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SPOT FORECAST FOR NENANA RIDGE RESEARCH BURN...DOF /FAF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
223 PM AKDT THU JUN 11 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 AKDT ON JUNE 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COMPLEX BUT RELATIVELY MOIST PATTERN FOR THE NEXT
WEEK. THE DRIEST DAY WILL BE TODAY...WEATHER WILL BE DOMINATED BY
THE PRESENCE OF A NEARBY THERMAL TROUGH...SPARKING OFF SHOWERS AND
WET THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FLOW ALOFT WILL
GENERALLY BE FROM THE WEST THROUGH SUNDAY...AND FROM THE SOUTH
BEGINNING ON MONDAY...WHICH SHOULD WORK TO DRY OUT THE LOWER LEVELS
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH BY MIDNIGHT.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 3600 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS AND WET THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8800 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND WET THUNDERSTORMS. LOW NEAR 52.
HIGH NEAR 70. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH.
.SUNDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND WET THUNDERSTORMS. LOW NEAR 54.
HIGHS NEAR 73. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.MONDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW AROUND 55. HIGH AROUND 73. WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.


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FORECASTER...ALLEN
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCHER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090611.NENAN.01/AFG