Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Tucson, AZ
Issued by NWS Tucson, AZ
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FNUS75 KTWC 252052
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Spot Forecast for Brandenburg...DFFM
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
152 PM MST Sat Jul 25 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1400 MST on July 25.
.DISCUSSION...Expect scattered showers and thunderstorms to develop
later this afternoon (mainly after 1530 hours) with potential to
impact the fire site into the evening hours. The main concern
will be gusty and erratic outflow winds in excess of 40 mph
in and near thunderstorm activity. The stronger storms will
have wetting rains with potential amounts up to around 1 inch.
Thunderstorm activity should diminish later in the evening hours.
Right now, most of the daytime Sunday looks dry with thunderstorm
chances late in the afternoon into the evening hours.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Chance of showers and
thunderstorms after 1530 hours.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....103-106 degrees.
Min humidity........21-24 percent.
20-foot winds.......North winds 6 to 12 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (65200 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to very good (97300 knot-ft) in the
afternoon decreasing to good (42800 knot-ft)
late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......11500 ft AGL decreasing to 5400 ft AGL late in
the afternoon.
Transport winds.....North 8 to 12 knots.
TIME (MST) 2 PM 5 PM
Sky (%).........21 62
Weather cov.....S CHC CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........S CHC CHANCE
CWR.............0 30
Temp............104 100
RH..............22 27
20 FT wind......N 7G14 N 8G16
Mix hgt (ft)....11500 3600
Transport wind..N 8 N 12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..92 43
Ventrate Cat....VYGD GOOD
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy. Chance of
showers and thunderstorms early in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent decreasing to 10 percent early in
the evening, then increasing to 20 percent late
in the evening decreasing to 10 percent
overnight.
Min temperature.....78-81 degrees.
Max humidity........56-59 percent.
20-foot winds.......Northeast winds 6 to 12 mph shifting to the
east 5 to 10 mph in the late evening and
overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms in the evening and
overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (30800 knot-ft) decreasing to marginal
(10900 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing
to poor (1700 knot-ft) late in the night.
Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL early in
the evening.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 11 knots shifting to the
southeast 5 to 7 knots late in the evening,
then shifting to the east 4 to 5 knots
overnight shifting to the southeast around 4
knots early in the morning.
TIME (MST) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM
Sky (%).........66 56 65 50
Weather cov.....CHANCE S CHC S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE
Tstm cov........CHANCE S CHC S CHC
CWR.............30 10 20 10
Temp............97 88 84 81
RH..............31 42 48 53
20 FT wind......NE 8G14 NE 6G10 E 5G10 E 4G6
Mix hgt (ft)....2800 500 500 500
Transport wind..NE 11 NE 7 SE 5 E 4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..31 4 2 2
Ventrate Cat....FAIR POOR POOR POOR
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....99-102 degrees.
Min humidity........26-29 percent.
20-foot winds.......South winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the west 8
to 13 mph with gusts to around 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1800 knot-ft) increasing to very good
(78800 knot-ft).
Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL increasing to 7600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 4 to 5 knots shifting to the west 6 to 14
knots early in the morning.
TIME (MST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
Sky (%).........47 20 15 46
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 10
Temp............79 90 98 100
RH..............57 40 32 28
20 FT wind......SE 4G6 W 6G10 W 10G18 W 13G20
Mix hgt (ft)....400 2800 5600 7000
Transport wind..SE 4 W 7 NW 11 W 14
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 20 62 99
Ventrate Cat....POOR MRGL GOOD VYGD
$$
Forecaster...Lader
Requested by...Adam
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618221.0/TWC
.DELDT 07/25/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
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