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Spot Forecast for 7 Mile Lookout...SA IMT Gray
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
710 PM AKDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 AKDT on July 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Warm and dry conditions continue Thursday through Saturday. Highs
in the upper 70s at elevation and in the low to mid 80s in the
valley expected through Saturday. Minimum RHs near 30 at elevation
and in the mid to upper 20s in the valley through Saturday too.
Winds are expected to be light and disorganized allowing local
terrain winds to dominate. No showers or storms expected through
Friday. Saturday will see the return of some showers and storms
with Sunday seeing more. A pattern change begins Sunday and will
continue into next week with rapid cooling and more moist weather
expected.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Haze.
CWR.................1 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None.
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......East winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL increasing to 5300 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....East around 6 mph.
Inversion burnoff...10am.

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). Haze.
CWR.................0 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 6 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL increasing to 6700 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....North around 8 mph.
Inversion burnoff...8am.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Haze. Lows in
the lower 50s. Highs in the upper 70s. Light winds.
.SUNDAY...
Cooler. Mostly cloudy. Haze. Scattered showers and isolated
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the upper 60s.
Light winds.
.MONDAY...
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs
in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs
in the mid 60s.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY JULY 10 THROUGH WEDNESDAY JULY 16...
Cooler and wetter pattern expected late next week, but confidence is still
low in any details.

$$
Forecaster...STOKES
Requested by...Stuart Coombs
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2517179.0/AFG
.DELDT 07/02/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL stuart.coombs@usda.gov