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SPOT FORECAST FOR SUCKER RIVER...ALASKA FIRE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1140 AM AKDT SUN MAY 23 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0754 AKDT ON MAY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0754 AKDT ON MAY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...
A SURFACE THERMAL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY
JUST WEST OF THE FIRE AREA THROUGH MON. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING UP
TO 25 MPH AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FROM
NOON TODAY THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW
30 PERCENT BY NOON TODAY AND DROP AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT BY 4PM THIS
AFTERNOON. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL END BY 10 PM TONIGHT AS HUMIDITIES
INCREASE ABOVE 30 PERCENT. GUSTY WINDS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT
INTO MONDAY.

A BAND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROUGH ARE KEEPING HUMIDITIES HIGHER WEST OF THE FIRE.
THERE COULD BE GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS BLOWING OUT OF ANY OF THOSE
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OVER THE ALCAN BORDER WILL BUILD WEST OVER
THE INTERIOR MON THROUGH WED. THIS WILL CAUSE CONDITIONS TO
BECOME DRIER AND WARMER THROUGH THE WEEK.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50 PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 10 MPH GUSTING 25 MPH.
CWR.................2 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5300 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST AROUND 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 10 MPH GUSTING 25 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 600 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........EAST AROUND 18 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 10 MPH GUSTING TO 20 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4300 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.TUESDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.
.THURSDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. EAST
WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.


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FORECASTER...BRADER
REQUESTED BY...D  PATTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100523.SUCKE.01/AFG