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Spot Forecast for 218-Ninetyeight...BLM
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
653 AM AKDT Wed Jul 30 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0720 AKDT on July 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
While there aren`t too many rain showers currently around the
fire, we are watching for an uptick in activity later this morning
and into the early afternoon. Given current trends, it looks like
shower activity will increase over the next 3 to 5 hours (10am to
12pm) with showers thereafter. However, there is a chance that
the incoming line of showers misses the fire by a few miles to the
south. Otherwise, high pressure builds in tomorrow with a warming
and drying trend through the weekend. There`s a chance for a
storm as soon as Friday afternoon, but most thunderstorm activity
will hold off until the weekend.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Numerous rain
                    showers.
CWR.................59 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None.
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph in the morning
                    becoming light.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......1600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 5 mph.
Inversion burnoff...No inversion.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Isolated rain
                    showers.
CWR.................29 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None.
Min temperature.....Around 50.
Max humidity........99 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds turning light and variable.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 3 mph.
Inversion setup.....1 AM AKDT.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Isolated rain
                    showers.
CWR.................6 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds turning northeast at 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL increasing to 4600 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 3 mph.
Inversion burnoff...7 AM AKDT.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.FRIDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
Light winds.
.SATURDAY...
Mostly cloudy with isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in
the lower 50s. Highs around 70. Light winds.
.SUNDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 50s. Highs in the upper 60s. Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...BIANCO
Requested by...Kyle Johnson
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2518273.8/AFG
.DELDT 07/30/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
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