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FNAK71 PAFC 270347
FWSAER

Spot Forecast for PAQ Hill Burn...Alaska Division of Forestry
National Weather Service Anchorage AK
747 PM AKDT Wed Mar 26 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 AKDT on March 27.
.DISCUSSION...

A relatively warm and dry day is expected for Palmer on Thursday
with temperatures expected to climb into the mid/upper 40s
underneath a mostly sunny sky. Relative humidity will be similar
to Wednesday, with values expected to drop to about 42 to 46
percent by the afternoon.

Wind will be the most challenging aspect of this forecast as a
modest northeast wind is expected to develop out of the Matanuska
Valley and push into the valley. Winds may pick up to about 6-8
mph, with higher gusts. There`s an off chance that wind will
remain light/variable through the day with the easterly Matanuska
Wind remaining just to the north of the forecast area.

Cloud cover is expected to increase on Friday, which will bring
slightly cooler temperatures and higher humidity. Winds are also
expected to be a bit weaker than on Thursday.

Please don`t hesitate to call for further forecast updates.

-Brown

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Tstm Cov Idx........1.
Max temperature.....Around 47.
Min humidity........42 to 46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 8 mph.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches.

TIME (AKDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........12  12  12  13  13  13  12  12
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov idx....1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............36  40  42  44  45  47  47  47
RH..............62  53  51  48  47  46  46  47
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   6   6   6   5   5
20 FT wind gust.10  10  10  12  12  12  9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.7 0.7 1.9 2.5 2.5 1.9 1.5
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.6   6   6   8   8   8   6   6

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny, then increasing clouds (45-55 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Tstm Cov Idx........1.
Max temperature.....Around 42.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph in the morning
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 5 to 6 mph.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches.

TIME (AKDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........36  47  47  47  51  51  51  44  44  44  63  63
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov idx....1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............29  29  30  31  32  34  36  39  40  41  42  40
RH..............72  72  70  67  65  60  56  52  51  50  49  52
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..7   6   6   6   5   5   5   2   2   2   0   0
20 FT wind gust.9   8   8   8   7   7   7   6   6   6   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.3 2.3
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.6   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5

$$
Forecaster...Brown
Requested by...Kristian Knutson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2508152.0/AER
.DELDT 03/26/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL kristian.knutson@alaska.gov