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Spot Forecast for Gold King Creek 279...Northern Forestry Dispatch Center
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
601 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 the site seeing up to half an inch.
Winds will remain out of the southwest with potential gusts up to
25 mph. High temperatures will be in the low 60s with minimum
humidity values around 60 percent. Rain will progress through the
evening 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 15 mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Rain likely in the
                    morning, then rain in the afternoon. Areas of
                    fog in the afternoon.
CWR.................41 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........59 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.
Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 18 mph.
Inversion burnoff...Around 7 AM AKDT.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Areas of fog. Rain.
CWR.................83 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 48.
Max humidity........80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8 to 10 mph with gusts up to
20 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West-southwest winds around 15 mph, with gusts
up to 30 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 15 mph.
Inversion setup.....None.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Rain likely in
                    the morning, then chance of rain in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................37 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8 to 11 mph with gusts up to
15 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up 35
mph, weakening to 10 to 15 mph by midnight.
Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL increasing to 3200 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 24 mph.
Inversion burnoff...None.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
Rain likely. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the mid 60s.
Southwest winds around 12 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Cloudy with numerous showers. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the
mid 60s. Southwest winds around 8 mph.
.MONDAY...
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs
in the upper 60s. Light winds.

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