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Issued by NWS Fairbanks, AK
Issued by NWS Fairbanks, AK
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543 FNAK79 PAFG 261306 FWSAFG Spot Forecast for Bonanza Creek - 411242...Northern Forestry Dispatch Center National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 506 AM AKDT Wed Jun 26 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 AKDT on June 26. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Hot and dry conditions persist today and tomorrow but the chance for thunderstorms will be increasing each afternoon. Today will be at critical levels for temperature and RH but winds remain mostly light outside of a thunderstorm which would have gusty, erratic winds. Thursday is the highlight day of this period though. Scattered afternoon thunderstorms along with high temperatures in the mid 80s and min RHs in the mid to upper 20s%. These thunderstorms will be wet and come with gusty wind, heavy rain and possibly hail. Expect thunderstorms to develop around 2-4PM and continue at times through the evening into the overnight. Sustained wind once again will be mostly light. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent) then becoming partly sunny (50-60 percent). Haze and areas of smoke. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. CWR.................10 percent. LAL.................2. Max temperature.....Around 83. Min humidity........25 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east around 6 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Ridgetop wind.......Light winds becoming east at 8 to 10 mph by 10 AM and southeast at 10 mph by 4 PM. Mixing height.......800 ft AGL increasing to 7700 ft AGL in the late morning and afternoon. Transport winds.....East around 9 mph. Inversion burnoff...9 AM AKDT. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Areas of smoke. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. CWR.................10 percent. LAL.................2. Min temperature.....Around 60. Max humidity........71 percent. Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 7 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Ridgetop wind.......Southeast winds at 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Mixing height.......7700 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL in the late evening and overnight. Transport winds.....East around 7 mph. Inversion setup.....11 PM AKDT. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Areas of smoke through the day. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the morning. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. CWR.................10 percent. LAL.................4. Max temperature.....Around 83. Min humidity........31 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. 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 south at 5 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......700 ft AGL increasing to 6400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast around 5 mph. Inversion burnoff...9 AM AKDT. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .FRIDAY... Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds around 6 mph. .SATURDAY... Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs around 80. West winds around 5 mph. .SUNDAY... Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Lows around 60. Highs around 80. Light winds. $$ Forecaster...BIANCO Requested by...Matthew Velderrain Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2416724.0/AFG .DELDT 06/26/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0