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Spot Forecast for 316 Fork...Alaska Fire Service
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
705 PM AKDT Wed Jul 3 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 AKDT on July 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

West-southwesterly winds gusting as high as 35 mph this evening
will diminish tonight, though gusty winds continue periodically
along ridgetops through Friday. Some light rain is possible this
evening with the fire seeing up to a few hundredths of an inch of
rainfall through midnight tonight. A break in precipitation is
expected overnight before wetting rains arrive Thursday afternoon
and last through Friday morning. Rainfall amounts will likely
total between four to eight tenths of an inch from this event.
High temperatures remain in the 50s with minimum RHs no lower than
55 percent into the weekend. Another round of light precipitation
is possible on Saturday, with no thunderstorms in the forecast
until at least next week.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Areas of fog. Rain.
CWR.................30 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 49.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 12 mph with gusts to
                    around 25 mph in the evening diminishing to
                    4 to 8 mph with gusts to around 18 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to
                    around 35 mph in the evening diminishing to
                    13 to 18 mph with gusts to around 28 mph.
Inversion setup.....Little to no inversion.

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Areas of fog. Rain.
CWR.................69 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 56.
Min humidity........75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8 to 12 mph with gusts to
                    around 20 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 12 to 17 mph with gusts to
                    around 25 mph.
Inversion burnoff...Little to no inversion.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Areas of fog. Rain.
CWR.................91 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8 to 14 mph with gusts to
                    around 24 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 15 to 22 mph with gusts to
                    around 35 mph.
Inversion setup.....Little to no inversion.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Areas of fog. Rain.
CWR.................85 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 56.
Min humidity........65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8 to 14 mph with gusts to
                    around 24 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 13 to 18 mph with gusts to
                    around 30 mph.
Inversion burnoff...Little to no inversion.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
Rain likely. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
Southwest winds around 6 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Numerous showers. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
Light winds.
.MONDAY...
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs
in the upper 60s. Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...QUESADA
Requested by...YFDC
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2417156.12/AFG
.DELDT 07/03/24
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