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FWSAER

SPOT FORECAST FOR MAT-SU LIVE FIRE...ADNR/DOF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
431 PM AKDT TUE MAY 4 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1930 AKDT ON MAY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...OFFSHORE FLOW WILL DOMINATE THE REGION ONCE AGAIN
TODAY RESULTING IN CONTINUED WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS. AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER NORTHERN ALASKA WILL DROP SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA WEDNESDAY BRINGING SHOWERS
AND COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 31.
MAX HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT IN THE EVENING...RECOVERING TO 82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 12 MPH BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT DECREASING TO 200 FT OR LESS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 12 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT INCREASING TO 9000 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 MPH INCREASING TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...BROWN
REQUESTED BY...BECKY METCALF
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100504.MATSU.01/AER