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Issued by NWS Fairbanks, AK

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Spot Forecast for 121 OWL...Yukon Fire Dispatch Center
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
644 PM AKDT Thu Jul 11 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 AKDT on July 11.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Light rain will push north of the fire and come to an end over
the next few hours. Rainfall totals are likely to be less than one
tenth of an inch. Friday and Saturday expect high temperatures in
the low to mid 70s with minimum RH near 40 percent, possibly as
low as 30 percent on Saturday. Isolated rain showers move off the
Fortymile Country Friday afternoon/evening. Sunday and beyond,
expecting a gradual cooling and moistening trend with a low moving
into Western Alaska. Next chance for precipitation arrives Sunday
continuing into next week, but CWRs remain low.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Numerous rain showers
                    in the evening.
CWR.................30 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 52.
Max humidity........99 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph, gusting to 17 mph
                    in the evening becoming light overnight.
Ridgetop wind.......South winds 7 to 11 mph, gusting to 20 mph
                    in the evening diminishing to 4 to 8 mph
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 9 mph in the evening
                    diminishing to 6.
Inversion setup.....11 pm.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Isolated rain
                    showers in the afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL increasing to 4900 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 5 mph.
Inversion burnoff...10 am.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly clear (15-25 percent).
CWR.................1 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 55.
Max humidity........80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast around 5 mph
                    overnight.
Ridgetop wind.......Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph, gusting to
                    15 mph.
Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 8 mph.
Inversion setup.....11 pm.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southeast winds 8 to 12 mph, gusting to
                    20 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL increasing to 6800 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....South around 13 mph.
Inversion burnoff...10 am.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY...
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs
around 70. South winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs
in the upper 60s. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the upper 60s.
Southwest winds around 6 mph.

$$
Forecaster...QUESADA
Requested by...B. Pitts
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2417702.6/AFG
.DELDT 07/11/24
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