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SPOT FORECAST FOR BROKEN SNOWSHOE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
848 AM AKDT TUE JUN 9 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 HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL RIPPLE UP THE WESTERN SIDE
OF THE RIDGE AND WORK TO BREAK IT DOWN...BRINGING SLIGHTLY HIGHER
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND SHIFT THE GENERAL FLOW FROM SOUTHWESTERLY
TO WESTERLY BY THIS AFTERNOON.

A SECONDARY RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD IN OVER SOUTHWESTERN ZONES
ON WEDNESDAY...NEAR RED FLAG CONDITIONS FOR LOW HUMIDITY PROBABLE
ON WEDNESDAY. A WATCH MAY BE ISSUED BY THIS AFTERNOON FOR WED.

A FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE BERING WILL
SWING UP AND OVER THE AREA ON THURSDAY...BRINING MINIMUM RH VALUES
ABOVE RED FLAG CRITERIA...BUT STILL BELOW 30 PERCENT.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-70 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH BECOMING WEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3300-4700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH BECOMING WEST AROUND 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 3 TO 9 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 4 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1800 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING NORTH AROUND 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 16 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6300 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

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