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SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCK SLOUGH  347...BLM/ALASKA FIRE SERVICE UYTD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
748 AM AKDT SAT JUL 18 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0737 AKDT ON JULY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS WEAKENING THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE IS BECOMING MORE UNSTABLE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY. LOW
LEVEL WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST BUT COULD BECOME GUSTY
AND ERRATIC NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. WINDS COULD BECOME
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49.
MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. WINDS COULD BECOME
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...KRYSTON
REQUESTED BY...JAMES HIGGINS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090718.ROCKS.01/AFG