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Spot Forecast for 119 McDonald...Alaska Fire Service
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
534 AM AKDT Thu Jul 4 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 AKDT on July 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Conditions around the fire will remain cold, wet, and windy today.
Light showers possible this morning becoming more widespread by
the early afternoon with a good chance of widespread wetting
rain, with some areas seeing up to half an inch. Winds will remain
out of the southwest with potential gusts up to 25 mph. High
temperatures will remain in the mid to low 60s with minimum
humidity values around 60 percent. Rain will progress through the
evening into tomorrow with good overnight RH recovery.

Precipitation will continue into early parts of Friday, clearing
out by the afternoon. Winds will remain out of the southwest with
gusts up to 20 mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Areas of smoke in the
                    morning, then areas of fog in the afternoon.
                    Rain likely in the morning, then rain in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................51 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 62.
Min humidity........56-63 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West-southwest winds 8 to 12 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West-southwest winds 12 to 16 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph.
Inversion burnoff...Around 7 AM AKDT.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Areas of fog. Rain.
CWR.................89 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 50.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8 to 12 mph with gusts up to
20 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West-southwest winds around 15 mph, with gusts
up to 30 mph.
Inversion setup.....None.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Areas of fog in the
                    morning. Rain in the morning, then chance of
                    rain in the afternoon.
CWR.................68 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........53-63 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8 to 11 mph with gusts up to
20 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up 35
mph, weakening to 10 mph by midnight.
Inversion burnoff...None.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
Cloudy with rain likely. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the mid
60s. Southwest winds around 6 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Numerous showers. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
Light winds.
.MONDAY...
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs
in the upper 60s. Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...TWOMBLY
Requested by...YFDC
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 07/04/24
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