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Spot Forecast for Naluk 209...Alaska Fire Service
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
856 AM AKDT Thu Jun 27 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 AKDT on June 26.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Temperatures today will be a few degrees cooler than yesterday
and RHs around 10% wetter. Widely scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon
as a convergence zone sets up between low pressure in the Bering Sea and a strong
ridge of high pressure to the east. Storms may be quite strong and produce
erratic outflow winds as high as 40 mph in the afternoon and evening. Friday
will be cooler and wetter yet with no thunderstorms expected.


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Areas of smoke.
                    Scattered showers and widely scattered thunderstorms.
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................3.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the
                    southwest around 8 mph after 1000. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the
                    southwest around 10 mph after 1000. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL increasing to 4700 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South around 7 mph.
Inversion burnoff...Around 1000.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Areas of smoke
                    through the night. Widely scattered thunderstorms in
                    the evening. Scattered rain showers through the
                    night.
CWR.................15 percent.
LAL.................3.
Min temperature.....Around 58.
Max humidity........77 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 7 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the evening.
Ridgetop wind.......West winds 5 to 7 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the evening.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL decreasing to 600 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 6 mph.
Inversion setup.....Around midnight.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
Partly cloudy. Areas of smoke. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the
lower 70s. West winds around 6 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Partly cloudy. Areas of smoke. Lows around 60. Highs in the mid
70s. Northwest winds around 8 mph.
.MONDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
Northwest winds around 9 mph.

$$
Forecaster...CHRIEST
Requested by...Emmaly Gavin
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2416520.5/AFG
.DELDT 06/26/24
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