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SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCK SLOUGH-H40...BLM-AFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
809 PM AKDT FRI JUL 17 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1947 AKDT ON JULY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCE PASSING BY TO THE NORTH OF THE FIRE
THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE SOME CLOUDS...BUT NO RAIN OR
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL
WEAKEN TOMORROW...AND AS THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES MORE UNSTABLE A
THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE DURING THE MID-LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH
THE EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP MAY CONTAIN
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS (50-80 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MAX HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 3 TO 5 MPH. GUSTS TO 10 MPH POSSIBLE
                    UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 1500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (30-60 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1500.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    POSSIBLE IN/NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 AFTER 1500
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 10000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BOGEL
REQUESTED BY...AMBER SUNDERLAND
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090717.ROCKS.02/AFG