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Spot Forecast for Roundabout...BLM-AFS
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
304 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...
Cool and wet conditions persist through the weekend, with high
confidence in wetting rains. An additional 0.20" to 0.25" of rain is
expected over the fire tonight, followed by 0.15" of rain Friday and
Friday night, and an additional 0.50" Saturday and Saturday night.
Surface winds weaken tonight, but pick up again Friday into the 10 to
15 mph range and become gusty.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Areas of fog in the
                    evening. Rain in the evening, then rain likely
                    overnight.
CWR.................80 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 49.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 9 to 10 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 25 to 30 mph with gusts to 35 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 16 mph.
Inversion setup.....N/A.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of rain
                    in the morning, then slight chance of rain in
                    the afternoon.
CWR.................15 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 62.
Min humidity........70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25
                    mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 25 to 30 mph with gusts to 35 mph.
Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL increasing to 3300 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 20 mph.
Inversion burnoff...N/A.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Rain likely.
CWR.................36 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........94 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 16 mph with gusts to 25
                    mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL decreasing to 1000 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 18 mph.
Inversion setup.....N/A.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Rain likely.
CWR.................72 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 54.
Min humidity........76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25
                    mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 25 to 30 mph with gusts to 35 mph.
Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 16 mph.
Inversion burnoff...N/A.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY...
Rain likely. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the mid 50s. Southwest
winds around 8 mph.
.MONDAY...
Rain likely. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the upper 50s. Light
winds.
.TUESDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the
lower 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.

$$
Forecaster...BILLINGS
Requested by...Mary Lou Fagan
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2417179.9/AFG
.DELDT 07/04/24
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