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SPOT FORECAST FOR ZITZIANA...BLM/ALASKA FIRE SERVICE UYTD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
807 AM AKDT WED JUL 8 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0723 AKDT ON JULY 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST SHOULD PROVIDE
A NICE FOCUS FOR WET THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE WET AND WILL HAVE WINDS GUSTING AROUND 30 MPH IN AND AROUND THE
STORMS...SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THE STORMS AS WELL.

THIS MORNING...THE FRONT IS LOCATED AROUND HUSLIA TO MCGRATH AND
SHOULD BE OVER THE BURN AREA BY 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE
PLENTY OF SURFACE HEATING AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BUT MUCH COOLER
TEMPERATURES BEHIND IT. WINDS BE FROM THE NORTHEAST TODAY BUT WILL
PICK UP FROM THE WEST BEHIND THE FRONT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE
                    THROUGH THE DAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND WET
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH BECOMING NORTH AROUND
                    5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 6 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE.
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND WET THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING. RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 18 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ALLEN
REQUESTED BY...TED PIERCE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090707.ZITZI.01/AFG