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Spot Forecast for 119 McDonald...Alaska Fire Service
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
643 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 as today looks to be the day with strongest
winds this week. Some light rain is possible this evening with
areas of the fire likely seeing varying rainfall amounts of just a
trace up to a few hundredths of an inch 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 one quarter to one half
inch from this event. High temperatures remain in the 60s with
minimum RHs no lower than 50 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 smoke. Chance
                    of rain.
CWR.................20 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 53.
Max humidity........84-90 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts 30 to 35 mph
                    in the evening diminishing to 8 to 12 mph with
                    gusts around 20 mph overnight.
Inversion setup.....Little to no inversion.

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Areas of smoke in the
                    morning, then areas of fog in the afternoon.
                    Chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................56 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 62.
Min humidity........57-64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 12 mph with gusts to around
                    20 mph.
Inversion burnoff...Little to no inversion.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Areas of fog. Rain.
CWR.................86 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 50.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 8 to 14 mph with gusts to around
                    25 mph.
Inversion setup.....No inversion.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (80-90 percent). Areas of fog in the
                    morning. Rain likely in the morning, then
                    chance of rain in the afternoon.
CWR.................70 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 62.
Min humidity........50-60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10 to 16 mph with gusts to around
                    25 mph.
Inversion burnoff...No inversion.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
Cloudy with numerous showers. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the
mid 60s. Light winds.
.SUNDAY...
Cloudy with scattered showers. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in
the mid 60s. Light winds.
.MONDAY...
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs around 70. Light winds.

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