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Issued by NWS Fairbanks, AK
Issued by NWS Fairbanks, AK
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091 FNAK79 PAFG 051430 FWSAFG Spot Forecast for Gold King Creek 279...Northern Forestry Dispatch Center National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 630 AM AKDT Fri Jul 5 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 AKDT on July 05. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Cold, windy, and wet conditions will continue at the fire site today. Rain will start early this morning and persist through the day, tapering off around midnight with a shower or two possible overnight. Rain accumulations around 0.15" to 0.25" expected at the fire site. Winds will remain strong out of the southwest with gusts up to 30 mph, decreasing to 20 mph overnight. Southwest winds with gusts up to 20 mph will continue on Saturday. A chance of rain in the morning becoming, widespread by the afternoon with accumulations around 0.25" to 0.5" expected at the fire site. High temperatures will remain in the mid to low 60s with minimum RH values around 60 percent. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent) then becoming partly sunny (65-75 percent). Areas of fog in the morning. Rain in the morning, then chance of rain in the afternoon. CWR.................46 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 61. Min humidity........59 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 14 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 25 to 30 mph gusting to 35 mph. Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest around 21 mph. Inversion burnoff...Around 6 AM AKDT. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of rain in the evening, then rain likely overnight. CWR.................2 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 52. Max humidity........72 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 12 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph before midnight, then weakening to south winds at 15 mph gusting to 20 mph. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest around 17 mph. Inversion setup.....Around 2 AM AKDT. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Rain likely in the morning, then rain in the afternoon. Areas of fog in the afternoon. CWR.................65 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 60. Min humidity........58 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South-southwest winds 12 to 16 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 15 mph gusting to 25 mph. Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest around 21 mph. Inversion burnoff...Around 6 AM AKDT. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .SUNDAY... Rain likely. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the upper 50s. Southwest winds around 10 mph. .MONDAY... Showers likely. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the lower 60s. Southwest winds around 7 mph. .TUESDAY... Cloudy with showers likely. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the upper 60s. Light winds. $$ Forecaster...TWOMBLY Requested by...Matthew Velderrain Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2417275.8/AFG .DELDT 07/05/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0