FNUS75 KTWC 051501
FWSTWC

Spot Forecast for SAFFORD PILES RX...USFS
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
801 AM MST Mon Jan 5 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 MST on January 05. 

.DISCUSSION...

Light and terrain driven winds with minimum relative humidity 
above 40 percent highlight the forecast for the burn site
today and tonight. Surface winds will transition from downslope
and southwesterly to upslope and northeasterly by late this morning,
then become southwest again late this afternoon. Downslope southwest
winds will remain through tonight. Partly cloudy skies will persist
through the forecast period.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. 
Chance of pcpn......0 percent. 
Max temperature.....55-58 degrees. 
Min humidity........43-46 percent. 
20-foot winds.......Downslope southwesterly 6 to 12 mph through 
					mid-morning becoming upslope northeasterly late
					morning, then southwesterly 6 to 12 mph in the 
					late afternoon. 
Mixing height.......1800 ft AGL increasing to 2900 ft AGL in 
                    the afternoon. 
Transport winds.....West 4 to 8 knots. 

TIME (MST)      8 AM      11 AM     2 PM      5 PM      
Sky (%).........30        34        39        43        
Weather cov.....                                        
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE      
Tstm cov........                                        
CWR.............0         0         0         0         
Temp............42        51        55        50        
RH..............68        60        49        54        
20 FT wind......SW 7G11   NE 6G10   NE 6G10   SW 8G12    
Mix hgt (ft)....BLW100    1200      2900      1500       
Transport wind..NW 5      W 5       W 8       NW 5      

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. 
Chance of pcpn......0 percent. 
Min temperature.....39-42 degrees. 
Max humidity........60-63 percent. 
20-foot winds.......Southwest 6 to 12 mph. 
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 6 knots shifting to the south 4 
                    to 5 knots overnight. 

TIME (MST)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM      
Sky (%).........49        27        26        31        
Weather cov.....                                        
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE      
Tstm cov........                                        
CWR.............0         0         0         0         
Temp............49        45        43        41        
RH..............54        55        57        59        
20 FT wind......SW 7G11   SW 7G11   SW 6G10   SW 6G10    
Mix hgt (ft)....BLW100    BLW100    BLW100    BLW100    
Transport wind..NW 5      NW 5      S 5       SW 4      

$$
Forecaster...EDWARDS
Requested by...SCOTT
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2528261.0/TWC
.DELDT 01/05/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
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