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Spot Forecast for East Eagle Rx...USFS
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
416 AM MST Wed May 6 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 MST on May 06.

.DISCUSSION...

Cool today with relative humidity remaining above 30 percent
this afternoon. Northwest winds of 8 to 12 mph with gusts up
to 18 mph after the late morning. Winds become lighter Thursday.
A warming and drying trend is expected in the coming days following
today. Minimum relative humidity will fall to around 20 percent on
Thursday and around 15 percent on Friday through the weekend.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....53-56 degrees.
Min humidity........30-33 percent.
20-foot winds.......Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph in the morning
becoming 8 to 12 mph with gusts up to 18 mph
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL increasing to 8800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 10 to 13 knots.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5600 knot-ft) increasing to excellent
(105000 knot-ft) in the afternoon.

TIME (MST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........3         0         6         15
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Temp............29        43        51        54
RH..............91        52        35        32
20 FT wind......NW 5G8    NW 6G12   W 6G16    W 8G18
Mix hgt (ft)....600       3300      7600      8800
Transport wind..NW 10     NW 10     W 10      W 12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6         33        76        105
Ventrate Cat....POOR      FAIR      VYGD      EXNT

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....32-35 degrees.
Max humidity........60-63 percent.
20-foot winds.......Northwest winds 6 to 10 mph with gusts to
                    around 16 mph in the early evening  shifting to
the northeast and becoming 5 to 8 mph after
midnight.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 8 to 13 knots shifting to the
                    northeast 7 to 10 knots overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good (84000 knot-ft) decreasing to
                    marginal (11700 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (3400 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (MST)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........13        7         6         1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Temp............50        40        37        34
RH..............36        56        60        56
20 FT wind......NW 6G16   NW 5G10   N 5G10    NE 5G8
Mix hgt (ft)....6500      500       500       500
Transport wind..NW 13     N 8       N 7       NE 9
Vrate kt-ft/1K..84        4         3         5
Ventrate Cat....VYGD      POOR      POOR      POOR

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny then becoming partly sunny.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....60-63 degrees.
Min humidity........17-20 percent.
20-foot winds.......Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph in the morning
becoming south in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL increasing to 10800 ft AGL
                    in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 9 knots shifting to the west
                    around 8 knots late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4800 knot-ft) increasing to excellent (107600
                    knot-ft) in the afternoon.

TIME (MST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........2         0         16        47
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Temp............34        53        59        60
RH..............47        21        19        19
20 FT wind......NE 6G10   E 4G10    S 5G10    S  5G10
Mix hgt (ft)....500       5700      9800      10800
Transport wind..NE 9      E 6       SE 8      S 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5         34        79        108
Ventrate Cat....POOR      FAIR      VYGD      EXNT

$$
Forecaster...EDWARDS
Requested by...Joe Names
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2610920.16/TWC
.DELDT 05/06/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL joseph.names@usda.gov

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