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Spot Forecast for Little Goldstream Creek 411264...Northern Forestry Dispatch Center
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
440 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 85.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 5 to 6 mph in the
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds becoming east at around 10 mph
                    by 10 AM and southeast at 10 mph by 4 PM.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL increasing to 7300 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........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 5 mph in the evening becoming
                    light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......Southeast winds at 10 mph become light and
                    variable after midnight.
Mixing height.......7300 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....East around 6 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 84.
Min humidity........28 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 become south at 5 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL increasing to 6600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 5 mph.
Inversion burnoff...9 AM AKDT.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.FRIDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Lows around
60. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the lower 80s. Light winds.
.SUNDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the lower 80s. Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...BIANCO
Requested by...Matthew Velderrain
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2416725.0/AFG
.DELDT 06/26/24
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