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Spot Forecast for Naluk 209...Alaska Fire Service
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
516 PM AKDT Wed Jun 26 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 AKDT on June 26.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Isolated showers and thunderstorms around the area this evening,
with thunderstorms expected to diminish by midnight. Chance of
showers through the rest of the night with good overnight RH
recovery.

Thursday will develop isolated showers and thunderstorms early,
increasing in coverage by the afternoon. Some storms may produce
numerous lightning strikes and strong gusty winds. Thunderstorms
expected to diminish by 10 PM AKDT. Good overnight RH recovery
expected.

Chance of thunderstorms expected to decrease as we move into
early parts of the weekend, along with slightly cooler
temperatures in the mid to low 70s and minimum RH values in the
mid to upper 30s.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Isolated
                    thunderstorms in the evening. Thunderstorms
expected to diminish by midnight. Scattered
showers through the night.
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................2.
Min temperature.....Around 62.
Max humidity........71 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......Southeast winds 8 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......5800 ft AGL decreasing to 600 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....East around 10 mph.
Inversion setup.....10 PM AKDT.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Scattered showers
                    and isolated thunderstorms early, increasing in
coverage by the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................2.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6 to 7 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......Southeast winds 8 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL increasing to 4600 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....East around 8 mph.
Inversion burnoff...9 AM AKDT.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Isolated
                    thunderstorms in the evening. Thunderstorms
expected to diminish by 10 PM AKDT. Scattered
showers through the night.
CWR.................30 percent.
LAL.................2.
Min temperature.....Around 58.
Max humidity........77 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 7 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......Southeast winds, 8 to 10 mph, becoming
south-southwesterly around midnight.
Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 5 mph.
Inversion setup.....10 PM AKDT.

$$
Forecaster...TWOMBLY
Requested by...Emmaly Gavin
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2416520.5/AFG
.DELDT 06/26/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0