


Land Management Forecasts
Issued by NWS San Diego, CA
Issued by NWS San Diego, CA
928 FNUS86 KSGX 211244 FWLSGX ECCDA DISCUSSIONS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 544 AM PDT THU AUG 21 2025 ECC033-220645- ORANGE ECC DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR ORANGE ECC DISPATCH 544 AM PDT THU AUG 21 2025 THE HEAT IS EXPECTED TO PEAK FOR MOST AREAS TODAY AND FRIDAY WITH SLIGHT COOLING FOR THE WEEKEND AND CONTINUED COOLING EARLY NEXT WEEK TO AROUND AVERAGE FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE INTO THE WEEKEND WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WEEKEND, MOST LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING, AND MOSTLY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. THERE WILL BE GRADUAL DRYING OF THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE FOR THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH DECREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. $$ ECC035-220645- MONTE VISTA ECC DISPATCH- 544 AM PDT THU AUG 21 2025 THE HEAT IS EXPECTED TO PEAK FOR MOST AREAS TODAY AND FRIDAY WITH SLIGHT COOLING FOR THE WEEKEND AND CONTINUED COOLING EARLY NEXT WEEK TO AROUND AVERAGE FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE INTO THE WEEKEND WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WEEKEND, MOST LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING, AND MOSTLY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. THERE WILL BE GRADUAL DRYING OF THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE FOR THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH DECREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. $$ ECC034-220645- RIVERSIDE ECC DISPATCH- 544 AM PDT THU AUG 21 2025 ...DISCUSSION FROM LAXFWFSGX... THE HEAT IS EXPECTED TO PEAK FOR MOST AREAS TODAY AND FRIDAY WITH SLIGHT COOLING FOR THE WEEKEND AND CONTINUED COOLING EARLY NEXT WEEK TO AROUND AVERAGE FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE INTO THE WEEKEND WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WEEKEND, MOST LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING, AND MOSTLY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. THERE WILL BE GRADUAL DRYING OF THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE FOR THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH DECREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ...DISCUSSION FROM PHXFWFPSR... WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS TEMPERATURES APPROACH RECORD LEVELS. ADDITIONALLY, MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA, LEADING TO INCREASING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. BEST SHOWER AND STORM CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN EAST OF PHOENIX (30-60%), HOWEVER THERE IS A 10-20% CHANCE THAT SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS COULD SURVIVE INTO THE LOWER DESERTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AZ, INCLUDING THE PHOENIX METRO. TOMORROW, SHOWER AND STORM CHANCES MOVE INTO SE CA AND SW AZ, WITH A 30-50% CHANCE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN EAST OF PHOENIX, A 20-30% CHANCE ACROSS THE LOWER DESERTS OF SOUTH- CENTRAL AZ, INCLUDING PHOENIX, AND A 20-40% CHANCE ACROSS SE CA AND SW AZ. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH ANY STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCALIZED HEAVY DOWNPOURS, LIGHTNING, AND GUSTY, ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS. CHANCES FOR SEEING OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH TODAY (TOMORROW) CLIMB UPWARDS OF 70% (30-50%) FOR SOUTHERN GILA, EASTERN MARICOPA, AND NW PINAL COUNTIES, WITH A 10% CHANCE OF SEEING GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH TODAY AND TOMORROW. OUTSIDE OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS, WINDS WILL OVERALL CONTINUE TO FAVOR DIURNAL UPSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY PATTERNS WITH OCCASIONAL AFTERNOON GUSTS AROUND 15-20 MPH. MIN RHS WILL REMAIN AROUND 15-25% OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, WHILE OVERNIGHT MAX RHS INCREASE TO UPWARDS OF 30-50% FOR MOST AREAS. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY WINDS... NOTE...ADDITIONAL FIRE WEATHER FORECAST INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION. SEE PRODUCT PHXAFDPSR. $$