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Spot Forecast for Uncle Sam Creek...Department of Natural Resources
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
635 AM AKDT Mon Aug 4 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 AKDT on August 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Rounds of showers and storms will be moving through, especially
in the afternoon and evening. As of 6:30 AM, there are showers
moving southeast towards the fire but they are mostly light. There
is a chance for a shower over the next couple of hours, but the
bulk of the rain comes later and may be heavy at times. Chances
for wetting rains are high with upwards of 0.50" expected through
tonight. Downpours and storms may increase these amounts if they
occur over the same area. Temperatures will be a bit cooler today
with highs in the low 60s, but min RHs will be high. Winds will be
mostly light, but southwest ridgetop winds can gust up to 20 mph
at times today, then weaken tomorrow. Similar story for tomorrow
with temperatures in the low to mid 60s and min RHs around 65%.
Rain showers and isolated storms will be around the fire tomorrow
morning, but lessen in coverage through the day. There still may
be upwards of 0.20" tomorrow.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Scattered rain showers
                    in the morning, then widespread rain showers
                    and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................63 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......Isolated.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 8 to 15 mph, gusts to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 10 mph.
Inversion burnoff...7 AM AKDT.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Numerous rain
                    showers and isolated thunderstorms in the
                    evening, then scattered rain showers overnight.
CWR.................60 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......Isolated.
Min temperature.....Around 53.
Max humidity........98 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the evening.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 8 to 15 mph, weakening to
                    south/southeast at 5 to 10 mph by midnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 8 mph.
Inversion setup.....1 AM AKDT (May be later if active showers/storms).

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Numerous rain
                    showers in the morning. Isolated thunderstorms
                    through the day. Scattered rain showers in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................48 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......Isolated.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......South winds 5 to 10 mph in the morning become
                    southwest at 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL increasing to 3500 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West around 7 mph.
Inversion burnoff...7 AM AKDT.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 50s. Highs in the upper 70s. Light winds.
.THURSDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. Light
winds.
.FRIDAY...
Mostly cloudy with isolated showers. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs
in the lower 70s. South winds around 5 mph.

$$
Forecaster...BIANCO
Requested by...Brooklyn Detherage
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2518901.3/AFG
.DELDT 08/04/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL melifsummit@aol.com,dof.north.dispatch@alaska.gov,carl.erhart@alaska.gov