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SPOT FORECAST FOR BROKEN SNOWSHOE...MCGRATH AREA FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
506 PM AKDT MON JUN 8 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1620 AKDT ON JUNE 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT TUESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER SOUTHWEST MAINLAND ALASKA WILL MOVE NORTH
TONIGHT AND BRING WITH IT AN INCREASE OF CLOUDS AND WINDS FOR THE
FIRE AREA. THE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE NORTH ON TUESDAY WITH CLOUD
COVER DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED
WITH THE TROUGH WILL BE MINIMAL WITH MINIMUM RH'S DROPPING BELOW
30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEN AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THE LOW RH'S WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY WINDS TO PRODUCE
DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL
CONTINUE UNTIL 10 PM AKDT TUESDAY.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-80 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURES........TEMPERATURES OF 70 TO 75 IN THE EVENING FALLING TO
                    AROUND 45 EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
HUMIDITY............HUMIDITY RECOVERING FROM LESS THAN 30 PERCENT IN THE
                    EVENING TO A MAX OF 70 PERCENT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN
                    SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
CWR.................6 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS NEAR 70. WEST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 50.
HIGHS NEAR 70. SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...AYCOCK
REQUESTED BY...KELLY CLEMONS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090608.BROKE.01/AFG