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SPOT FORECAST FOR CRAZY MOUNTAIN COMPLEX...BLM-AFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
710 PM AKDT MON AUG 17 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1838 AKDT ON AUGUST 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ASIDE FROM A VERY ISOLATED SHOWER THIS EVENING DRY WEATHER
IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND MUCH OF THE DAY TUESDAY AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT THAT IS DEVELOPING WELL TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF
THE FIRE. THIS FRONT WILL SLIDE SOUTH AND EAST TUESDAY WITH
INCREASING CLOUDS AND A CHANCE OF RAIN BY LATE IN THE DAY.
THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN WILL COME TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT
PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS LOOK TO
BE LIGHTER THAN WITH THE SYSTEM THIS PAST WEEKEND...THERE
IS THE CHANCE THAT THE FIRE WILL RECEIVE ANOTHER WETTING RAIN.
DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS THE FRONT
PUSHES OUT AND WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK INTO THE AREA.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-60 PERCENT). AN ISOLATED
                    SHOWER POSSIBLE UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38.
MAX HUMIDITY........92.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (25-50 PERCENT) THEN INCREASING
                    CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON  (60-90 PERCENT) WITH
                    THE CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER 1600. PATCHY FOG IN
                    THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 7 TO 12 MPH. A FEW
                    GUSTS TO 15 TO 20 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A PERIOD OR TWO OF RAIN. LOWS
IN THE MID 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST.
.THURSDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.
SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
LIGHT WINDS.
.SATURDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS AROUND 60. WEST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BOGEL
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS MOORE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090817.CRAZY.01/AFG