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SPOT FORECAST FOR DILLINGER FIRE  182...MCGRATH AREA FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
310 PM AKDT THU JUN 11 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1440 AKDT ON JUNE 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...ATMOSPHERE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BE FULLY MIXED AND UNSTABLE BETWEEN
4PM AND 10PM...HOWEVER...ENOUGH MOISTURE TO PRODUCE WET THUNDERSTORMS
DOES NOT APPEAR TO MOVE INTO THE AREA UNTIL AFTER 4PM...SO EXPECT
CONTINUED DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON AS
THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL COME THIS EVENING.

OVERALL TREND IS FOR LOWERING HEIGHTS AND RISING RHS FOR THE WEEKEND.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS (75-85 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND WET THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 4 PM. ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST 7 TO 17 MPH AROUND 9 PM. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2600 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND
                    10 MPH WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS
                    IN THE MORNING BECOMING SCATTERED BY NOON.
                    ISOLATED WET THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6400 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ALLEN
REQUESTED BY...FV COLE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090611.DILLI.05/AFG