Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Tucson, AZ

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WWUS85 KTWC 102131
RFWTWC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
231 PM MST MON MAY 10 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR
COCHISE...SOUTHERN GRAHAM AND SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTIES FOR
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A HIGH TO
VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER RATING...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 8 PM MST TUESDAY FOR
COCHISE...GRAHAM...GREENLEE...SOUTHEAST PINAL...EASTERN PIMA AND
SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES AND A HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER RATING...

.A DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING BREEZY TO
LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS TO SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF ARIZONA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE WINDS...COMBINED WITH A DRY AIRMASS
HAS RESULTED IN A RED FLAG WARNING FOR COCHISE...SOUTHERN GRAHAM
AND SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTIES UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. ANOTHER
STRONGER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN ARIZONA FROM
THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD STRONG
AND GUSTY WINDS. GIVEN THE CONTINUED DRY AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION...
THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING FOR
ALL OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA EXCEPT WESTERN AND CENTRAL PIMA COUNTIES.

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ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148
GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN
VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/
SAFFORD BLM/TDC-
231 PM MST MON MAY 10 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS
EVENING FOR EASTERN FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST TUESDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY IS FOR
  EASTERN FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 INCLUDING COCHISE...SOUTHERN
  GRAHAM AND SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTIES. THE RED FLAG WARNING
  TUESDAY IS FOR ALL OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 INCLUDING GRAHAM...
  GREENLEE...COCHISE...SANTA CRUZ AND EASTERN PIMA COUNTIES.

* TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  THE EARLY EVENING. MORE WIDESPREAD STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE
  EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35
  MPH ARE LIKELY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. FOR TUESDAY...SUSTAINED
  20-FOOT WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER 
  TEENS TODAY AND TUESDAY. 

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO
  CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN AREAS WHERE FUELS ARE
  DRY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.

&&

$$

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ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 146
NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-GRAHAM COUNTY NORTH OF GILA RIVER-
APACHE NF/SAN CARLOS BIA/SDC-ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 147
SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-
TOHONO OODHAM NATION-CORONADO NF/PAPAGO BIA/TDC-
231 PM MST MON MAY 10 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST TUESDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* AFFECTED AREA...THE RED FLAG WARNING IS VALID FOR FIRE WEATHER
  ZONE 146 INCLUDING GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES AND EASTERN FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 147 INCLUDING SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY.

* TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY MORNING
  INTO EARLY TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40
  MPH ARE POSSIBLE. STRONGER SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHERN WHITE MOUNTAINS.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER 
  TEENS TUESDAY. 

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO
  CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN AREAS WHERE FUELS ARE
  DRY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.

&&

$$

980 
WWUS85 KTWC 110211
RFWTWC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
711 PM MST MON MAY 10 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING HAS EXPIRED...

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST UNTIL 8 PM
MST TUESDAY FOR COCHISE...GRAHAM...GREENLEE...SOUTHEAST PINAL...
EASTERN PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES FOR STRONG AND GUSTY
WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE
DANGER RATING...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN ARIZONA FROM THE
NORTHWEST TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD STRONG AND
GUSTY WINDS. GIVEN THE DRY AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION...A RED FLAG
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA (EXCEPT
WESTERN AND CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY) FROM 11 AM MST TO 8 PM MST
TUESDAY.

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ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148
GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN
VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/
SAFFORD BLM/TDC-
711 PM MST MON MAY 10 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST
TUESDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
20-FOOT WIND SPEEDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA HAVE FALLEN BELOW RED
FLAG THRESHOLDS THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO RECOVER AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. THUS...
THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM MST THIS
EVENING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST FOR 
TUESDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...THE RED FLAG WARNING TUESDAY IS FOR ALL OF FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 148 INCLUDING GRAHAM...GREENLEE...COCHISE...SANTA
  CRUZ AND EASTERN PIMA COUNTIES.

* TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY
  MORNING INTO TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  40 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER
  TEENS.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO 
  CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN AREAS WHERE FUELS 
  ARE DRY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE
THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD
OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.

&&

$$

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ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 146
NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-GRAHAM COUNTY NORTH OF GILA RIVER-
APACHE NF/SAN CARLOS BIA/SDC-ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 147
SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-
TOHONO OODHAM NATION-CORONADO NF/PAPAGO BIA/TDC-
711 PM MST MON MAY 10 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST
TUESDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST
TUESDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...THE RED FLAG WARNING IS VALID FOR FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 146 INCLUDING GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES AND EASTERN 
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 147 INCLUDING SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY. 

* TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY 
  MORNING INTO EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 
  40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. STRONGER SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH 
  WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHERN WHITE 
  MOUNTAINS. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER 
  TEENS TUESDAY. 

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO 
  CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN AREAS WHERE FUELS 
  ARE DRY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE
THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD
OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.

&&

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
210 AM MST MON MAY 10 2010

.SYNOPSIS...COOLER TEMPERATURES TODAY THOUGH STILL SOME GUSTY WINDS
AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE NORTH MOVES EAST. WINDY CONDITIONS
TO RETURN TUESDAY AS A STRONGER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE
GREAT BASIN. THEREAFTER...REMAINING DRY WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND
DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND.

&&

.DISCUSSION...SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER FAR NWRN AZ AT THIS TIME WILL
MOVE RAPIDLY EWD TO THE CENTRAL CONUS PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
ABUNDANT SUNSHINE TODAY THOUGH BREEZES TO WINDY CONDITIONS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN
EAST OF TUCSON. THE NEXT UPPER LOW IS PROGGED TO DEEPEN OVER THE
GREAT BASIN TUE. MID-LEVEL GRADIENT TO BE SUFFICIENTLY TIGHT FOR
BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS TUE AFTERNOON AND TUE EVENING...WITH THE
STRONGEST WINDS FROM TUCSON EWD. SYSTEM TO THEN WEAKEN AND MOVE NEWD
WED. THEREAFTER...BROAD TROUGH TO REMAIN OVER THE SWRN CONUS THUR-
FRI...THEN GENERALLY WLY FLOW ALOFT TO PREVAIL SAT-SUN. THE UPSHOT...
PRECIP-FREE CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THUR-SUN.

HIGH TEMPS TODAY TO BE NEARLY 10 DEGS F OR SO COOLER VERSUS SUN. NO
SIGNIFICANT MAX TEMP CHANGES TUE-WED. A GRADUAL WARMING TREND DURING
THE THUR-SUN PERIOD...WITH ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TEMPS FORECAST THIS
WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...CLEAR SKIES THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY ALTHOUGH A FEW CLOUDS AT
OR ABOVE 20K FT AGL MAY OCCUR. SURFACE WIND 19Z TODAY TO 02Z TUESDAY
WLY 10-22 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KTS...STRONGEST WINDS EAST OF KTUS.
OTHERWISE...SURFACE WIND MAINLY SELY/SLY LESS THAN 10 KTS THROUGH
12Z TUESDAY. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR TAF AMENDMENTS.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE NORTH WILL MOVE RAPIDLY
EASTWARD TODAY. A RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY
TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR EASTERN FIRE ZONE 148...OR SOUTHERN
GRAHAM COUNTY...SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY...AND COCHISE COUNTY.
ELSEWHERE...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

TUESDAY...A STRONGER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT
BASIN REGION. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS A
DRY AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THUS...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL BE IN
EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR FIRE
ZONE 146...EASTERN FIRE ZONE 147...AND FIRE ZONE 148...OR ALL OF
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA EXCEPT WESTERN AND CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...GENERALLY LESS WIND THOUGH STILL SOME
GUSTY WINDS PARTICULARLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. DRY
CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THIS PERIOD WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND.

&&

.TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
    RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MST THIS
     EVENING EASTERN FIRE ZONE 148.
    FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
     TUESDAY EVENING FIRE ZONE 146...EASTERN FIRE ZONE 147...
     AND FIRE ZONE 148.

BF

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
145 PM MST SUN MAY 9 2010

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NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-
UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-TOHONO OODHAM NATION-
TUCSON METRO/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ COUNTY-COCHISE COUNTY-
145 PM MST SUN MAY 9 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST THIS MORNING TO 10 PM
MST THIS EVENING BELOW 7500 FEET...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE GREAT BASIN WILL RESULT IN
STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED
FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA BELOW 7500
FEET. PLEASE REFER TO WWUS85 KTWC...PHXRFWTWC FOR MORE DETAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH A VERY DRY AIRMASS MAY
PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
TUESDAY EVENING...MAINLY EAST OF TUCSON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON