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SPOT FORECAST FOR 425 WOOD RIVER 1...BLM-AFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
829 PM AKDT SAT JUL 18 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2011 AKDT ON JULY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT ACROSS THE FIRE WILL SHIFT TO
THE EAST AND WEAKEN ON SUNDAY. A LOW LEVEL THERMAL TROUGH WILL
CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY. AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON
AFTER 1500. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL LIKELY CONTAIN
A WETTING RAIN...BUT THEY WILL ONLY BE ISOLATED IN COVERAGE.
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE
35 PERCENT.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    POSSIBLE UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS POSSIBLE IN/NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THIS
                    EVENING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 1500 TO 2000 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1500.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    IN/NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1500...THEN 2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BOGEL
REQUESTED BY...TAMALA DEFRIES
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090718.425WO.02/AFG