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Spot Forecast for Gold King Creek 279...AK State Div of Forestry
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
640 PM AKDT Thu Jul 4 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 AKDT on July 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Continued stormy conditions are expected through Friday afternoon.
We can see rain accumulations up to 0.15". Southwest winds will
continue strengthening throughout Friday afternoon. We can expect
cooler and breezy conditions to persist through the weekend.
Maximum temperatures in the low to mid 60s with minimum RH values
greater than 50%. There could be some off and on rain showers as
well but accumulations look to be light.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Areas of fog in
                    the morning. Rain in the morning, then chance
                    of rain in the afternoon.
CWR.................51 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 63.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 14 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds around 20 mph.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL increasing to 3400 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 26 mph.
Inversion burnoff...8:00 AM

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of rain.
CWR.................6 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 51.
Max humidity........73 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 13 to 15 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......SOuthwest winds around 20 mph.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL decreasing to 700 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 20 mph.
Inversion setup.....3:00 AM

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Rain likely.
CWR.................61 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 63.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 12 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......SOuthwest winds around 15 mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL increasing to 3300 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 24 mph.
Inversion burnoff...9:00 AM

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