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FWSAER

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHAKINA FIRE...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
625 PM AKDT SAT JUL 25 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1741 AKDT ON JULY 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SOUTHERLY FLOW OFF THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL CONTINUE MOVE MOIST AIR
INTO THE COPPER RIVER BASIN THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A WEAK WEATHER FRONT
WILL MOVE ONTO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST TONIGHT AND WILL DISSIPATE AS IT
MOVES INTO THE COPPER RIVER BASIN SUNDAY. AN EAST TO WEST PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN COPPER RIVER BASIN OVERNIGHT
AND WILL INCREASE THE EAST WINDS ALONG CHITINA RIVER TO ABOUT 10 MPH,
BUT WILL WEAKEN AGAIN ON SUNDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. OCCASIONAL RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT.
MIXING WINDS........EAST WIND 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. OCCASIONAL RAIN IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WIND TO 5 MPH.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT.
MIXING WINDS........ SOUTHEAST WIND 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WIND TO 5.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MURAKAMI
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT BEACHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090725.CHAKI.01/AER