FNAK72 PAFC 161801
FWSALU

SPOT FORECAST FOR WINTER TRAIL -282...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1001 AM AKDT THU JUL 16 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0927 AKDT ON JULY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A TRANSITORY RIDGE HAS BUILT IN OVER SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA AHEAD OF
AN APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE CLEARING OVERNIGHT ALLOWED
FOR SOME PATCHY DENSE FOG TO DEVELOP IN LOW LYING AREAS THIS MORNING.
THIS WILL BURN OFF QUICKLY THIS MORNING WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES
PREVAILING THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. RAIN AND WIND ASSOCIATED WITH
THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE COAST LATE TONIGHT AND SPREAD
INLAND FRIDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT THE FIRE SITE
WHILE THE RAIN ALONG THE FRONT FALLS APART FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
RESULTING IN LITTLE OR NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE EARLY
PART OF THE WEEKEND. WINDS WILL REMAIN BLUSTERY THROUGH THE WEEKEND
WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ON THE HIGH SIDE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........FOG BURNING OFF IN THE MORNING...BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLEAR.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND 3 TO 8 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WIND 3 TO 7 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 16
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...BROWN
REQUESTED BY...JEFF ENNENGA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090716.WINTE.01/ALU