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Spot Forecast for Russian Jack...Anchorage Fire Department
National Weather Service Anchorage AK
549 AM AKDT Tue Jul 15 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 AKDT on July 15.
.DISCUSSION...

Any lingering scattered showers early this morning will taper off
by mid to late morning as cloud cover also diminishes. A ridge of
high pressure moving over the region today will yield clearing
skies and drier conditions Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday
morning. Winds will also remain generally light, becoming more
westerly through late evening before becoming light and variable
again overnight.

Light and variable winds will become more northeasterly Wednesday
morning as cloud cover again increases in advance of a frontal
system moving from Kodiak Island north to the Kenai Peninsula. A
period of light rain is possible by around noon Wednesday as
precipitation lifts north ahead of the front. Any rainfall,
however, is expected to be very light, likely o the order of a
period of sprinkles yielding only a trace of accumulation.

Light northeasterly winds Wednesday morning may shift and become
southeasterly by mid to late afternoon as the front lifts north
of Anchorage. There is still some uncertainty as to the magnitude
of the winds, with stronger winds and gusts likely farther west of
the forecast location.


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) through mid
morning then becoming partly cloudy
(35-45 percent). Slight chance of rain
showers through mid morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent through mid morning.
Tstm Coverage.......None.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 8 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL early in the morning rising to
around 3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 9 mph.
Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches.
Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches.

TIME (AKDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........66  66  66  77  77  77  48  48  48  54  54
Weather cov.....SCT SCT SCT ISO ISO
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).30  30  30  20  20  10  0   0   0   0   0
Temp............55  57  59  61  62  64  64  66  67  68  68
RH..............86  79  74  69  66  63  62  59  57  54  52
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   2   7   7   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.3   3   3   6   6   6   9   9   9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.3 1.3 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 2.9 2.9
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.6   6   6   6   6   6   7   7   7   8   7

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-45 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None.
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........84 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 8 mph in the evening becoming
                    light and variable.
Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL in the evening falling to around
400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 8 mph shifting to the east-
northeast 2 to 4 mph overnight.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches.

TIME (AKDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........48  42  42  38  32  32  32  24  24  24  17  17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............67  66  65  64  61  58  55  53  51  49  47  47
RH..............57  57  59  61  63  68  72  77  79  84  84  81
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  N   N
20 FT wind spd..7   6   6   6   5   5   5   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.9   7   7   7   6   6   6   3   3   3   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...2.9 1.7 1.7 1.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  E   E   E   NE  NE
Transp wind spd.7   6   6   6   3   3   3   1   1   1   3   3

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) early in the
morning then increasing clouds and becoming
mostly cloudy (70-85 percent) in the afternoon.
Rain likely early in the afternoon. Slight
chance of rain late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent in the early afternoon diminishing to
20 percent by evening.
Tstm Coverage.......None.
Max temperature.....Around 69.
Min humidity........58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north-northeast around
6 mph late in the morning, then becoming
southeast 3 to 7 mph with gusts up to 12 mph
in the evening.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL early in the morning rising to around
2800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 4 to 8 mph shifting to the southeast 8
to 14 mph in the afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches.
Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches.

TIME (AKDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........17  53  53  53  52  52  52  86  86  86  71  71
Weather cov.....                            LKY LKY LKY SCH SCH
Weather type....                            RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   70  70  70  20  20
Temp............50  52  55  59  63  66  68  69  69  69  68  68
RH..............80  79  75  68  62  59  58  62  61  62  61  60
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..2   3   3   3   6   7   5   2   3   3   7   7
20 FT wind gust.3   6   6   6   7   7   7   6   6   6   10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 1.7 1.7
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.3   6   6   6   7   7   7   8   8   10  12  12

$$
Forecaster...Markle
Requested by...Jonathan Glover
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2518029.0/AER
.DELDT 07/15/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Jonathan.glover@anchorageak.gov