIFTING TO THE SOUTH. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO INITIATE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON
WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE WEST NORTHWEST ACROSS THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS OF THE FIRE...AND SLIGHTLY MORE UPSLOPE ACROSS THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS. HOWEVER...MORE ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. DAYTIME HUMIDITIES EXPECTED
IN THE LOW TO MID 20S WITH MODEST OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES EXPECTED.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY...BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....93-97 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-30 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. MORE UPSLOPE
                    IN NATURE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
CWR.................0 PERCENT IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 30 PERCENT
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...BECOMING SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....74-78 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........48-53 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........GENERALLY EASTERLY AND DOWNVALLEY 7 TO 11 MPH.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.

.SATURDAY...

MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...BECOMING CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....92-96 DEGREES.

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FORECASTER...JN
REQUESTED BY...PHX INTERAGENCY DISP
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130816.CAIN_.02/PSR