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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
.EMAIL Aidclogistics@dffm.az.gov

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