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SPOT FORECAST FOR SUBALPINE PRESCRIBED FIRE...FAIRBANKS AREA FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
209 PM AKDT WED MAY 27 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 AKDT ON MAY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A STRONG UPPER TROUGH OVER WESTERN ALASKA WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY.
A RIDGE WILL BEGIN BUILDING INTO THE INTERIOR FROM THE SOUTH AND THE TROUGH
WILL MOVE NORTH STARTING SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL REDUCE
PRECIPITATION AND DROP THE RH VALUES SHARPLY. TODAY EXPECT SCATTERED EVENING
SHOWERS WITH DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL FOR THE EASTERN INTERIOR.
WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN AND AROUND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH GUSTS
TO 35 MPH. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL END EXCEPT FOR EASTERN ZONES 220 AND 224
ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND MODERATE RH VALUES OVER
MOST OF THE INTERIOR.

...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WITH POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...

.WEDNESDAY EVENING...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS AND ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 TO 38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8200 FT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 TO 42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6800 FT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH WINDS 15 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6600 FT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 15 MPH.


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FORECASTER...LITTLE
REQUESTED BY...ARTURRO FRIZZERA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090527.SUBAL.01/AFG