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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHENA LAKES RX...BLM-AFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
407 PM AKDT WED MAY 19 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1700 AKDT ON MAY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
AN EASTERLY WAVE WILL MOVE OUT OF CANADA TONIGHT AND WILL LIKELY
BRING A PERIOD OF RAIN TO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING...AND MAY EVEN BRING A WETTING RAIN.  IN THE WAKE OF THE
WAVE IT WILL DRY OUT DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH ONLY AN ISOLATED
SHOWER EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.  THE WINDS ON THURSDAY
ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG AS THEY HAVE BEEN THE LAST COUPLE
OF DAYS...AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL ALSO NOT BE NEARLY AS
LOW.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-50 PERCENT). INCREASING CLOUDS
                    TOWARDS EVENING (30-65 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 18 MPH. GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST AROUND 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS TO 25 MPH UNTIL 8 PM.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 1500 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-100 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY SUNNY (20-45 PERCENT) BY NOON. RAIN LIKELY
                    UNTIL AROUND 0900...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH
                    AFTER NOON.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.FRIDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
LIGHT WINDS.
.SATURDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. LIGHT
WINDS.
.SUNDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. LIGHT
WINDS.

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FORECASTER...BOGEL
REQUESTED BY...TED PIERCE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100519.CHENA.01/AFG