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Spot Forecast for Gold King...AK-NFDC
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
630 AM AKDT Thu Jun 27 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 AKDT on June 27.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Hot once again today with a min RH around 31% expected and light
winds increasing slightly from the east this afternoon. Scattered
wet thunderstorms are likely near the fire this afternoon and
overnight. These storms may come with hail, heavy rain, frequent
lightning and erratic wind gusts to 50 mph. These will lessen in
coverage after midnight with a lingering shower possible, then
isolated wet thunderstorms will be possible again tomorrow
afternoon. Temperatures will be on a down trend this weekend.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Areas of smoke
                    through the day. Isolated thunderstorms in the
                    morning. Scattered showers through the day.
                    Scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................4.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    northeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Light and variable winds becoming southeast
                    5 mph after 4 PM this afternoon.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL increasing to 4700 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....West around 3 mph.
Inversion burnoff...9 AM AKDT.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Areas of smoke
                    through the night. Scattered thunderstorms in
                    the evening. Scattered rain showers through the
                    night. Isolated thunderstorms overnight.
CWR.................23 percent.
LAL.................4.
Min temperature.....Around 54.
Max humidity........79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 5 to 8 mph overnight. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in
                    the evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms overnight.
Ridgetop wind.......Southeast winds at 5 mph increase and shift
                    to west-southwest at 15 to 20 mph after midnight.
Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....South around 9 mph.
Inversion setup.....1 AM AKDT.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Areas of smoke
                    through the day. Scattered rain showers in the
                    morning. Numerous rain showers and isolated
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................2.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph in the morning
                    will weaken to southwest 5 to 10 mph after
                    10 AM.
Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL increasing to 5400 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....West around 12 mph.
Inversion burnoff...9 AM AKDT.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms. Areas
of smoke. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the lower 80s. Light
winds.
.SUNDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Areas of smoke. Scattered showers and isolated
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the upper 70s. Light
winds.
.MONDAY...
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds around
5 mph.

$$
Forecaster...BIANCO
Requested by...Cody Winslow
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 06/27/24
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