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SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCK SLOUGH...BLM-AFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
657 PM AKDT SAT JUL 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1833 AKDT ON JULY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MONDAY.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...WITH A SLIGHTLY
BETTER CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ON SUNDAY. IT WILL REMAIN WARM THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH ONLY FAIR
RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES AT NIGHT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS THIS EVENING (INCREASING 50-80 PERCENT)
                    WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN
                    DECREASING CLOUDS AFTER MIDNIGHT (10-30 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH UNTIL
                    2200...THEN BECOMING WEST TO SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH
                    BY MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE IN/NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL LOWERING TO 1000 TO 1500 FT AGL IN WEAK
                    INVERSIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 TO 15 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING (10-30 PERCENT)...INCREASING
                    CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON (50 TO 80 PERCENT)...WITH
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1400...THEN 2
MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL. WEAK LOWER LEVEL INVERSION 1000 TO 1500 FT
                    AGL UNTIL 0800.
MIXING WINDS........WEST TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BOGEL
REQUESTED BY...JAMES HIGGINS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090704.ROCKS.03/AFG