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SPOT FORECAST FOR 152 SUCKER RIVER...BLM-AFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
637 AM AKDT SUN MAY 30 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2323 AKDT ON MAY 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...
DRY CONDITIONS TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING OVER MOST OF THE
AREA. A RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL CONDITION FOR LATE MAY AND EARLY JUNE.
FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS PUSHED
INTO CANADA AND WEAK LOW PRESSURE PREVAILS OVER THE AREA.

ACROSS THE INTERIOR WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT INTO MID WEEK THEN
PICK UP AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO PUSH BACK INTO THE INTERIOR
FROM THE EAST.

THE AREA REMAINS UNSTABLE WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
PRIMARILY IN THE EVENINGS. EXPECT ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE
VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE
SMALL HAIL.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE
                    THROUGH THE DAY. ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH THIS MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 10000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST AROUND 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. AREAS OF SMOKE
                    THROUGH THE NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MAX HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL FALLING TO 2000 FT AGL BY MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 4 MPH.

.MEMORIAL DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE
                    THROUGH THE DAY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 10000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.TUESDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. LIGHT
WINDS.
.WEDNESDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. LIGHT
WINDS.
.THURSDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. EAST WINDS
AROUND 6 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BERG
REQUESTED BY...PATTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100529.152SU.01/AFG