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Spot Forecast for 119 McDonald...Yukon Dispatch Center
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
414 AM AKDT Sun Jun 23 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 AKDT on June 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Sunny, dry and warm today as a thermal trough gradually lifts
over the fire. Expect weak east-northeast winds over the fire
today, turning west-northwest tomorrow. The next chance of showers
and thunderstorms comes Monday afternoon. Temperatures will
remain in the low 80s through Tuesday, then increase into the mid
80s on Wednesday. Minimum RHs will be around 24% today with good
recovery overnight, then gradually increase to 29% on Monday and
into the low 30% range on Tuesday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Areas of smoke early in
                    the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6 to 7 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light.
Ridgetop wind.......East-northeast winds 8 to 12 mph becoming light.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL increasing to 7700 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....East around 6 mph.
Inversion burnoff...6 AM AKDT.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 53.
Max humidity........75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds.
Mixing height.......7700 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 5 mph.
Inversion setup.....Around 11 PM AKDT.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent). Isolated rain
                    showers in the morning. Isolated thunderstorms
                    through the day. Scattered rain showers in the
                    afternoon. Areas of smoke in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................2.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds becoming west 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL increasing to 7300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 7 mph.
Inversion burnoff...8 AM 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 lower 80s.
Light winds.
.WEDNESDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Lows
in the mid 50s. Highs in the mid 80s. Light winds.
.THURSDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
mid 50s. Highs in the lower 80s. Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...BIANCO
Requested by...Casey Lasota
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2416117.18/AFG
.DELDT 06/23/24
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