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FWSAER

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHAKINA FIRE...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
549 AM AKDT SUN JUL 19 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1953 AKDT ON JULY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A NEARLY STATIONARY WEATHER FRONT ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST WILL
CONTINUE TO BRING STEADY RAIN TO COASTAL LOCATIONS. THIS BAND OF RAIN
WILL HAVE A HARD TIME PUSHING INLAND INTO THE COPPER RIVER BASIN UNTIL
LATE SUNDAY WHEN A SECONDARY FRONT COMING UP FROM THE SOUTH REINFORCES
THE FIRST. DESPITE THIS ADDITIONAL MOISTURE...PRECIPITATION WILL STILL
LIKELY BE LIMITED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE.
WINDS SHOULD REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST...BUT WILL
LIKELY PICK UP IN INTENSITY A BIT MONDAY MORNING AS THE GULF FRONT
PUSHES ONSHORE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT INCREASING TO 6000 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........91 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................12 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT DECREASING TO 500 FT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH POSSIBLE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT INCREASING TO 7000 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH

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FORECASTER...DIXON
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT BEACHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090718.CHAKI.01/AER