FNAK72 PAFC 151821
FWSALU

SPOT FORECAST FOR WINTER TRAIL -282...MCGRATH FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1021 AM AKDT WED JUL 15 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0951 AKDT ON JULY 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A WEAKENING FRONT WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS TO THE LOWER KUSKOKWIM
VALLEY TODAY. ONSHORE FLOW AND DENSE CLOUD COVER WILL PROHIBIT RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES FROM DROPPING TOO LOW THIS AFTERNOON. CLOUDS AND MOISTURE
WILL BE DECREASING TOMORROW...ALLOWING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO TREND DOWNWARD.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. A FRONT
MOVING INTO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WILL RESULT IN GUSTY SOUTHEAST
WINDS AND THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 3 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...BROWN
REQUESTED BY...JEFF ENNENGA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090715.WINTE.01/ALU