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Spot Forecast for Creamers Field RX...Division of Forestry & Fire Protection
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
431 AM AKDT Mon May 13 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 AKDT on May 13.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Today will be partly to mostly cloudy with scattered rain showers
late this morning becoming numerous in the afternoon. There is a
slight chance for a thunderstorm during the afternoon and evening
as well. Temperatures will peak around 60 degrees today with
minimum RHs around 30 percent. Surface winds will be light, but
any shower or storm can come with erratic wind gusts up to 20-30
mph. Ridgetop winds will increase from the west tonight after 10
PM. Tomorrow will dry out with slightly lower RHs around 25%.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Scattered rain
                    showers in the morning, then numerous rain
                    showers and isolated thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................8 percent.
LAL.................2.
Max temperature.....Around 59.
Min humidity........31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west around 5 mph in the
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......West-northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL increasing to 4700 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 6 mph.
Inversion burnoff...8 AM AKDT.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Scattered rain
                    showers and isolated thunderstorms in the
                    evening, then isolated rain showers overnight.
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................2.
Min temperature.....Around 38.
Max humidity........85 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the evening.
Ridgetop wind.......West winds increasing to 10 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....North around 2 mph.
Inversion setup.....Around Midnight AKDT.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Isolated rain
                    showers in the morning.
CWR.................1 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 7 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West winds 8 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL increasing to 6800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 11 mph.
Inversion burnoff...8 AM AKDT.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the lower 60s.
Light winds.
.THURSDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the lower 60s.
Southwest winds around 6 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
South winds around 5 mph.

$$
Forecaster...BIANCO
Requested by...Teresa Rose
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/13/24
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