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Spot Forecast for Last Chance Creek 411305...Northern forestry dispatch center
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
852 PM AKDT Fri Jun 28 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2100 AKDT on June 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
High pressure aloft strengthens through the weekend. Warmer and
drier conditions are expected this weekend with high temperatures
near 80 and minim RH values between 30 and 35 percent. Winds will
be mostly light. An isolated thunderstorm this evening remains
possible. Thunderstorms are not anticipated Saturday. On Sunday,
isolated thunderstorms are possible as the thermal trough shifts
over the area.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Areas of smoke.
                    Isolated showers and thunderstorms.
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................2.
Min temperature.....Around 56.
Max humidity........85 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 6 mph late in the evening
                    becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......West 8 to 10 mph becoming northwest 5 mph
                    around 0400 AKDT.
Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 5 mph.
Inversion setup.....Around midnight AKDT.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Areas of smoke.
CWR.................1 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL increasing to 5400 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 3 mph.
Inversion burnoff...Around 0800 AKDT.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (45-55 percent). Areas of smoke.
CWR.................1 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 56.
Max humidity........83 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds.
Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 5 mph.
Inversion setup.....Around midnight AKDT.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Areas of smoke
                    through the day. Isolated rain showers in the
                    morning. Scattered rain showers in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................1 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 6 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds becoming northwest 5 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL increasing to 7900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 4 mph.
Inversion burnoff...Around 0800 AKDT.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.MONDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
Areas of smoke. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Light winds.
.TUESDAY...
Widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...
Numerous showers. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
Southwest winds around 7 mph.

$$
Forecaster...BILLINGS
Requested by...Kayla Bryan
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2416910.0/AFG
.DELDT 06/28/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0