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Spot Forecast for Kopshesut...Alaska Fire Service-Galena Dispatch
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
622 PM AKDT Sun Jun 7 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 AKDT on June 07.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Rain showers are expected to begin shortly, as a cold front is
expected to come sweeping down from the northwest. Precipitation
amounts will be around 0.10" to 0.15" through late tonight. Some
of the showers may transition to snow during the overnight hours,
with chances around 15%. As the front moves south Monday morning,
expect a rapid decrease in rain/snow showers and cloud cover.
Currently expecting conditions to be mostly clear by 10 AM Monday.
Cooler temperatures will continue with the passage of the cold
front keeping high temperatures in the upper 40s. Minimum RH
values may struggle to hit 60 percent today with the rain chances,
but will decrease to around 35 percent on Monday from northerly,
dry winds. Winds will be predominantly from the southwest through
tonight then shift north/northwest by the morning hours on Monday
and strengthen up to 20 mph, with gusts up to 30 mph, at times
through Monday afternoon. Expect to see some wind speed moderation
on Tuesday, with temperatures increasing to the mid 50s and Min RHs
dropping as low as the 25 to 30% range.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Rain showers in the
                    evening, then rain showers likely and chance of
                    snow showers overnight.
CWR.................61 percent.
CWR25...............20 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None (0 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 28.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 9 mph shifting to the west
                    7 to 8 mph overnight.
Ridgetop wind.......West/Southwest winds 8 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 8 mph.
Inversion setup.....No Inversion.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
CWR.................7 percent.
CWR25...............0 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None (0 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 46.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 13 to 17 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West winds 8 to 12 mph early in the morning,
                    shifting to north winds 20 to 25 mph around
                    0700 AKDT.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL increasing to 4600 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....North around 16 mph.
Inversion burnoff...No Inversion.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
CWR25...............0 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None (0 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 27.
Max humidity........66 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 8 to 15 mph shifting to the east
                    around 5 mph overnight.
Ridgetop wind.......North winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL decreasing to 600 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....North around 12 mph.
Inversion setup.....Around 0100 AKDT.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
CWR25...............0 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None (0 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 54.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 12 to 17 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL increasing to 4800 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 7 mph.
Inversion burnoff...Around 0700 AKDT.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in the lower 60s.
South winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
South winds around 6 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
Southwest winds around 6 mph.

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Forecaster...COMPTON
Requested by...Galena Dispatch
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2614999.6/AFG
.DELDT 06/07/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL dwidmer@blm.gov,akyfdc@firenet.gov