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Spot Forecast for Roundabout...AFS
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
442 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...
Rain will continue today and be heavy at times this morning.
Lighter rain will prevail this afternoon and overnight before
diminishing to showers which continue at times through tomorrow.
Another front will move through Saturday morning with another shot
of rain. There is high confidence for around a half-inch of rain
today. Otherwise, it will also be breezy with southwest surface
winds gusting to 25 mph at times today and 30 mph tomorrow.
Ridgetop winds will be strongest today, then remain windy tonight
and tomorrow.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Areas of fog. Rain.
CWR.................89 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 53.
Min humidity........90 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 14 to 18 mph with gusts to
                    25 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to
                    35 mph.
Mixing height.......1600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 20 mph.
Inversion burnoff...N/A.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Areas of fog in the
                    evening. Rain in the evening, then rain likely
                    overnight.
CWR.................73 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 49.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 9 to 13 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts to
                    30 mph.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 16 mph.
Inversion setup.....N/A.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of rain
                    in the morning, then slight chance of rain in
                    the afternoon.
CWR.................12 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 62.
Min humidity........71 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 15 to 22 mph with gusts to
                    30 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts to
                    30 mph.
Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL increasing to 3800 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 20 mph.
Inversion burnoff...N/A.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
Rain. Areas of fog in the morning. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs
in the mid 50s. Southwest winds around 12 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Rain likely. Areas of fog. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the
mid 50s. Southwest winds around 10 mph.
.MONDAY...
Rain likely. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the upper 50s. West
winds around 5 mph.

$$
Forecaster...BIANCO
Requested by...Mary Lou Fagan
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2417179.9/AFG
.DELDT 07/04/24
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