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SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUFF CREEK...BLM - AFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
323 PM AKDT SAT AUG 1 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1440 AKDT ON AUGUST 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING ALOFT OVER THE YUKON AND NORTHWEST
TERRITORIES IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH EARLY NEXT
WEEK...AND TO BUILD OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR OF ALASKA EARLY
NEXT WEEK. A BROAD RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE OVER
THE CENTRAL ALASKA INTERIOR WILL MOVE TO THE EASTERN INTERIOR
BY SUNDAY MORNING. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50
                    PERCENT) AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING
                    WEST TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER 2200.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL LOWERING TO 800-1000 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH
                    AFTER 2200.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE WINDS 2-5 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-1000 FT AGL IN THE EARLY MORNING RISING TO
                    7000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    3-10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...

.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS.
LOWS 40 TO 45. HIGHS NEAR 70. VARIABLE WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.

.TUESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. LOWS AROUND 45. HIGHS AROUND 75.
SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. LOWS 45 TO 50. HIGHS 75 TO 80.
SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS.
LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS AROUND 75. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.


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FORECASTER...FISCHER
REQUESTED BY...ADAM KOHLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090801.BLUFF.02/AFG