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Spot Forecast for Mukluk...Division of Forestry and Fire Protection
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
320 PM AKDT Fri Sep 4 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1630 AKDT on September 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Mild conditions with temperatures reaching around 70F on Saturday
and mid 60s on Sunday. Overnight RH recoveries remain very good,
with values between 90 and 100 percent. Minimum daytime RH values
will fall to between 40 and 50 percent. Scattered to isolated
showers remain in the forecast through the weekend, though wetting
rain chances remain very low. There is a slight chance for
isolated thunderstorms in the hills to the northeast Saturday
evening, bringing the possibility of outflow gusts. Surface winds
will remain light, turning westerly on Saturday afternoon. Expect
stronger southwest gusts above the ridges. These gusts will have
difficulty mixing down, limiting strong gusts near the surface,
with occasional west/southwest gusts around 10 mph reaching the
surface during the afternoon.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Isolated rain
                    showers overnight.
CWR.................4 percent.
CWR25...............0 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None (0 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 41.
Max humidity........92 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Inversion setup.....8 PM

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Scattered rain
                    showers in the morning, then isolated rain
                    showers in the afternoon.
CWR.................12 percent.
CWR25...............10 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None (0 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west around 6 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Inversion burnoff...11 AM inversion lifts, 1 PM inversion lifts above ridge

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent). Isolated rain
                    showers in the evening.
CWR.................5 percent.
CWR25...............0 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None (0 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 41.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Inversion setup.....8 PM

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (45-55 percent).
CWR.................3 percent.
CWR25...............0 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None (0 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 66.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Inversion burnoff...10 AM inversion lifts, 1 PM inversion lifts above ridge

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.LABOR DAY...
Mostly cloudy with isolated showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs
in the mid 60s. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows in the lower 40s.
Highs in the upper 50s. Light winds.
.WEDNESDAY...
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows in the lower 40s.
Highs in the mid 50s. Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...SATCHER
Requested by...Matt Mayer
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620999.6/AFG
.DELDT 09/04/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL matthew_mayer@firenet.gov,brentwood_reid@firenet.gov