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Issued by NWS Fairbanks, AK

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Spot Forecast for 300 Lookout...BLM-AFS
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
546 AM AKDT Sat Jun 29 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 AKDT on June 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
High pressure aloft strengthens through the weekend. Warmer and
drier conditions are expected this weekend with high temperatures
in the mid and minimum RH values above 30 percent. Overnight RH
recovery will be fair. Winds will be mostly light. Isolated
thunderstorms possible this afternoon and evening as the thermal
trough remains near the fire. No thunderstorms are expected
Sunday as the thermal trough shifts southeast.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Areas of smoke.
                    Isolated showers and thunderstorms.
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................2.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds.
Inversion burnoff...Around 0800 AKDT.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Areas of smoke
                    through the night. Isolated thunderstorms in
                    the evening. Isolated rain showers through the
                    night.
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................2.
Min temperature.....Around 56.
Max humidity........78 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north around 6 mph
                    overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the evening.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds becoming northwest 5 mph around
                    0400 AKDT.
Inversion setup.....Around midnight AKDT.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent). Areas of smoke.
CWR.................1 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 5 mph shifting to the west 5
                    to 6 mph in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest 5 mph shifting to the west 8 to 10
                    mph around 1500 AKDT.
Inversion burnoff...Around 0800 AKDT.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.MONDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Areas of
smoke. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the upper 70s. North winds
around 6 mph.
.TUESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...
Cooler. Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds around 12 mph.

$$
Forecaster...BILLINGS
Requested by...YFDC
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2416863.2/AFG
.DELDT 06/29/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0