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Spot Forecast for Globe 253...Alaska Fire Agency
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
632 AM AKDT Fri Jun 28 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 AKDT on June 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Widely scattered thunderstorms are expected around the fire today
and while the majority of the storms will be wet, there is a
chance for a dry one this afternoon. These storms can still come
with gusty, erratic wind gusts up to 40 mph. Temperatures will be
a bit cooler with highs in the mid 70s and RHs will be a bit
wetter in the upper 30% range. Winds will come out of the
southwest today and tonight, then become light tomorrow. It will
also be a drier day tomorrow as rain is expected to hold off to
the north and east. A general cooling trend is expected from
Sunday through midweek and there may be some rain chances next
week as well.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Smoke through the
                    day. Scattered showers through the day. Slight
                    chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................3.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 10 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL increasing to 4300 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 11 mph.
Inversion burnoff...8 AM AKDT.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Smoke through
                    the night. Chance of rain showers in the
                    evening. Slight chance of thunderstorms through
                    the night. Slight chance of rain showers
                    overnight.
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................3.
Min temperature.....Around 56.
Max humidity........80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph in the evening
                    becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 10 to 14 mph becoming west
                    at 5 to 9 mph by midnight.
Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....West around 8 mph.
Inversion setup.....12 AM AKDT.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Smoke in the
                    morning, then areas of smoke in the afternoon.
CWR.................1 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......Light and variable winds.
Mixing height.......900 ft AGL increasing to 6800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 3 mph.
Inversion burnoff...8 AM AKDT.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers. Areas of smoke. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the upper 70s. Light winds.
.MONDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Areas of smoke. Scattered showers and isolated
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Northwest winds around 6 mph.
.TUESDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Lows
in the mid 50s. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds around
8 mph.

$$
Forecaster...BIANCO
Requested by...Emmaly Gavin
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2416787.2/AFG
.DELDT 06/28/24
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