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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
530 AM AKDT Sun Jun 30 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 AKDT on June 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Hot and generally dry conditions persist into Monday, accompanied
by highs in the upper 70s and minimum RH values near 35 percent.
Winds largely stay below 10 mph through Monday shifting from the
southwest today to northwest tonight and then west Monday. No
thunderstorms expected today, but the potential for isolated
thunderstorms returns on Monday. A pattern change begins Tuesday
with increasing southwesterly winds, followed by increasing
wetting rain chances Wednesday into the latter half of the week.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Areas of smoke.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 6 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds becoming southwest 6 to 8 mph
                    around 1500 AKDT.
Inversion burnoff...Around 0800 AKDT.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Areas of smoke.
CWR.................1 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 57.
Max humidity........77 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 8 to 10 mph becoming northwest 5 to
                    8 mph around 0400 AKDT.
Inversion setup.....Around midnight AKDT.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Areas of smoke.
                    Isolated showers and thunderstorms.
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................2.
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the west 5
                    to 7 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph becoming becoming
                    west 10 to 14 mph around 1300 AKDT.
Inversion burnoff...Around 0800 AKDT.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.TUESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Areas of
smoke. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds
around 7 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...
Cooler. Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Areas of smoke.
Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds
around 13 mph.
.INDEPENDENCE DAY...
Areas of smoke in the evening. Rain likely. Lows around 50. Highs
in the lower 60s. Southwest winds around 16 mph.

$$
Forecaster...BILLINGS
Requested by...YFDC
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2416863.4/AFG
.DELDT 06/30/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0