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Issued by NWS Fairbanks, AK

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Spot Forecast for Globe 253...Alaska Fire Agency
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
627 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.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM
AKDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...Red Flag Warning in effect today for lightning. Scattered wet
thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening with isolated thunderstorms
continuing overnight. Expect gusty and erratic winds near thunderstorms. Otherwise
winds will be from the east and southeast until about 4am Friday when winds
will turn to be out of the south then southwest. Hot and dry conditions are
expected again today with slight cooling Friday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). 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 81.
Min humidity........29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 6 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 winds becoming east around 5 to 10 mph in the
afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL increasing to 5100 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....East around 7 mph.
Inversion burnoff...Around 0900.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Smoke through
                    the night. Scattered thunderstorms in the
                    evening. Scattered rain showers through the
                    night. Isolated thunderstorms overnight.
CWR.................16 percent.
LAL.................4.
Min temperature.....Around 56.
Max humidity........79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 7 mph in the evening becoming
                    light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms in the evening. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms overnight.
Ridgetop wind.......East winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening becoming
                    south 4 to 5 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 6 mph.
Inversion setup.....Around 2300.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Areas of smoke
                    through the day. Scattered rain showers through
                    the day. Widely scattered thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................3.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL increasing to 5200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 10 mph.
Inversion burnoff...Around 0900.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
Areas of smoke. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Light winds.
.SUNDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Areas of smoke. Scattered showers and isolated
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Light winds.
.MONDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Lows
in the upper 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...CHRIEST
Requested by...Emmaly Gavin
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2416787.0/AFG
.DELDT 06/27/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0