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Spot Forecast for Shaw Creek Dome 326...Northern Forestry Dispatch Center
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
631 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 20 mph.
High temperatures will remain in the mid 50s with minimum humidity
values around 70 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 to 20 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.................52 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 54.
Min humidity........71 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West-southwest winds 7 to 10 mph with gusts
up to 20 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West-southwest winds 12 to 16 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph.
Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 16 mph.
Inversion burnoff...Around 7AM AKDT.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Areas of fog. Rain.
CWR.................87 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 45.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 9 mph with gusts up to
15 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West-southwest winds around 15 mph, with gusts
up to 25 mph.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 12 mph.
Inversion setup.....None.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Areas of fog in the
                    morning. Rain in the morning, then rain likely
                    in the afternoon.
CWR.................74 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 55.
Min humidity........74 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8 to 11 mph with gusts up to
18 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up 35
mph, weakening to 10 to 15 mph by midnight.
Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 18 mph.
Inversion burnoff...None.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
Rain likely. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the upper 50s. South
winds around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Cloudy with numerous showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the
lower 60s. Southwest winds around 7 mph.
.MONDAY...
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs
in the mid 60s. Northwest winds around 6 mph.

$$
Forecaster...TWOMBLY
Requested by...Matthew Velderrain
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2417170.8/AFG
.DELDT 07/04/24
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