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Spot Forecast for Lush Fire...BLM
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
748 AM AKDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 AKDT on July 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
Hot, dry, and windy conditions today and tomorrow have the
potential to influence fire ignitions and rapid fire spread.
Partly cloudy conditions throughout today with slight clearing
into tomorrow with winds at ridgetops stronger than winds in the
valleys. The strongest winds are expected from the east/northeast
through today up to 20 mph, weakening tomorrow to around 5 to 10
mph. Minimum RH values are expected to be in the mid to upper 20%
with tomorrow being slightly drier than today. Temps reside in the
low 80s, with a possible inversion layer building in around 2 am
tomorrow morning and burning off around 8 am.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Haze.
CWR.................1 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 14 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......East winds 10 to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......900 ft AGL increasing to 5800 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 19 mph.
Inversion burnoff...N/A.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None.
Min temperature.....Around 56.
Max humidity........67 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 14 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......East/northeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......5800 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 15 mph.
Inversion setup.....Around 0200 Thursday morning.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 8 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......East/northeast 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL increasing to 6300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 17 mph.
Inversion burnoff...Around 0800.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.INDEPENDENCE DAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the mid 80s.
Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the lower 80s.
Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
mid 50s. Highs in the upper 70s. Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...SRINIVASAN
Requested by...Echo Cunningham
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2517123.0/AFG
.DELDT 07/02/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL acunningham@blm.gov