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Spot Forecast for Rabbit 181/Garland 180...Alaska Fire Service
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
1101 AM AKDT Wed Jun 19 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1100 AKDT on June 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Building high pressure will bring warm and mostly dry conditions
through the weekend. Winds will be mainly out of the west. A very brief period
of light NE winds is possible early Thursday morning, with slightly stronger NE
winds (5-8 mph) late Thursday night. Widely scattered thunderstorms on Thursday
will bring the potential for gusty and erratic winds.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent).
CWR.................1 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 3 to 7 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West winds 7 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL increasing to 5200 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West around 7 mph.
Inversion burnoff...Already burned off.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent).
CWR.................1 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 52.
Max humidity........81 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 8 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West winds 7 to 11 mph.
Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL decreasing to 700 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....West around 7 mph.
Inversion setup.....Around 2300 AKDT.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Isolated showers
                    and thunderstorms through the day.
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................3.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west around 7 mph in the
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......West winds 7 to 9 mph becoming northwest 9 to 11 mph
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL increasing to 6200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 6 mph.
Inversion burnoff...Around 0900 AKDT.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.FRIDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. Light winds.
.SATURDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows around
50. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
upper 40s. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds around 8 mph.

$$
Forecaster...CHRIEST
Requested by...Chris Trunkey
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 06/19/24
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