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Spot Forecast for 119 McDonald...Yukon Dispatch Center
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
638 PM AKDT Tue Jun 18 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 AKDT on June 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...A very unstable airmass will continue to cause
with scattered thunderstorms in the evening. This evening, the
thunderstorms could have frequent lightning, brief heavy rain,
winds gusting to 30 mph and 1/2 inch hail.

Conditions will be a few degrees cooler with 3-5% higher RH than
yesterday. Wed will be slightly drier but with similar temperatures
to today. There will be slight warming and drying on Thu, with
very warm conditions continuing into the weekend.
No strong winds are expected other than gusty and erratic winds
with thunderstorms.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Areas of smoke
                    through the night. Isolated rain showers in the
                    evening. Isolated thunderstorms through the
                    night. Scattered rain showers overnight.
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................3.
Min temperature.....Around 52.
Max humidity........79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 7 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......
Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....West around 9 mph.
Inversion setup.....Midnight.

.JUNETEENTH...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Areas of smoke.
                    Scattered rain showers and slight chance of
                    thunderstorms.
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................3.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 5 mph in the morning becoming
                    light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......
Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL increasing to 5100 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 6 mph.
Inversion burnoff...9 AM.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Areas of smoke.
                    Slight chance of thunderstorms and isolated
                    rain showers.
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................3.
Min temperature.....Around 52.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......
Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 5 mph.
Inversion setup.....Midnight.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.FRIDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Areas of smoke in the evening. Scattered showers
and slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs
in the mid 70s. Light winds.
.SATURDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. Light
winds.
.SUNDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...CHAMBERS
Requested by...Casey Lasota
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2416117.9/AFG
.DELDT 06/18/24
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