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Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Fairbanks, AK
Issued by NWS Fairbanks, AK
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000 FNAK79 PAFG 191349 FWSAFG Spot Forecast for 119 McDonald...Yukon Dispatch Center National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 549 AM AKDT Wed Jun 19 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 AKDT on June 19. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... A thermal low pressure trough north of the fire will move south over the fire on Thu, then remain over the fire into Fri and move south of the fire on the weekend. Today will be slightly warmer and drier than Tuesday was. Thu will be cooler and more humid, then there will be warming and drying trend from Fri into the weekend. Isolated thunderstorms this morning will increase in occurrence to widely scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening today. Small hail and gusty winds will accompany thunderstorms this afternoon/evening. Thu will see isolated thunderstorms through the day with widely scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. Fri will have just isolated thunderstorms. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Areas of dense smoke. Isolated thunderstorms in the morning. Scattered rain showers and widely scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. Small hail and gusty winds with thunderstorms. CWR.................20 percent. LAL.................3. Max temperature.....Around 79. Min humidity........27 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 7 mph. Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL increasing to 5400 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....West around 9 mph. Inversion burnoff...9 AM. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Areas of dense smoke. Scattered showers and widely scattered thunderstorms in the evening, then isolated rain showers overnight. CWR.................10 percent. LAL.................3. Min temperature.....Around 53. Max humidity........85 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 mph becoming light after midnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Ridgetop wind.......West 5 mph. Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL overnight. Transport winds.....West around 6 mph. Inversion setup.....Midnight. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40 percent) in the morning then mostly cloudy (70 percent) in the afternoon. Areas of smoke. Scattered rain showers. Isolated afternoon and evening thunderstorms. CWR.................20 percent. LAL.................3. Max temperature.....Around 75. Min humidity........38 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light becoming Northeast 5 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Ridgetop wind.......Northwest 5 mph. Mixing height.......800 ft AGL increasing to 4300 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Northwest around 5 mph. Inversion burnoff...9 AM. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .FRIDAY... Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Areas of smoke. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. Light winds. .SATURDAY... Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Areas of smoke. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the upper 70s. Northeast winds around 5 mph. .SUNDAY... Partly cloudy. Areas of smoke in the evening. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the upper 70s. Light winds. $$ Forecaster...BRADER Requested by...Casey Lasota Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2416117.10/AFG .DELDT 06/19/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0