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Issued by NWS Fairbanks, AK
Issued by NWS Fairbanks, AK
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497 FNAK79 PAFG 300008 FWSAFG Spot Forecast for 259 Flasco...BLM-AFS National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 408 PM AKDT Sat Jun 29 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 AKDT on June 29. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... High pressure aloft strengthens through early next week, supporting warmer and drier conditions. High temperatures top out near 80, accompanied by minimum RH values around 30 percent. Overnight RH recovery will be good. Light winds tonight will give way to north winds less than 10 mph Sunday shifting to the northwest Monday and increasing to 10 to 15 mph. A thermal trough over the fire will support widely scattered thunderstorms over the fire area this evening and isolated thunderstorms Sunday and Monday. .REST OF TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Areas of smoke through the night. Scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms in the evening. Isolated rain showers overnight. CWR.................10 percent. LAL.................3. Min temperature.....Around 56. Max humidity........98 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening. Ridgetop wind.......Northeast 5 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening. Inversion setup.....Around midnight AKDT. .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Areas of smoke. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. CWR.................10 percent. LAL.................2. Max temperature.....Around 81. Min humidity........31 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening. Ridgetop wind.......Northeast 6 to 8 mph becoming northwest around 1600 AKDT. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening. Inversion burnoff...Around 0800 AKDT. .SUNDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (35-45 percent). Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Areas of smoke through the night. CWR.................10 percent. LAL.................2. Min temperature.....Around 58. Max humidity........96 percent. Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 6 mph in the evening becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening. Ridgetop wind.......Northwest 6 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening. Inversion setup.....Around midnight AKDT. .MONDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Areas of smoke. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. CWR.................10 percent. LAL.................3. Max temperature.....Around 79. Min humidity........31 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8 to 10 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Ridgetop wind.......Northwest 10 to 15 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL increasing to 6200 ft AGL in the late morning and afternoon. Transport winds.....West around 11 mph. Inversion burnoff...Around 0800 AKDT. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .TUESDAY... Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Areas of smoke. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds around 9 mph. .WEDNESDAY... Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds around 8 mph. .INDEPENDENCE DAY... Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds around 9 mph. $$ Forecaster...BILLINGS Requested by...YTDC Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2416717.7/AFG .DELDT 06/29/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0