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Spot Forecast for 238 East Twin...Alaska Fire Service
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
636 PM AKDT Thu Jun 27 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 AKDT on June 27.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
Scattered thunderstorms with hot and dry conditions will continue
through this evening, with hail, heavy rain, frequent lightning,
and gusty and erratic winds possible with any thunderstorms.
Friday will see temperatures fall into the 70s and minimum
relative humidity values rise to about 40 percent, with a chance
for isolated thunderstorms. Generally south to southwest winds
tonight and Friday will become generally northwest and relatively
light Friday night. A general cooling trend will occur from Sunday
through midweek, with isolated thunderstorms possible each day.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Areas of smoke
                    through the night. Scattered thunderstorms in
                    the evening. Scattered rain showers through the
                    night. Isolated thunderstorms overnight.
CWR.................37 percent.
LAL.................4.
Min temperature.....Around 57.
Max humidity........77 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the west
                    around 7 to 10 mph overnight. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms overnight.
Ridgetop wind.......Southeast winds 5 mph becoming southeast
                    at 8 to 14 mph after midnight.
Mixing height.......6300 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 7 mph.
Inversion setup.....11 PM AKDT.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Areas of smoke
                    through the day. Scattered rain showers in the
                    morning. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................2.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 8 to 14 mph becoming west 5 to 8
                    mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL increasing to 5000 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....West around 10 mph.
Inversion burnoff...9 AM AKDT.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Isolated showers
                    and thunderstorms in the evening. Areas of
                    smoke through the night.
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................2.
Min temperature.....Around 57.
Max humidity........78 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph in the evening
                    becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the evening.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 5 mph.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 5 mph.
Inversion setup.....11 PM AKDT.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
Areas of smoke. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs around 80. Light
winds.
.MONDAY...
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds
around 9 mph.

$$
Forecaster...SALTZMAN
Requested by...Risa Frazier
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2416586.6/AFG
.DELDT 06/27/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0