FNAK71 PAFC 280402 CCA
FWSAER

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHAKINA FIRE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
802 PM AKDT MON JUL 27 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1832 AKDT ON JULY 27. IF
CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS HAS MOVED OVER THE INTERIOR
THIS EVENING...RESULTING IN GUSTY SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ACROSS MUCH
OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 10 TO 20
MPH OVERNIGHT WITH LOCAL GUSTS THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN AS HIGH
AS 30 MPH THIS EVENING. THE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL PREVENT THE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY FROM FULLY RECOVERING OVERNIGHT. A LULL BETWEEN
WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL RESULT IN WARM AND DRY WEATHER WITH AFTERNOON
BREEZES TO 15 MPH ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MAX HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS AS
                    HIGH AS 35 MPH IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT DROPPING TO 500 FT OR LOWER.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 30 MPH DIMINISHING TO 15 MPH BY MORNING.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT OR LOWER INCREASING TO 4500 FT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 12 MPH INCREASING TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...BROWN
REQUESTED BY...JANET LADD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090727.CHAKI.01/AER