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Spot Forecast for Popovitch Creek Coal Seam...AK State Div of Forestry
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
825 AM AKDT Fri May 17 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 AKDT on May 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Scattered showers are expected through the weekend over the fire
but wetting rain chances remain low. Surface winds will be light
today and tonight, but increase to near 10 mph out of the south
during the morning Saturday. Temperatures warm through the weekend.
Minimum relative humidity values are expected to remain above 30
percent with good overnight recovery.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Scattered rain
                    showers in the afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 51.
Min humidity........38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 5 to 6 mph in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL increasing to 3700 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....West around 6 mph.
Inversion burnoff...N/A.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Scattered rain
                    showers in the evening.
CWR.................5 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 32.
Max humidity........85 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 5 mph in the evening
                    becoming light.
Ridgetop wind.......North around 5 mph becoming southeast around
                    5 mph after 0400 AKDT.
Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL decreasing to 600 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....South around 6 mph.
Inversion setup.....After midnight AKDT.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Scattered rain
                    showers through the day.
CWR.................2 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 57.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 8 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......South 10 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL increasing to 5600 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....South around 15 mph.
Inversion burnoff...Around 0800 AKDT.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY...
Partly cloudy. Scattered showers. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in
the mid 50s. South winds around 6 mph.
.MONDAY...
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs
in the mid 50s. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...
Mostly cloudy with slight chance of showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the upper 50s. South winds around 7 mph.

$$
Forecaster...BILLINGS
Requested by...Teresa Rose
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 05/17/24
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