Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Fairbanks, AK
Issued by NWS Fairbanks, AK
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006 FNAK79 PAFG 051323 FWSAFG Spot Forecast for 119 McDonald...Alaska Fire Service National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 523 AM AKDT Fri Jul 5 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 AKDT on July 05. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Cool, breezy and wet conditions continue this morning as rain showers persist. The afternoon will come with some drier time before the next wave of rain moves through tomorrow. There will be 2 rounds of rain tomorrow, the first of which comes during the midday and afternoon hours, then the second arrives overnight into Sunday morning. We have medium confidence in wetting rain today as totals may only be around 0.10-0.15" and are purely based on the placement of showers. High confidence for wetting rain tomorrow into Sunday with an additional 0.25-0.50" of rain expected. Winds will be gusty at the surface and ridgetop level but gradually weaken through Saturday. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Areas of fog in the morning. Rain in the morning, then chance of rain in the afternoon. CWR.................72 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 62. Min humidity........59-69 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 15 to 20 mph gusting to 30. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 25 to 30 mph gusting to 35 mph. Inversion burnoff...6 AM AKDT. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Slight chance of rain in the evening, then chance of rain overnight. CWR.................2 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 54. Max humidity........74-83 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph before midnight, then weakening to south winds at 15 mph gusting to 20 mph. Inversion setup.....2 AM AKDT. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Rain likely through the day. Areas of fog in the afternoon. CWR.................66 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 62. Min humidity........56-64 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 9 to 14 mph with gusts to 20 mph. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 15 mph gusting to 20 mph. Inversion burnoff...6 AM AKDT. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .SUNDAY... Rain likely. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the upper 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. .MONDAY... Showers likely. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the lower 60s. West winds around 5 mph. .TUESDAY... Cloudy with showers likely. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the upper 60s. Light winds. $$ Forecaster...BIANCO Requested by...YFDC Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2417311.9/AFG .DELDT 07/05/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0